Dhaka April 21, 2026, 2:50 am
Firefighters battled the blaze into the night, with thick black smoke billowing from the 31-storey towers and orange flames lighting up the night sky
One of the dead was a firefighter
The ambassadors for 15 member states are set to visit Damascus on December 4
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said, Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR defends our Homeland, removes narco-terrorists from our Hemisphere, and secures our Homeland from the drugs that are killing our people
Israel said Mexican authorities had intervened to stop the attempt to kill its ambassador, Einat Kranz-Neiger, but Mexico's foreign ministry later said it had "received no information" on the alleged incident
The US is the only other country in the world to have an aircraft carrier with the same electromagnetic catapult system as Fujian
The alarming streak of exceptional temperatures continued in 2025, UN agency said ahead of next week's COP30 summit
Guterres urged all governments to investigate every case, prosecute every perpetrator, and create an environment where journalists can work freely and safely
The United States began carrying out the strikes -- which experts say are illegal -- in early September, and has now destroyed at least 14 vessels in the Caribbean and Pacific
Lukoil has begun talks with potential buyers and will complete the sales under a grace period allowing transactions until 21 November
With just days to go before tense COP30 climate talks in Brazil, UN Climate Change provided an emissions calculation alongside its formal assessment of national 2035 pledges
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim; chair of the ASEAN, symbolically passed the gavel to Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos at the end of the summit in Kuala Lumpur
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with China's Vice Premier He Lifeng at Merdeka 118- the world's second-tallest building
A multibillion-dollar scam industry has ballooned in Cambodia in recent years, with thousands involved, some willingly and others forced by the organised criminal groups
Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel as part of the accord arrived in the Gaza Strip and the Israeli-occupied West Bank
The Nobel economics prize consists of a diploma, a gold medal and a $1.2 million cheque
11,849 illegal residents deported in one week
The plane went down at Shellharbour Airport, about 85 km (53 miles) south of the state capital Sydney, shortly after taking off around 10 a.m. (2300 GMT Friday), police said.
The milestone was celebrated with a series of ceremonies, including the departure of Saudia flights from Riyadh to Moscow and the return from Moscow to Riyadh
People reported hearing the blast and feeling it shaking their homes from miles away
