Ex-PM Hasina plans Bangladesh return despite death penalty

Aug 06, 2026

New Delhi [India], August 6: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said she will return to her country after two years in exile in...

Iran, Oman agree on Hormuz shipping route coordinates

Aug 06, 2026

Tehran [Iran], August 6: Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and...

Israeli official rejects Gaza troop withdrawal and end to attacks

Aug 04, 2026

Tel Aviv [Israel], August 4: Israel remains opposed to withdrawing its troops from the Gaza Strip and halting attacks in the Palestinian territory, a senior...

Iraqi Kurdish regional leader meets Syrian president

Aug 04, 2026

Damascus [Syria], August 4: Nechirvan Barzani, president of Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish region, has held talks with Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa, in the first visit by...

Iran, Oman plan new Hormuz route

Aug 04, 2026

Tehran [Iran], August 4: Iran is negotiating with Oman over a joint temporary shipping corridor in the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, Foreign Ministry spokesman...

Romania blasts Danube rock to boost water for nuclear plant

Aug 04, 2026

Bucharest [Romania], August 4: Romania's army blasted a rock in a branch of the Danube river in an effort to increase the flow of cooling...

Pressure on Moscow will bring peace in autumn, hopes Zelensky

Aug 04, 2026

Moscow [Russia], August 4: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hopes to put Russia under such pressure by autumn that it will agree to an end to...

Russian embassy in Italy blames Kiev for Moscow restaurant bombing

Aug 04, 2026

Moscow [Russia], August 4: Russia's embassy in Italy on Monday accused Ukraine of carrying out the deadly bombing at a Moscow restaurant over the weekend,...

Thousands ordered to evacuate as wildfires threaten US city of Spokane

Aug 04, 2026

Washington [US], August 4: Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate parts of Spokane in the eastern US state of Washington as firefighters battle...