Bangladesh’s army chief General Wakiruzzaman announced the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed after mass protests and urged citizens to “trust the army”. He said in a televised speech…
Bangladesh’s army chief Waqarul Zaman will deliver a speech today (Monday), a military spokesman confirmed to AFP, as student protesters in Bangladesh called for a march on the capital Dhaka…
This morning, Monday 5 August 2024, Tunisian President Kais Saied went to the headquarters of the Electoral Commission in Tunis, where he submitted his candidacy file for the presidential elections…
Iranian authorities have carried out “widespread arrests” in connection with Wednesday’s assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), the New York…
Student leaders on Saturday called for a nationwide campaign of civil disobedience in Bangladesh. The Students Against Discrimination group, responsible for organising the first protests, urged Bangladeshis to launch a…
Somali police said on Saturday that the death toll from the attack on the popular Lido beach in the Somali capital Mogadishu late on Friday night had risen to 32.…
The Republican candidate in the US presidential election, Donald Trump, has announced that he has agreed with Fox News to organise a debate with his Democratic Party rival, Kamala Harris,…
France on Friday called on its nationals “still in Iran” to leave the country “as soon as possible” due to the “increased” risk of military escalation between Israel and…
Iran’s new president, Masoud Bazeshkian, has appointed diplomat Mohammad Javad Zarif as his deputy for strategic affairs. The former foreign minister will assist the president on major strategic issues, the…
At least 13 protesters were killed and hundreds arrested during mass protests in Nigeria against the country’s economic crisis, which turned violent and led to the imposition of curfews in…