More than 30 people have been killed in a series of attacks on villages in central Nigeria in recent days, a local government official reported on Monday. The violence, which unfolded between Friday and Sunday in Benue State’s Gwer West local government area, is the latest in a long-running conflict between herders and farmers over land access. According to Ormin ...

A top World Health Organization official deplored Monday that none of the agency’s trucks with medical aid had been allowed to enter the Gaza Strip since Israel ended its blockade. Humanitarian aid has begun trickling back into the Palestinian territory in recent days after more than two months of blocked access, reports AFP. For more than 11 weeks, “there has ...

Carlo Ancelotti has named his first Brazil squad after officially taking over as head coach, recalling experienced midfielder Casemiro for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Ecuador and Paraguay. The 33-year-old, who captained Brazil at the 2022 World Cup, returns after nearly a year-long absence from the national setup. Neymar, still recovering from injury, was left out of the squad ...

A car rammed into a packed crowd celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League title victory on Monday leaving 27 people hospitalised, but police said they were ruling out terrorism. “We believe this to be an isolated incident, and we are not currently looking for anyone else in relation to it,” Merseyside Police Assistant Chief Constable Jenny Sims told a press conference, adding ...

Japan has lost its long-held position as the world’s largest creditor nation for the first time in 34 years, falling behind Germany despite its net external assets reaching a record high, officials said Tuesday. According to Japan’s finance ministry, the country’s net external assets stood at 533.05 trillion yen ($3.7 trillion) at the end of 2024 — a 12.9 percent ...

Border Security Force (BSF) pushed 21 Bangladeshi nationals, including women and children, through the Kamalganj border in Moulvibazar district. Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) detained them around 7.45 AM while they attempted to cross into Moterbol border area under Madhabpur Union in the upazila. The arrested individuals have been identified as Md Belal Hossain, 45, and Rasheda Begum, 35, from Dewaber ...

Officials and employees started protest again at the Bangladesh Secretariat for the fourth consecutive day, defying strict security measures beefed up by the government there. Like the previous three-day, they gathered at Badamtola around 11AM on Tuesday and later started protest demanding the withdrawal of the Public Service (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025. Journalists were also barred from entering the premises. The ...

A court in Dhaka on Tuesday acquitted senior journalist Shafik Rehman in a case over an alleged plot to abduct and murder Sajeeb Wazed Joy, the son of former prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Dhaka Additional Metropolitan Sessions Court Judge Tariq Ezaz delivered the judgment on Tuesday in presence of the journalist. Shafik’s lawyer Syed Zainul Abedin Mezbah had previously argued ...

The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division has acquitted Jamaat-e-Islami leader ATM Azharul Islam accepting his appeal against death penalty in a case over crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War. The full bench of the Appellate Division, led by Chief Justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, delivered the verdict. During the announcement of the judgment, lawyers of both sides and top Jamaat ...

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H. Mansur has announced plans to merge six financially distressed banks under temporary government ownership by July, citing widespread irregularities and loan scandals as the primary causes of their deterioration. In an interview with a private television channel, the Governor stated that the banks—First Security Islami Bank, Social Islami Bank, Union Bank, Global Islami Bank, ...