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Who is the Bangladesh army chief who announced Hasina's resignation?
Just over a month after he became Bangladesh's army chief, General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been thrust into the limelight, announcing the...
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Factbox-Bangladesh's history of upheaval and coups
NEW DELHI - Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's resignation after weeks of violent protests, announced on Monday in a televised...
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Ukraine finally deploying US-made F-16 fighter jets, Zelenskiy says
Ukrainian pilots have started flying F-16s for operations within the nation, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday, confirming the...
Aug 5, 20243 min read
Smoke rises from gutted homes after Russia shelling kills one in Pokrovsk, Ukraine
POKROVSK, Ukraine - Russian shelling of a residential area killed one person and injured two on Saturday in this strategic logistical hub...
Aug 4, 20241 min read
Children of freed sleeper agents learned they were Russians on the flight, Kremlin says
MOSCOW - A family of Russian sleeper agents flown to Moscow in the biggest East-West prisoner swap since the Cold War were so deep under...
Aug 3, 20243 min read
Analysis-Prisoner swap a legacy boost for Biden but critics see risks
WASHINGTON - The largest prisoner exchange between Russia and the West in decades could help U.S. President Joe Biden burnish his foreign...
Aug 2, 20245 min read
'This is momma': Tears in Oval Office as families speak to prisoners freed in swap
WASHINGTON - Tears of joy flowed in the Oval Office the moment families of prisoners such as Evan Gershkovich, freed by Russia in the...
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Xi and Putin set out ambitions for Eurasian security club
ASTANA - Chinese President Xi Jinping urged members of a regional security club on Thursday to resist external meddling, while President...
Jul 4, 20242 min read
Russia claims control of part of Chasiv Yar, Ukraine reports heavy fighting
MOSCOW - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday that its forces had taken control of a district in the key Ukrainian town of Chasiv...
Jul 4, 20242 min read
Turkey's Erdogan offers to help end Russia-Ukraine war; Kremlin rules him out as intermediary
ANKARA - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that Ankara could help end the Ukraine-Russia war,...
Jul 4, 20241 min read
Russia's Putin and China's Xi to meet at security summit in Kazakhstan
ASTANA - Russian President Vladimir Putin and China's Xi Jinping are due to meet on Wednesday at a summit of a Eurasian security and...
Jul 3, 20242 min read
Hungary's Orban, in Kyiv, proposes ceasefire to speed up peace talks
KYIV - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday to consider a ceasefire to...
Jul 3, 20243 min read
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