The UK economy’s recovery from recession was stronger than previously thought in the first quarter, official data showed Friday, partly lifting embattled prime minister Rishi Sunak before next week’s election. Gross domestic
Police in the Maldives have arrested a state environment minister, officers said Thursday, with media in the Indian Ocean nation reporting she was accused of performing “black magic” on the
Bolivia’s army chief was arrested Wednesday after sending soldiers and tanks to take up position in front of government buildings in what President Luis Arce called an attempted ‘coup d’etat’.
Kenyan protest organisers called on Wednesday for fresh peaceful marches against deeply unpopular tax hikes, as the death toll from nationwide demonstrations climbed to 22, a state-funded rights body said,
Three-time BJP lawmaker Om Birla was elected Lok Sabha Speaker for the second time on Wednesday. Despite nominating Congress lawmaker K Suresh as an opposition candidate, the Congress-led India alliance
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for ‘high participation’ in Friday’s presidential election to replace Ebrahim Raisi, who died last month in a helicopter crash. ‘We emphasise the importance
Taiwan’s president Lai Ching-te said Monday that China ‘has no right to punish’ Taiwanese people for their views or advocacy, after Beijing warned ‘diehard’ supporters of the island’s independence could
A day after Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the ‘intense phase’ of the Gaza war is winding down, the army bombed Hamas on Monday as the Palestinian militant group
Attacks on churches and synagogues in Russia’s Dagestan region killed 15 police officers and four civilians, officials said on Monday, stoking fears over Islamist violence in the historically restive North
Police arrested a ‘mentally challenged’ woman for stabbing four schoolgirls in a classroom in Sadullapur upazila of Gaibandha district on Tuesday. The arrested was identified as Jannati Akter of village