At least 17 dead as heavy rains trigger flash floods in Afghanistan
Dead include five members of a family in the Kabkan district in the province of Herat.
Day: January 2, 2026
In U-turn, Bangladesh reinstates official, a Yunus aide, two days after resignation
Bangladesh’s interim government reinstated Sayedur Rahman, a key aide to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus, just two days after his resignation. This move prevents a second senior official’s departure within ten days, following the earlier resignation of Kh…
Xi to host South Korea’s Lee in Beijing as China seeks to bolster regional ties
Chinese President Xi Jinping will host South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on a state visit beginning on Sunday, a diplomatic signal of Beijing’s push to deepen ties with Seoul as relations with Japan remain strained over Taiwan and regional security…
Hindu businessman seriously injured after being hacked, set on fire in Bangladesh
A businessman, Khokon Chandra Das, was brutally attacked, hacked, and set on fire by miscreants in Bangladesh’s Shariatpur district. He was returning home from his shop when the assailants stopped his autorickshaw, assaulted him, and then set him ablaz…
Two politicians elected to represent the entire South East region of South Australia are starting the year in custody. That’s nearly 50,000 voters — living across an area roughly the size of the Netherlands — whose elected member of state parliament is detained.
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9,500 Years Ago, Stone Age Hunter-Gatherers Built Funeral Pyre In Africa
A scientific paper, published in the journal Science Advances, describes a spectacular event that happened about 9,500 years ago in Malawi in south-central Africa, challenging long-held notions about how hunter-gatherers treat their dead.
Several killed in Iran amid protests over economic crisis
In Iran, some are protesting the rising cost of living and clashing with security forces in a number of cities. Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.
Maduro open to US talks on drug trafficking, but silent on CIA strike
Venezuela is open to reaching an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, according to President Nicolás Maduro.
Maduro open to talks with U.S. on drug trafficking, silent on CIA strike
Venezuela is open to negotiating an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, the South American country’s President Nicolas Maduro said in a pretaped interview aired Thursday on state television, but he declined to comment on a CIA-…
Maduro open to US talks on drug trafficking, but silent on CIA strike
Venezuela is open to reaching an agreement with the United States to combat drug trafficking, according to President Nicolás Maduro