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Bangladesh braces for return of exiled leader seen as likely next PM
Acting Chairman of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Tarique Rahman, poses for a portrait in London, U.K., Dec. 30, 2023. (AFP…
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Bangladesh erupts after activist’s killing as protesters torch newspapers
People are seen at the entrance to the Daily Star building as it burns amid protests following the news of…
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Muslim who stopped Australia gunman in his tracks hailed as ‘hero’
SYDNEY: Australians are hailing a “hero” whose daring struggle with a gunman Sunday led to the disarming of an attacker…
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Australia’s leaders promise to tighten gun laws after Bondi Beach massacre on Hanukkah
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian leaders promised on Monday to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a…
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Magnitude 7.6 earthquake jolts Japan
A tsunami warning is displayed on a television in Yokohama, near Tokyo, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, after a strong earthquake…
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Zubaida Rahman visits her mother-in-law Khaleda Zia in the hospital at her father’s house in Dhanmondi
Zubaida Rahman, wife of party acting chairman Tarique Rahman, returns after seeing BNP chairperson and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia,…
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At least 3 policemen killed in NW Pakistan roadside bomb blast
Pakistani Police officers stand guard at a checkpoint in Peshawar, Pakistan, Nov. 25, 2025. (EPA Photo) At least three Pakistani…
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Hong Kong fire death toll hits 159 as 6 arrested over failed alarms
A scene at the rescue site in Wang Fuk Court, a residential area in Tai Po of Hong Kong, south…
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Afghanistan-Pakistan tensions reignite after 10 killed in airstrikes
People stand in front of a damaged house that the Afghan Taliban government claims was damaged in Pakistani airstrikes, in…
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3 Pakistani border police killed in suicide attack on Peshawar HQ
Army personnel inspect the suicide attack site outside the border force headquarters in Peshawar, Pakistan, Nov. 24, 2025. (AFP Photo)…
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