Argentine soccer player Angel Di Maria said Tuesday that safety concerns mean he will not finish his career in his native Rosario, after a bullet-pierced pig’s head was thrown at a family business. The 36-year-old, who won the World Cup with Argentina in 2022, had said he wanted to return to his boyhood club in the nation’s third-largest city, which ...

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was killed in Iran on Wednesday, the Palestinian militant group Hamas and Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said in separate statements. The Islamist faction mourned the death of Haniyeh, who it said was killed in “a treacherous Zionist raid on his residence in Tehran”. Hanieh attended Iran’s new president’s swearing in ceremony on Tuesday. “Early this morning, the ...

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday afternoon to check on the injured victims of the recent nationwide violence during quota reform protests, reports UNB. She reached the hospital around 5pm, and inquired about the condition of those undergoing treatment after being attacked during the student movement demanding quota reform in public services. The ...

An “evil man” who strangled his wife for having an online affair and dumped her body in a river has been sentenced to life in prison. Aminan Rahman, 46, from east London, attacked 24-year-old Suma Begum during a video call with her boyfriend last April, the Old Bailey previously heard. The court was told how Rahman put her into a ...

Anjem Choudary, the leader of the banned group al-Muhajiroun, has been jailed for life and may never leave prison alive. The extremist preacher was found guilty of directing the group, which is banned under UK terror laws, and encouraging support for it through online meetings. The sentence means he cannot seek to leave jail on licence until he is more ...

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has defended her decision to scrap winter fuel payments for around 10 million pensioners. She told the BBC she had found a “black hole” in the public finances and “had to act” to “fix the mess”. But a former pensions minister said she was “shocked” by the decision to restrict the fuel payments. Ms Reeves has accused ...

The three girls who were killed in a “ferocious” knife attack at a children’s dance workshop have been named by police. Bebe King, six, Elsie Dot Stancombe, seven and Alice Dasilva Aguiar, nine, died after the attack at a Taylor Swift-themed event on Hart Street, Southport, on Monday. Five children and two adults who were also injured remain in a ...

Tuesday is expected to be the UK’s hottest day of the year as a heatwave affects large parts of the UK. Parts of south-east England are forecast to reach temperatures of 32C (90F). The Met Office said some places in England and Wales are very likely to meet heatwave criteria later. But it might be short-lived – with a yellow ...

All government and non-government offices will remain open from 9am to 5pm from Wednesday (July 31) as per normal schedule. Public Administration Ministry issued an order in this regard on Tuesday. Meanwhile, banks across the country will continue their transaction from 10am to 4pm. On July 24, the Public Administration Ministry fixed the office hours from 11am to 3pm for ...

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir will be banned within Wednesday (July 31) under an executive order from the government, said Law Minister Anisul Huq on Tuesday. He confirmed this to reporters while responding to a question at the Secretariat. The law minister also said that he will hold discussions with the home minister to determine the ...