Myanmar confirms 180,000 Rohingya eligible to return, Bangladesh says
The 180,000 names were part of a list of 800,000 Rohingya that Bangladesh submitted to Myanmar in six batches.
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UK comedian Russell Brand faces rape, sexual assault charges
Police say Brand faces one count of rape, one of indecent assault, one of oral rape and two of sexual assault.
The trade surplus that Trump never mentions
US has a trade surplus from export of services which experts say are now vulnerable to global tariffs.
China hits back at Trump tariffs with 34% tax on US goods, export curbs
Beijing says it will impose additional 34 percent tax on US goods from next week in retaliation to Washington's tariffs.
India’s opposition says will challenge Muslim properties bill in top court
Amendments to 1995 law governing waqf endowments would add non-Muslims to boards that manage such properties.
India’s Modi, Bangladesh’s Yunus hold first talks since 2024 uprising
Modi says he wants 'positive and constructive relationship' with Bangladesh where pro-India Hasina was ousted last year.
‘Just like that’: Yemeni families destroyed by US air strikes
Ammar was a stone's throw away from his family when the explosion flung him aside. Everyone in the home was killed.
‘You cannot annex another country’: Denmark PM to US on Greenland
Mette Frederiksen visits the Arctic island as the US continues its threats of taking over the region.
Palestinian aid workers likely shot ‘execution style’, forensic expert says
Palestinian Red Crescent, which lost nine of its staff in March 23 attack, called it one of the war's 'darkest moments'.
Myanmar’s military junta chief joins Bangkok summit in rare trip abroad
General Min Aung Hlaing is under multiple global sanctions and is also wanted by the ICC for crimes against humanity.
Trump tariffs to cause ‘untold damage’, UK business groups warn
Analysts say the UK's relatively mild rate of 10 percent does not signal a strong US-UK relationship.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,135
These are the key events on day 1,135 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
Have Trump’s tariffs killed US-Africa preferential trade?
The AGOA framework that saw African countries export duty free to the US is as good as dead, experts say.
How much will Trump’s new tariffs hurt other countries and US consumers?
Trump’s reciprocal tariffs range from 10 percent to more than 50 percent on the US’s trading partners.
South Korea’s President Yoon removed from office over martial law decree
South Korea's Constitutional Court says President Yoon Suk-yeol 'violated' basic rights by declaring martial law.
Downtown Seoul tense as court rules on President Yoon’s impeachment
Thousands of police were deployed in the vicinity of the Constitutional Court due to possible fallout from the ruling.
Six people dead after alleged dynamite attack in Bolivia gold-mining clash
The dynamite attack is thought to be the result of two mining collectives fighting over access to gold deposits.
Trump says he thinks Iran wants direct talks with US
US president says Iran initially wanted talks through intermediaries, but he thinks Tehran has changed its position.
At least 16 killed as two refugee boats sink off Turkiye and Greece
Greek and Turkish coastguards still searching for two missing people from the two unrelated accidents.
Israel launches deadly ground incursion amid air strikes on Syria
UN envoy for Syria slams ‘repeated’ military attacks by Israel in Syria, warning of violations of international law.