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India’s youth-led Cockroach movement kicked off more nationwide protests on Friday as thousands of people gathered in Mumbai, amid mounting concerns that millions of citizens are being unfairly stripped of their vote. The movement, which calls itself the Cockroach Janta party (CJP) and has massive support among the country’s gen Zs, returned to the streets to demand the resignation of ...

A senior Hamas commander was killed in an Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza on Tuesday, according to Israeli and Palestinian sources. Hamas confirmed the death of Izz al-Din al-Beik, head of its armed wing in northern Gaza. Israeli officials said al-Beik was involved in planning attacks and recruiting fighters. Hamas said he was among the commanders involved in the October ...

At least 33 people were killed and 36 injured in a Myanmar military airstrike near a market in Kyauktaw, a town in the conflict-hit Rakhine State bordering Bangladesh, according to the Arakan Army and a local aid worker. The Arakan Army, an armed group fighting Myanmar’s military and controlling the area, said the airstrike hit Kyauktaw on Monday. Wai Hun ...

By Matiar Chowdhury:   25 th September 2026: Chairman of the Baloch National Movement (BNM), Dr Naseem Baloch, has said that the sacrifices of Baloch political activists must not be reduced to memories of loss, but should remain part of the continuing political struggle for the Baloch national cause. Addressing the 12th Balochistan International Conference in Geneva, Dr Naseem Baloch said ...

India wants to build a “positive, constructive and forward-looking” relationship with Bangladesh and is ready to discuss all bilateral issues through existing mechanisms, its foreign ministry spokesperson said Tuesday. Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal made the remarks during a regular media briefing in New Delhi. “India desires a positive, constructive and forward-looking relationship with Bangladesh,” Jaiswal said, ...

Fighting in southern Yemen between Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-backed Houthi fighters has killed 48 people in recent hours, military sources from both sides told AFP on Saturday. According to government military sources, 17 troops were killed, while the Houthis reported 31 of their fighters killed in the past day.

Leaders of the BRICS group of nations unanimously adopted a joint declaration on the first day of the two-day summit in the Indian capital, New Delhi, despite divisions among members over the wars in Iran and Ukraine. The New Delhi Declaration, adopted on Saturday, called for restraint in the Middle East but avoided condemning the US-Israeli strikes or Iran’s targeting ...

Malaysia has discussed the possible extradition of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik to India, Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has said. In an interview with Indian media outlet NDTV, Anwar said the issue was raised during his bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (September 12). “Certainly, these issues were part of the discussions,” Anwar said, adding ...

Record rainfall has disrupted life in central Japan, with Nagoya receiving 104.5mm of rain in one hour and authorities issuing the highest Level 5 flood alert in several areas. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued the alert in parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures, including Nagoya, Seto, Kasugai, Komaki, Ichinomiya, Inazawa, Kiyosu, Kitanagoya, Ama, Tajimi and Toki. Residents in affected ...

Deadly fighting has broken out between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government forces and the Iran-backed Houthi movement. More than 60 people have been killed in southwestern Yemen as forces from the two sides clashed on Saturday. According to three Yemeni military sources, 26 soldiers were killed, AFP reports. According to the Houthi movement, more than 30 of its fighters were killed. In ...