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Nationalist Viktor Orban, who has ruled Hungary for 16 years, on Sunday conceded defeat to conservative Peter Magyar in parliamentary elections.
With votes in almost 67 per cent of precincts counted, ...
DHAKA: A self-proclaimed spiritual leader was beaten to death by a mob in Bangladesh on Saturday, officials said, in the latest violence fuelled by religious tensions in the country.
Muslim-majority B...
• Kyiv accuses Moscow of nearly 470 ceasefire violations• Both sides exchange 175 prisoners of war each
KHARKIV: Ukraine’s military command accused Russia of repeatedly violating a truce to mark...
GENEVA: UN agency chiefs on Saturday demanded an end to impunity for widespread international law violations in the Middle East, as casualties pile up six weeks into the war unleashed by US-Israeli st...
Two US Navy warships transited the Strait of Hormuz at the start of an operation to clear the strategic waterway of mines laid by Iran, US Central Command (Centcom) said on Saturday.
The announcement ...
They came from around the world: hundreds of journalists rushed to Islamabad’s flagship convention centre — converted into a media hub by Pakistani authorities for landmark talks between the Unite...
The United States and Iran have been sworn enemies since the 1979 Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis at the US embassy in Tehran.
On Saturday, the arch-foes are set to hold talks in Islamabad t...
DHAKA: Rocking her baby to soothe his searing pain and gasping breaths, 18-year-old Rubia Akhtar Brishti recounts how her son nearly died in Bangladesh’s deadly measles outbreak.
“The boy had (a) ...
BRITISH PM Keir Starmer shakes hands with his Qatari counterpart Mohammed bin Abdulrahman.—Reuters
• Calls alliance a ‘defensive’ bloc that has ensured decades of sa...
Israel has approved the establishment of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media reports and the watchdog Peace Now, which said the decision was taken “secretly” i...
