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Bangladesh's Awami League banned from national elections in February 2026

Bangladesh's Awami League banned from national elections in...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 26: Amid political turmoil and a major shift in the country's political landscape, Bangladesh's interim government confirmed...

Tanzania: Five dead in helicopter crash on Mt. Kilimanjaro

Tanzania: Five dead in helicopter crash on Mt....

Dodoma [Tanzania], December 26: Five people died after a helicopter crashed on Tanzania's Mount Kilimanjaro, the civil aviation authority said...

At least five killed in suicide attack in Nigeria

At least five killed in suicide attack in...

Abuja [Nigeria], December 26: At least five people have been killed and 35 injured, some of them seriously, in a...

Heavy rains drench Southern California, spawn flash flooding, mud flows

Heavy rains drench Southern California, spawn flash flooding,...

Los Angeles [US], December 26: Torrential rains unleashed widespread flash flooding and mud flows across Southern California on Wednesday, as...

Powerball lottery in US to pay out top prize of almost $2 bn

Powerball lottery in US to pay out top...

Washington [US], December 26: A ticket holder to the Powerball lottery in the US state of Arkansas has won $1.817...

Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro undergoes successful surgery

Brazil's ex-president Bolsonaro undergoes successful surgery

Buenos Aires [Argentina], December 26: Brazil's jailed former president Jair Bolsonaro has undergone surgery for a bilateral hernia, his son...

Moscow cites slow but steady progress in Ukraine talks with US

Moscow cites slow but steady progress in Ukraine...

Moscow [Russia], December 26: Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said there has been slow but steady progress in the...

British online campaigner vows to fight US deportation threat

British online campaigner vows to fight US deportation...

London [UK], December 26: A British online campaigner hit by US sanctions has launched a legal battle against deportation by...

Palestinian actor, filmmaker Bakri dies

Palestinian actor, filmmaker Bakri dies

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26: Acclaimed Palestinian actor and filmmaker Mohammad Bakri has died in northern Israel, ending a five-decade...

Turkiye arrests more than 100 ISIL suspects plotting holiday attacks

Turkiye arrests more than 100 ISIL suspects plotting...

Ankara [Turkiye], December 26: Turkish security forces have disrupted planned attacks on Christmas and New Year celebrations after arresting more...

Saudi tells Yemeni separatists leave the seized governorates

Saudi tells Yemeni separatists leave the seized governorates

Riyadh [Saudi Arabia], December 26: Saudi Arabia has publicly called on Yemen's main southern separatist group to withdraw from two...

'Israel will never fully withdraw from Gaza'

'Israel will never fully withdraw from Gaza'

Tel Aviv [Israel], December 26: Israel will never withdraw all its troops from the Gaza Strip, Defence Minister Israel Katz...

BNP leader Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after 17 years in exile

BNP leader Tarique Rahman returns to Bangladesh after...

Dhaka [Bangladesh], December 26: Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and frontrunner to be the country's next...

US Coast Guard pursues suspected sanctions evasion ship near Venezuela

US Coast Guard pursues suspected sanctions evasion ship...

New York [US], December 25: The US Coast Guard is in "active pursuit" of another vessel in international waters near...

Ecuador soldiers sentenced to decades in prison over disappearance of murdered boys

Ecuador soldiers sentenced to decades in prison over...

Quito [Ecuador], December 25: An Ecuadorean court has sentenced 11 of 17 soldiers to more than 34 years in prison...

Three killed as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities overnight

Three killed as Russia strikes Ukrainian cities overnight

Moscow [Russia], December 25: Russia carried out a "massive" overnight attack on several Ukrainian cities, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said,...

Russell Brand faces two further charges including rape

Russell Brand faces two further charges including rape

New York [US], December 25: Broadcaster, comedian and actor Russell Brand has been charged with two further offences including one...

Australia cancels British man's visa after charges of displaying Nazi symbol

Australia cancels British man's visa after charges of...

Sydney [Australia], December 25: Australia cancelled the visa of a British national after he was charged with displaying a banned...

Algeria declares colonisation by France a crime

Algeria declares colonisation by France a crime

Algiers [Algeria], December 25: Algeria's parliament has unanimously passed a law declaring France's colonisation of the North African state a...

Pope calls for 24-hour worldwide ceasefire over Christmas

Pope calls for 24-hour worldwide ceasefire over Christmas

Rome [Italy], December 25: Pope Leo XIV has urged "people of goodwill" to implement a 24-hour ceasefire in all wars...

Russian court sets trial date for German artist over satirical Putin floats

Russian court sets trial date for German artist...

Moscow [Russia], December 25: A Russian court has scheduled the first public hearing in a criminal case against German sculptor...

UK rail services disruption affects Christmas Eve trips to major airport

UK rail services disruption affects Christmas Eve trips...

London [UK], December 25: UK passengers travelling home on Christmas Eve have faced travel difficulties after railway services from a...

Zelensky unveils 20-point peace plan

Zelensky unveils 20-point peace plan

Kiev [Ukraine], December 25: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has unveiled a 20-point plan to end Russia's war against his country,...

Russia won't comment publicly on the latest peace proposal

Russia won't comment publicly on the latest peace...

Moscow [Russia], December 25: Russia plans to relay its response to the latest draft of a Ukraine peace plan to...

Merz stresses responsibility towards Europe in Christmas address

Merz stresses responsibility towards Europe in Christmas address

Berlin [Germany], December 25: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz underscored his government's commitment to ensure peace and security prevail in Europe,...

Australia's NSW passes tough anti-protest, gun laws after Bondi attack

Australia's NSW passes tough anti-protest, gun laws after...

Canberra [Australia], December 25: The state of New South Wales (NSW) will have the toughest gun laws in Australia as...

Syria-Russia ties entering 'new stage' as foreign ministers meet in Moscow

Syria-Russia ties entering 'new stage' as foreign ministers...

Moscow [Russia], December 25: Syria-Russia relations are entering a new era based on mutual respect after Syria's foreign and defence...