A Bangladesh court on Thursday rejected another bail plea of a jailed Hindu monk who had led protests for better protection for Hindus in the Muslim-majority country. Krishna Das Prabhu was detained after leading large rallies in the southeastern city of Chattogram. He was arrested for insulting the Bangladeshi flag during a rally in November … Read more
Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani on Thursday summoned the Iranian ambassador over the detention of an Italian journalist in Tehran two weeks ago, demanding her release. Source link
A US Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 people, had posted videos to social media hours before the carnage saying he was inspired by the Islamic State group and expressing a desire to kill, US President Joe Biden said. The FBI said … Read more
Finally coming to a halt on Tuesday — the last day of 2024 — Belgian ultra runner Hilde Dosogne felt she had done all to take the world record as the first woman to run a marathon every single day of the year. On top of the reward for her perseverance in running at least … Read more
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained defiantly inside his residence resisting arrest for a third day on Thursday, after vowing to “fight” authorities seeking to question him over his failed martial law bid. The embattled leader issued the bungled declaration on December 3 that led to his impeachment and has left him facing … Read more
Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least 43 people across the Gaza Strip including Mahmoud Salah, the director general of Gaza’s police department, Gaza’s interior ministry said. Salah was in the Al-Mawasi district, a humanitarian zone for civilians, when he was killed. Source link
Media group RND reported on Thursday that Germany’s Interior Ministry had outstanding arrest warrants against 189 suspects believed to be members of far-right groups that do not recognize the modern German state. Authorities said the suspects were part of “Reichsbürger” (“citizens of the Reich”) or “self-administering” groups, who claimed to live either in the defunct … Read more
On his first official visit to Saudi Arabia since Bashar al-Assad’s ouster, Syrian Foreign Minister Assaad al-Shibani said he hoped to open a “new, bright page” in bilateral relations. Syria’s new leaders are focused on rebuilding their war-shattered country amid Saudi concerns over the trafficking of captagon, a narcotic produced under the Assad regime in … Read more
The offices of Jeju Air and the Muan airport operator were raided Thursday as South Korea conducts an investigation into the Flight 2216 crash that killed 179 people. Jeju Air chief executive officer Kim E-bae was banned from leaving South Korea during the probe into the country’s worst aviation disaster. Source link
