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Shafiqur Rahman, Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and Leader of the Opposition, photographed in Dhaka

Shafiqur Rahman: Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition

Shafiqur Rahman is a Sylhet physician who took over a banned party in 2019, was jailed for 15 months, and in February 2026 led Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami to 68 seats and the office

August 23, 2026

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Rashtrapati Bhavan hosts a banquet for leaders of neighbouring countries in New Delhi in June 2024

India Issued and Withdrew a Notice Confirming Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s Delhi Visit

India's President's office said on Friday that Saturday's Change of Guard ceremony was off because of a full rehearsal for the ceremonial welcome of the Prime Minister of Bangladesh. About an hour later it withdrew the statement. Neither government has

August 22, 2026

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Wide view of the United Nations Security Council chamber in New York during a meeting

AQIS, Terror accused Freed on Bail in Dhaka Has Been Unaccounted For 22 Months

Maulana Ikramul Haque, whom Bangladeshi investigators describe as the second-ranking figure in al-Qaeda's South Asian branch

A waxing gibbous moon photographed from the International Space Station above the southern Atlantic Ocean

Moon Phase Today, August 22, 2026: Waxing Gibbous at Apogee

The moon phase today, August 22, 2026, is a Waxing Gibbous about 72 percent illuminated and

The west front of the United States Capitol, where the House passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act over GOP leadership objections

Twenty Republicans Defy Their Leaders as the House Forces Through a Union Contract Bill

The Faster Labor Contracts Act passed 230 to 193 after a discharge petition dragged it past Speaker Mike Johnson's objections, with 20 Republicans joining Democrats on a bill that would force employers

June 10, 2026

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Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford, who won the Democratic nomination for governor, speaking at the United Nations

Aaron Ford Wins Nevada’s Democratic Nod and Makes November a Verdict on Lombardo’s Trump Embrace

Attorney General Aaron Ford took 60 percent of Nevada's Democratic primary vote Tuesday and immediately branded Governor Joe Lombardo "Trump's human doormat," framing November's battleground contest as a referendum on the incumbent's

June 10, 2026

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Pamela Evette, the Trump-backed South Carolina lieutenant governor headed to a gubernatorial runoff, in a file photo

Trump’s Pick Limps Into a South Carolina Runoff as Mace Crashes to Fifth

Trump-backed Pamela Evette took just 29 percent in South Carolina's GOP governor primary, forcing a June 23 runoff with Alan Wilson, while Nancy Mace, stripped of Trump's endorsement over her Epstein vote,

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Image from coverage of the rescue of 24 Indian crew members from the MT Marivex tanker struck by a US missile off Oman

US strike sets tanker with 24 Indian crew ablaze, and Delhi thanks only Oman

An F/A-18 from USS Abraham Lincoln fired into the MT Marivex, a sanctioned tanker crewed entirely by Indians, leaving it burning off Oman. All 24 were rescued by Omani helicopters. New Delhi

June 10, 2026

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Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea, photographed from the International Space Station

A Six-Meter Raft at Scarborough Shoal Pulls Manila and Beijing Back to the Brink

The Philippines lodged a diplomatic protest after a manned floating structure with an antenna appeared at Scarborough Shoal, fearing the start of another island base. Beijing answered with two words it always

June 10, 2026

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A US-made Patriot missile launcher of the Kuwaiti air force, the system defending Kuwait against Iranian drone and missile attacks

Iran strikes Bahrain and Kuwait again, putting India’s Gulf millions in the crossfire

Iranian drones hit US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for American strikes on the Strait of Hormuz, the second attack in a week on the Gulf states that anchor India's

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Demonstrators confront Kenyan police during the protest against the US Ebola quarantine centre in Nanyuki

Kenya Police Kill a Protester at the US Ebola Camp a Court Already Blocked

Kenyan police shot a man in the head as hundreds protested the US quarantine camp rising at Laikipia Air Base, the third death in a week over a facility Kenyan courts have

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·Health·News

Women in burqas with their children on a street in Herat, Afghanistan, in a file photo

Taliban Forces Fire on a Herat Protest Sparked by Hijab Arrests, Medics Report Two Dead

Taliban forces used gunfire, sticks and whips on a rare protest in Herat after morality police arrested some 30 women and girls over dress rules. Medics told the BBC a woman and

June 10, 2026

Government and Politics·News

Security personnel patrol a street in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, before the Joint Awami Action Committee protest

Pakistan Kashmir protests leave 11 dead as India seizes the UN moment

Eleven people died in Rawalakot before a banned movement's rally went ahead anyway, while Gilgit-Baltistan voted under rigging allegations. India's foreign ministry called the elections a mask over repression, and the week

June 10, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Chennai Central railway station seen through heavy rain

Chennai Weather: Monsoon Soaks Tamil Nadu’s Ghats, the Capital Stays Dry

An orange alert has five Tamil Nadu ghat districts braced for heavy to very heavy rain as the monsoon advances across the state. Chennai gets the season's oldest snub instead, 33 degrees

June 10, 2026

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Shafiqur Rahman: Bangladesh’s Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer and Leader of the Opposition

India Issued and Withdrew a Notice Confirming Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman’s Delhi Visit

AQIS, Terror accused Freed on Bail in Dhaka Has Been Unaccounted For 22 Months

Moon Phase Today, August 22, 2026: Waxing Gibbous at Apogee

Twenty Republicans Defy Their Leaders as the House Forces Through a Union Contract Bill

Aaron Ford Wins Nevada’s Democratic Nod and Makes November a Verdict on Lombardo’s Trump Embrace

Trump’s Pick Limps Into a South Carolina Runoff as Mace Crashes to Fifth

US strike sets tanker with 24 Indian crew ablaze, and Delhi thanks only Oman

A Six-Meter Raft at Scarborough Shoal Pulls Manila and Beijing Back to the Brink

Iran strikes Bahrain and Kuwait again, putting India’s Gulf millions in the crossfire

Kenya Police Kill a Protester at the US Ebola Camp a Court Already Blocked

Taliban Forces Fire on a Herat Protest Sparked by Hijab Arrests, Medics Report Two Dead

Pakistan Kashmir protests leave 11 dead as India seizes the UN moment

Chennai Weather: Monsoon Soaks Tamil Nadu’s Ghats, the Capital Stays Dry

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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