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The Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) has ended its protest at Jantar Mantar following the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the Centre’s assurance that it would address the key demands raised by the demonstrators. The decision was announced on Saturday after the third round of talks between CJP leaders and a government delegation. The announcement came during a ...

India’s Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned following weeks of youth protests over a series of examination paper leaks. “I have sent my resignation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” Pradhan said on Saturday. Pradhan’s resignation was the main demand of the protesters camping at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for over a month. The talks between the CJP and the Centre were ...

Leaders of India’s youth-led “cockroach” movement said on Friday that the government has sought time until Saturday afternoon to respond on their demand for the education minister’s resignation over exam paper leaks, following talks between the two sides. The talks came hours after activist Sonam Wangchuk ended his 26-day hunger strike, raising hopes that the two sides could reach a ...

Bangladesh’s decades-long fight against hepatitis B and C is showing positive results, but health experts warn the country is entering a new phase of its liver disease epidemic as fatty liver disease rapidly emerges as a leading cause of chronic liver disease. A new study by the Bangladesh Medical University (BMU) found that cases of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) ...

Iranian state media reported Friday that overnight US strikes on infrastructure in southern and western Iran killed eight people and wounded 20 others. “Some infrastructure in several provinces of the country came under US military attack,” the IRNA news agency said, reporting that six bridges in the southern province of Hormozgan were targeted.

Kuwait and Bahrain faced renewed aerial attacks from Iran on Thursday, their militaries said, as Tehran and Washington exchanged strikes in a battle for control of the vital Strait of Hormuz. The Kuwaiti army said it was responding to a fresh salvo of drones, blaming “Iranian aggression”, while an AFP journalist reported hearing explosions near the Gulf state’s capital Kuwait ...

French lawmakers on Wednesday adopted a bill that will create a legal right to assisted dying for adults with incurable illnesses, capping an intense ethical and political debate. The legislation will, under strict conditions, allow a person who requests it to receive a lethal substance. The substance could be self-administered or, if the person is physically unable to do so, ...

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at a US air base in Jordan. The military action was taken in retaliation for an alleged American strike near a children’s cancer facility in Iran. According to the IRGC, American troops utilized military facilities in Jordan to launch strikes against various Iranian targets, including the area near the hospital. In ...

The European Union and Britain on Tuesday signed a deal ending border checks between Spain and Gibraltar, six years after the UK officially left the bloc. EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic took part in the signing ceremony in Brussels alongside British and Spanish ministers as well as Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo. The easier crossings will start Wednesday.

European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June, official data showed. The vast majority — more than 9,000 — were among people aged 65 and above, according to data published by EuroMOMO, a network backed by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and the ...