Bangladesh Supreme Court restores Jamaat’s party registration, clears path to contest polls

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Sunday ordered the Election Commission to restore the right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami’s party registration, nearly eight months after the interim govt lifted a ban on it, clearing the way for its participation in future elections.Court officials said the SC’s appellate division, led by chief justice Syed Refaat Ahmed, directed the commission to […]

Mass shooting at house party in Hickory, North Carolina: 1 dead, 11 injured

A mass shooting at a house party near Hickory, North Carolina, left one person dead and 11 others injured in the early hours of Sunday, police said. Officers were called to the home at around 12.45 am, roughly 60 miles northwest of Charlotte. Upon arriving they found that 12 people had been shot, the Catawba […]

Malaysian minister resigns after losing party poll to PM’s daughter

Rafizi Ramli (left) and Nurul Izzah Anwar (right) (Image credit: X/Rafizi Ramli , X/ Nurul Izzah Anwar) Malaysia’s economy minister said Wednesday he was resigning from his cabinet post after losing his position as deputy president of the ruling PKR to the premier’s daughter in a party poll.“My defeat in the recent PKR party election […]

Shooter Elias Rodriguez’s affiliation with far-left party, donation to Biden campaign: New details emerge

Elias Rodriguez has a history of support for BLM, Palestine and leftist racial causes. Several new details about 31-year-old Elias Rodriguez, the suspected shooter of two Israeli diplomats, have emerged linking him to a radical Left-wing group that spearheaded the Black Lives Matter protests.A Newsweek report claimed that Rodriguez appeared to have made a donation […]

Pulkit Samrat wraps up Glory, rings in the celebration with Kriti Kharbanda : Bollywood News

Pulkit Samrat, who has been grabbing attention for his intense boxer transformation in the upcoming much-anticipated series Glory, has officially wrapped up shooting for the project. Marking the end of this power-packed journey, the actor celebrated the wrap with a special bash attended by his wife and actress Kriti Kharbanda, along with the entire team […]

‘It’s a start’: Indian-origin Democrat Shri Thanedar retreats on Donald Trump impeachment push after party blowback

File photo: Rep Shri Thanedar (Picture credit: AP) Indian-origin Rep Shri Thanedar’s bid to impeach US President Donald Trump collapsed on Wednesday after fierce resistance from within his own party. The Michigan Democrat, who filed seven articles of impeachment in April, said he was backing off from forcing a House vote, opting instead to revise […]

S.Korea conservative party reinstates candidate after day of turmoil | World News

SEOUL: South Korea’s former labor minister Kim Moon soo was reinstated Saturday as his conservative party’s presidential candidate the same day it revoked his nomination and attempted to replace him with a former prime minister.The People Power Party (PPP) has been in turmoil since its former president Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted after he declared […]

Imran Khan’s party files petition seeking his release from jail in view of tensions with India

ISLAMABAD: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Friday filed a petition in the high court here seeking his release from jail, claiming a threat to his life due to the impact of the prolonged detention on his health and in view of the current situation with India.Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party, in a […]

Sri Lanka ruling party wins local elections | World News

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Photo: AP) Colombo, May 07, 2025 -Sri Lanka’s leftist government won local council elections but with significantly lower margins, in its first test since sweeping national polls last year, official results showed on Wednesday.President Anura Kumara Dissanayake‘s coalition received the most votes in 265 out of the 339 councils, […]

South African party launches legal challenge to new labour equity laws

Workers advertise their skills looking for work outside a hardware store in a Johannesburg suburb (Image: AP) JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s second biggest political party launched a legal challenge Tuesday against a new labour law aimed at boosting the hiring of Black people and other groups in some industries, arguing it is unconstitutional, discriminatory and dampens […]