Cops kill three Sikh separatists Police said they had killed three Sikh rebels fighting for a separate homeland known as “Khalistan”, the struggle for which sparked deadly violence in the 1980s and 1990s. 12/23/2024 - 10:23 am | View Link
Road killing at 300 feet: Buet students demand unbiased probe, justice Students of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) held a demonstration today, demanding justice for their fellow student Mohtassim Masud, who was killed in a road accident on the ... 12/21/2024 - 1:17 am | View Link
Muslim lawyer killed in Bangladesh violence was not part of arrested Hindu monk's legal team Supporters of an arrested Hindu monk calling for the protection of Bangladesh's Hindu minority clashed with the police in the port city of Chittagong in November, with a Muslim public prosecutor ... 12/19/2024 - 7:50 pm | View Link
Pilkhana carnage: Families of slain army officers file complaint with ICT against Hasina Sheikh Hasina committed these crimes undermining the sovereignty of Bangladesh,' says the lawyer who filed the complaint ... 12/18/2024 - 11:08 pm | View Link
Abu Sayed murder: BRU students protest as accused police officers evade arrest for 5 months Since the resignation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her departure to India following the successful people's uprising on August 5, seven senior police officers working with Rangpur ... 12/13/2024 - 4:29 am | View Link
(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal. Now, Donald Trump again wants Greenland.
The President-elect is renewing unsuccessful calls he made during his first term for the U. S. to buy Greenland from Denmark, adding to the list of allied countries with which he’s picking fights even before taking office on Jan.
(BETHLEHEM, West Bank) — The Nativity Store in Manger Square has sold handmade olive wood carvings and religious items to people visiting the traditional birthplace of Jesus since 1927. But as Bethlehem prepares to mark its second Christmas under the shadow of the war in Gaza, there are almost no tourists, leaving the Nativity Store and other businesses unsure of how much longer they can hold on.
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For the second straight year, Bethlehem’s Christmas celebrations will be somber and muted, in deference to ongoing war in Gaza.
The Philippines is known for its monthslong Christmas celebrations starting in September. The heavily Catholic country of nearly 120 million people is serious about the festive season. However, this time of year has recently taken a much more somber tone for many Filipino families.
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Estrella Pagarigan had decorated her home with recycled bamboo and plastic bottle parols for the holidays, but in early November, the house where she, her husband, and three children have lived for years was flattened overnight.
Today, more than half the world’s population lives in cities—a figure expected to grow by 2.4 billion by 2050. Cities are at the heart of humanity’s future, but they are also ground zero for some of our biggest challenges: climate change, social inequality, and economic fragility. To house the growing urban population and achieve the U.