Parsa: The District Administration Office (DAO) of Parsa has extended the curfew order in Birgunj city in the wake of the continued religious tension over a TikTok video. The local administration on Monday afternoon issued the prohibitory order in parts of the district, but the two sides held simultaneous protests defying the order, prompting authorities …
GENEVA: The United Nations voiced deep concern Tuesday over the dramatic US operation in Venezuela, warning that it clearly "undermined a fundamental principle of international law". "States must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state," Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in Geneva. …
New York: A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself "the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power in Venezuela. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish as translated by a courtroom …
US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened military action against Colombia's government, telling reporters that such an operation "sounds good to me" and prompting an angry response from Bogota. "Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the US, and he's not going to be …
Dhaka: The final chargesheet in the murder case of student leader Sharif Osman bin Hadi will be submitted on Wednesday, the Bangladesh interim government said on Monday, asserting that justice will be delivered within its tenure.General elections are scheduled to be held in Bangladesh on February 12. The interim government is treating Hadi's case with …
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Monday set January 21 as the date for framing charges in a sedition case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others. The case relates to allegations that Hasina and several hundred Awami League members took part in a virtual meeting of a group called the 'Joy Bangla Brigade' …
Hyderabad: A 27-year-old Indian woman, Nikita Godishala, was found dead under suspicious circumstances in Columbia, Maryland, with US authorities treating the case as a homicide. Police have identified her former boyfriend, Arjun Sharma, as the prime suspect after her body was discovered with multiple stab wounds inside his apartment. Investigators believe Nikita was killed around …
Casting to the winds the rules-based international order, blatantly breaching a nation’s sovereignty and running a covert operation in Venezuela to capture its leader and haul him as a captive to New York, US President Donald Trump has not just resumed his country’s old role as global policeman. He has dared the world to question …
Seoul : North Korea denounced on Sunday the United States' capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro as a "serious encroachment of sovereignty", state media said. Pyongyang's foreign ministry "strongly denounces the US hegemony-seeking act committed in Venezuela", said a ministry spokesperson in a statement carried by the official KCNA. "The incident is another example that …
Sydney : England and Australia's cricket teams honoured at the fifth Ashes Test in Sydney on Sunday emergency service personnel and members of the public who responded during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach. The on-field guard of honour ahead of the clash was accompanied by loud applause from the sold-out crowd. The biggest cheer …
