People stage a protest over the violence against minorities in Bangladesh, in Houston, USA, on Sunday, August 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI In a powerful yet peaceful display of solidarity, over 300 Indian Americans and Bangladeshi-origin Hindus gathered at Sugar Land City Hall in Houston on Sunday (August 11, 2024) morning to protest the…
In a well-planned operation carried out on August 10, Border Security Force (BSF) troops, in collaboration with the Meghalaya Police, apprehended seven Bangladeshi nationals along with two Indian facilitators at a checkpoint, said BSF in a statement on Sunday, reported news agency ANI. In view of ongoing unrest in Bangladesh, BSF Meghalaya has assessed and…
U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin,. File photo | Photo Credit: AFP U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sunday (August 11, 2024) as the region braces for possible attacks by Iran and its allies after the killing of senior…
A man poses for pictures in front of new graffiti on a street wall at Dhaka University campus in Dhaka, Bangladesh on August 10, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI Muhammad Yunus was on Sunday (August 11) acquitted in a graft case filed by the Anti-Corruption Commission over the misappropriation of funds from the Grameen Telecom…
A fire broke out on August 11, 2024, at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, which is under the control of Russian forces, a Moscow-installed official said. File | Photo Credit: AFP A fire broke out Sunday at a cooling tower of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern…
Rescuers in Kerala retrieved three more body parts from the site of Wayanad landslides on Sunday, according to state minister PA Mohamed Riyas. The hunt continues as 130 people are still missing following the horrific landslide that rocked the hill district on July 30, reported ANI. Per the report, Minister Riyas said 178 bodies have…
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame attend his swearing-in ceremony after a landslide win in last month’s election at the Amahoro Stadium, Gasabo District of Kigali, Rwanda, August 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rwanda’s all-powerful President Paul Kagame was sworn in Sunday for a fourth term, saying regional peace was a…
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flee from Hamad City, following the evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of Khan Younis, Sunday (August 11, 2024) | Photo Credit: AP Hundreds of Gazans fled the northern neighbourhoods of Khan Yunis on Sunday…
President of Maldivian Democratic Party Abdulla Shahid. File | Photo Credit: AP The Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has welcomed President Mohammad Muizzu-led government’s “sudden recalibration” of its India policy and said Male has always been confident that India will always be the first responder any time the Maldives “dials an international 911″. Abdulla Shahid, president…
The President presented the names of the new 19-member cabinet including one woman. File | Photo Credit: AP Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian presented his Cabinet to parliament on Sunday (August 11, 2024), notably including a woman and a Western-friendly diplomat as the country’s Foreign Minister. Parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf announced the names of the…
