India, France renew defence ties for next decade

India and France have decided to continue their defence cooperation for another 10 years, showing their strong and trusted partnership in the…

Tarique Rahman sworn in as Bangladesh’s PM

Tarique Rahman, leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was sworn in as Prime Minister of Bangladesh on 17 February 2026, following…

DHS shuts down during the funding dispute

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) entered a partial shutdown over the weekend after funding expired, marking the third such…

Trump signals backchannel role in Iran nuclear talks

US President Donald Trump has said he will be involved “indirectly” in the latest round of nuclear negotiations between the United States…

China expands secret nuclear sites in Sichuan

New satellite imagery shows that China is rapidly expanding and modernizing covert nuclear weapons facilities deep in Sichuan Province, raising global concern…

Global pledge of $5 bn to rebuild Gaza

US President Donald Trump has announced that members of the newly formed Board of Peace have pledged more than $5 billion to assist…

Om Birla to attend Tarique Rahman’s swearing-in

India will be represented by Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla at the swearing-in ceremony of Bangladesh’s Prime Minister-designate Tarique Rahman on February…

Nikhil Gupta admits plot to kill sikh leader

In a significant legal development in New York, 54-year-old Indian national Nikhil Gupta has pled guilty in a federal court to charges…

2000-year-old tamil graffiti in Egypt reveals trade

Step into the heart of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, and you might imagine only hieroglyphs and Pharaohs’ stories etched into stone.…

CIA sparks China tensions with PLA recruitment video

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has released a Mandarin-language recruitment video aimed at officers in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), heightening tensions…