International

Under hazy spring sunshine on Saturday, hundreds of young Seoulites turned up at a park by the Han River at the invitation of the city government to try to do something many overworked South Koreans never get enough of – sleep. The Seoul Metropolitan Government staged its third annual spring event, dubbed a power nap contest, from 3 p.m. (0600 ...

Iran executed two men on Saturday accused of spying for Israel, including one accused of gathering intelligence near the Natanz nuclear site in central Isfahan province, Iranian media reported. They quoted the judiciary as saying Yaghoub Karimpour and Nasser Bakarzadeh were hanged after being found guilty of intelligence cooperation with Israel and its spy agency, Mossad. They said Karimpour passed ...

Kolkata witnessed rival protests by the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) late into Thursday night over allegations of tampering with voting machines kept in ‘strongrooms’ following the completion of polling in West Bengal. The Election Commission rejected the allegations, saying there had been no tampering with electronic voting machines (EVMs) or ballot boxes stored in secure facilities. ...

The Trump administration is arguing that the war in Iran has already ended because of the ceasefire that began in early April, an interpretation that would allow the White House to avoid the need to seek congressional approval. The statement furthers an argument laid out by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth during testimony in the Senate earlier Thursday, when he said ...

New York Correspndent : Dr. Ubayed Muhit—an alumnus of the renowned Hunter College, which operates under the City University of New York (CUNY)—has earned the rare distinction of serving as the keynote speaker at the college’s annual “Purple Hawk” banquet. On the afternoon of Monday, April 27, Dr. Ubayed Muhit—a resident physician at Einstein Hospital in the Bronx and a ...

Dhaka and Brussels have reopened a critical diplomatic channel after nearly five years of silence, with Bangladesh pushing for a revitalised partnership that could reshape trade, migration, and climate cooperation between the two sides. The fifth round of formal consultations took place in Dhaka on Wednesday, co-chaired by Foreign Secretary Asad Alam Siam and Erik Kurzweil, the European External Action ...

The United Arab Emirates on Tuesday said it was quitting OPEC, dealing a blow to the oil producers’ group ​as an unprecedented energy crisis caused by the Iran war exposes discord among Gulf nations, reports Reuters. The exit of the UAE – one of the group’s biggest producers – weakens ‌OPEC’s control over global oil supplies and widens a rift ...

Authorities in the United States have recovered the body of a missing Bangladeshi PhD student, while a suspect– his roommate– has been arrested. According to a report by WFLA News Channel 8, the remains have been identified as those of Jamil Limon, 27, a doctoral researcher in geography, environment and policy at the University of South Florida. Police are continuing ...

Tehran has made exceptions for some countries, including Russia, on tolls for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s ambassador to Moscow said Friday, reports Anadolu Ajansi. Kazem Jalali told Russian news agency RIA Novosti that Iran is seeking to apply exemptions for “friendly countries, such as Russia.” “I don’t know what will happen in the future,” he said. “However, ...

Kuwait has reopened its airspace at Kuwait International Airport starting this evening after a nearly two-month closure, with flights set to resume gradually, the state-run news agency Kuna said on Thursday. The move marks the start of a phased restart of operations following a temporary precautionary suspension imposed since 28 February amid regional developments. The process will begin with the ...