Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi led an International Yoga Day event on Kolkata's Red Road on Sunday, attended by West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose and opposition leader Suvendu Adhikari. The event drew controversy…
The bodies of at least 15 migrants, including a young girl, have washed up on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast near Tobruk after their boat is believed to have sunk, security, navy and medical sources…
India has rejected Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's call to halt the demolition of Muslim religious sites in India — including what he called a 1,000-year-old mosque in Varanasi — calling his remarks 'unjustified'…
Waste from Tata Electronics' iPhone-components plant in Hosur, Tamil Nadu, has polluted farmland and caused skin-disease complaints among farmers, prompting a state health investigation, according to officials and an official document reviewed by Reuters.…
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni hit back on Instagram against Donald Trump after the US president said her popularity was shaky and claimed she had 'begged' for a photo at the G7 summit. 'Neither…
American actor Giancarlo Esposito, known worldwide as Gus Fring in 'Breaking Bad,' has converted to Islam while filming in Saudi Arabia, reciting the shahada, the head of the kingdom's General Entertainment Authority, Turki Al-Sheikh,…
Bolivia's President Rodrigo Paz declared a 90-day state of emergency on Saturday and deployed troops and bulldozers to clear road blockades, after six weeks of anti-government protests caused severe shortages of food, medicine and…
French police recovered a genuine Pablo Picasso painting during a drug-trafficking raid on a house in the Paris suburb of Champigny-sur-Marne, prosecutors in Créteil said on Saturday, according to AFP. Cannabis, expensive clothing and…
A majority of Israelis believe Iran emerged stronger from the war and its subsequent agreement with the United States, according to a Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Agam Institute poll of 3,644 respondents published…
Iran is getting back six billion dollars frozen in Qatar as part of a preliminary agreement with the United States, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported on Sunday. President Masoud Pezeshkian confirmed the report, saying…
Returning to the World Cup after 24 years, Turkey crashed out in the group stage, losing 2–0 to Australia and 1–0 to Paraguay. Despite a star-studded squad and 62 shots across two games, they…
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire on Friday after fierce clashes in Lebanon, according to a US official, even as fresh strain hit the peace process built around the US-Iran agreement signed two…
Most Israelis want Benjamin Netanyahu to leave politics, according to a Channel 12 poll, with 59 percent saying he should quit and not contest the next election, due this autumn. Only 33 percent backed…
When Erin Klatt moved to New Zealand a decade ago, she soon decided to make it home; this year she paid $2,350 to renounce her US citizenship. Thousands of Americans do the same each…
The Trinamool Congress, Mamata Banerjee's party that held power in West Bengal for 15 consecutive years, has shattered just weeks after the election results were announced. The party, more than 28 years old, has…
Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi has left for Iran and will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran on Saturday. Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei told the ISNA news agency the visit…
Switzerland is providing a 'secure and confidential' environment at its Bürgenstock resort to advance talks on implementing the memorandum of understanding signed between the United States and Iran, the Swiss foreign ministry said, according…
The understanding reached between the United States and Iran could easily collapse in the event of fresh provocation or an attack, making it 'premature' to hope for lasting peace, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of…
Nur Islam, senior joint secretary of Ward 33 BNP in the capital’s Mohammadpur, was hacked and seriously injured by attackers on Friday, police said, adding that officers and RAB were working to arrest those…
The Calcutta High Court ruled that government employees’ attendance at Sunday’s International Yoga Day event in Kolkata, in the presence of PM Narendra Modi, is not mandatory, after a state notice asking them to…
Showing greater love or giving more to one child than to others is a form of injustice, this reflection argues, drawing on the Quran and Hadith to stress fairness in any gift a parent…
A claim by US President Donald Trump that Italian PM Giorgia Meloni “begged” for a photo with him at the G7 has triggered a diplomatic row, with Meloni calling it “completely made up” and…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has formed new secret cells in Iraq that have struck US-linked facilities in Gulf states, eight Iraqi sources told Reuters, though the news agency said it could not independently…
A move by the BJP-led West Bengal government to acquire farmland for India’s Border Security Force near the Bangladesh border has run into resistance from farmers in Murshidabad, according to a report by the…
US Vice-President JD Vance sharply criticised hardline members of the Israeli cabinet for opposing the new US-Iran deal, saying no country can solve its national-security problems through violence alone, even as Israel-Hezbollah clashes continued…
Outgoing US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard released documents alleging that Dr Anthony Fauci suppressed the COVID-19 lab-leak theory and influenced intelligence agencies. Fauci has previously denied any such discussions under oath.
The recent Iran–US–Israel war has shaken the region’s long-standing security order, analysts say, pushing Gulf states toward alternative security frameworks and accelerating new overlapping partnerships across the Middle East.
France wants an active role in the coming US-Iran talks on Iran’s nuclear programme and will not agree to lift UN sanctions on Iran unless it is satisfied with the terms of a final…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's position has long been shaky. A US memorandum of understanding with Iran, signed ahead of Israel's national election, has further complicated his standing.
Deposits held by Bangladeshi nationals and banks in Switzerland rose 41 percent from 2025, the Swiss National Bank's annual report showed Thursday, reaching 834.2 million Swiss francs.
Bangladesh and India share responsibility for resolving the cross-border push-in problem through dialogue, the spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a New York briefing.
After a change of power in West Bengal's recent assembly election, demand for rotten eggs has surged around Kolkata as protesters use them to target Trinamool Congress leaders.
The United States and Iran released the full text of an interim accord signed by their presidents, Reuters reported. Trump warned strikes would resume if Iran breaks the deal.
An initial US-Iran ceasefire understanding has handed Tehran major economic gains while deferring the toughest concessions on its nuclear program to future talks, analysts said.
The United States and Iran have signed and activated a deal extending their ceasefire, a White House official said. President Donald Trump signed it at the G7 summit in France.
More than $100 billion in Iranian assets is frozen abroad, from bank accounts in China and Iraq to funds held in Qatar and South Korea, and recovering it has become a key Iranian demand…
A look back at June milestones in Islamic history, from the 1916 Arab Revolt against Ottoman rule to the founding of the Cairo-based Abbasid caliphate and the accession of Sultan Bayezid I.
CNN has published a 14-point draft of a possible Iran-US accord covering a ceasefire, Gulf shipping, sanctions relief and Tehran's nuclear program; the White House said it does not reflect the final deal.
U.S. President Donald Trump sharply criticised former President Barack Obama over the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, alleging the Obama administration effectively bribed Iran with a large sum of money.
Citing Iran, ParsToday reported that the announcement of an Iran-US deal to end the war is seen in Israel as a bitter blow, leaving officials deeply angered.
Indian authorities are pushing mainly Muslim ethnic Bengalis into Bangladesh without due process, violating human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a report.
More than half the financing for a proposed $300 billion investment fund for Iran, part of a draft US-Iran framework, has already been secured, a source said.
Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques in the villages of Jiljilya and Mazra al-Nubani north of Ramallah and scrawled Hebrew slogans on their walls, Anadolu reported.
US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said America owes its existence to Israel, a claim directly at odds with recent remarks by President Donald Trump.
Amnesty International has warned that Israeli forces are forcibly displacing people en masse in Lebanon, which it says amounts to a war crime under international law.
The West Bengal government has prioritized land acquisition and infrastructure to strengthen the 60-km Siliguri Corridor, the narrow strip linking India to its northeastern states, reports say.
India's central government has temporarily restricted Telegram to stop rumors and fraud surrounding the NEET-UG medical entrance re-examination, a move welcomed by the National Testing Agency.
China has rejected a European Union allegation that Chinese military personnel trained Russian soldiers involved in the Ukraine war, calling the claim baseless, the Anadolu Agency reported.
India's Border Security Force tried again to push a woman into Bangladesh through the Chapainawabganj border, but was forced to take her back after resistance from the BGB and local residents, the BGB said.
Analysts say the war that began on February 28 between the United States and Iran ended with a new settlement but stands as a major foreign-policy failure that exposed the limits of US power.
Celebrations of the New York Knicks' first NBA championship in 53 years turned violent in Times Square on Saturday night, with shooting, stabbings and 63 arrests, New York police said.
Water levels in Brazil's Amazon region rose significantly in 2025 after two years of severe drought, though a monitoring network warned the long-term situation remained worrying, AFP reported.
World leaders at the G-7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, focused on an Iran-U.S. agreement and the war in Ukraine, with a preliminary Iran deal drawing wide discussion.