International

Dhaka: A Bangladesh court Thursday rejected the bail plea of Chinmoy Krishna Das, a Hindu monk and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote, also associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), during a hearing held under tight security, local media reported....

New York: A mass shooting at Amazura nightclub in Queens, New York, Thursday has left at least 11 people injured, according to The Spectator Index. This incident is part of a disturbing series of attacks in the US within the last 24 hours. Details are...

Houston: New Orleans rang in the new year with a tragedy as a man drove a pickup truck into crowds of revellers early Wednesday, killing 15 and injuring dozens more in a horrifying attack near the iconic Bourbon Street. Authorities are now investigating potential ties...

Dhaka: Chinmay Krishna Das, a Hindu monk and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilit Sanatan Jagran Jote, is set to appear before a Chittagong court Thursday, for a bail hearing in a sedition case. Arrested November 25 from the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, Das...

Tel Aviv: Former Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has announced his resignation from the Knesset, less than two months after being dismissed from his ministerial role, local media reported. Gallant made the announcement Wednesday evening, criticising Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government for undermining national security....

New Orleans: A driver wrought carnage on New Orleans' famed French Quarter early on New Year's Day, killing 10 people as he rammed a pickup truck into a crowd before being shot to death by police, authorities said. More than 30 people were injured as...

Kyiv: Ukraine Wednesday halted Russian gas supplies to European customers that pass through the country, almost three years into Moscow's all-out invasion of its neighbour, after a prewar transit deal expired. Ukraine's energy minister, Herman Halushchenko, confirmed Wednesday morning that Kyiv had stopped the gas...

San Francisco: The parents of Indian-American techie Suchir Balaji, who was found dead in his San Francisco apartment December 14, 2024, have rejected the official suicide ruling, alleging that their son was murdered. Suchir, a former OpenAI employee, had made headlines for his whistleblowing revelations...

Wellington: From Sydney to Vladivostok to Mumbai, communities around the world have begun welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges. Auckland became the first major city to celebrate, as thousands thronged downtown or climbed the city's ring of volcanic peaks for a...

Cases of a wretched stomach bug are surging in parts of the United States this winter, according to government data. The most recent numbers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show there were 91 outbreaks of norovirus reported during the week of Dec. 5, up from...