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January 1, 2025 5:00 PM

Bangladesh’s Army Chief hails ties with India, emphasizes mutual dependence and fairness

Bangladesh’s Chief of Army Staff, General Waker-Uz-Zaman, has praised the strong ties between Bangladesh and India, calling India an "important neighbour" on which Dhaka relies in many ways. In an interview with Prothom Alo, General Zaman highli...

January 1, 2025 9:45 PM

Romania and Bulgaria become full members of EU’s Schengen zone

Romania and Bulgaria scrapped land border controls to become full members of the European Union's Schengen free-travel area on Wednesday, joining an expanded bloc of countries whose residents can travel without passport checks. Fireworks lit the s...

January 1, 2025 12:00 PM

Putin tells Russians at New Year that ‘everything will be fine’

President Vladimir Putin told Russians in a New Year address that the country would move forward with confidence in 2025, though he offered no specific promises on the economy or the war in Ukraine. At a time when many ordinary people are worried ab...

January 1, 2025 11:29 AM

South Korea crash investigation ramps up as funeral procedures begin

The investigation into the crash of a South Korea passenger jet gathered pace on Wednesday as bereaved families began to prepare funerals after authorities finished formally identifying the 179 victims of the country’s worst air disaster. The tran...

January 1, 2025 10:12 AM

Taiwan president wants exchanges with China, sees lack of goodwill

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te said on Wednesday that he welcomed equal, dignified, healthy and orderly exchanges with China, but wondered whether there was goodwill from Beijing given what he said was their blocking of simple things like tourism. La...

January 1, 2025 9:15 AM

Zelenskiy says US will be alongside Ukraine’s efforts to stop Russia

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late on Tuesday that no one would give peace to his country as a gift, but he believed the United States would stand alongside Kyiv as it fights to stop Russia's 34-month invasion. Zelenskiy, in a slick 2...

January 1, 2025 8:53 AM

No one can ever stop China’s reunification: President Xi Jinping

Chinese President Xi Jinping underlined that no one could prevent China's 'reunification' with Taiwan, and affirmed that China will continue its "united front" efforts. In his New Year's message on Tuesday, Xi also highlighted China's aim to strength...

December 31, 2024 7:52 PM

What happens when Russian gas supply to Europe via Ukraine ends?

Russian gas supplies sent via Ukraine to Europe for more than 40 years are scheduled to end on January 1 after Ukraine's Naftogaz refused to renew its latest five-year transit deal with Russia's Gazprom. Despite the war between the two countries...

December 31, 2024 7:38 PM

Syria’s Spiral: The Rise, Reign, and Ruin of Bashar al-Assad Amid the Arab Spring’s Echoes

Syria, a country in Southwest Asia on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, was deeply affected by the Arab Spring protests that swept through many nations in the Middle East and North Africa in 2010 and 2011. These were anti-regime, pro-democr...

December 31, 2024 3:56 PM

South Korea’s leadership crisis in hands of Constitutional Court

South Korea's leadership crisis will play out in the Constitutional Court, which will decide the fates of President Yoon Suk Yeol and Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, both impeached and suspended from power over a short-lived martial law. Han, who was i...

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