NEW YORK, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed late Saturday strong condemnation of the drone attacks on a base of the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) in Kadugli, Sudan.In a statement, Guterres said, "I strongly condemn the horrific drone attacks»»»

DOHA: The State of Qatar has expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack that targeted the headquarters of the United Nations mission in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State in the sisterly Republic of Sudan, which resulted in the death of six Bangladeshi soldiers and i»»»

Doha, Qatar: The State of Qatar expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the attack targeting the headquarters of the United Nations mission in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State in the sisterly Republic of Sudan, which results in the death of six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and»»»

KUWAIT, Dec 14 (KUNA) -- The Public Authority for Food and Nutrition (PAFN) recommended banning the import of all types of fresh, chilled, frozen, and processed poultry meat, and table eggs, from Santarem Province in Portugal, the United States, and Mexico, due to the outbreak of highly contagious »»»

A US special operations team raided a dual-use items ship in the Indian Ocean last month and seized military-related articles headed to Iran, US officials told The Wall Street Journal. The newspaper said the ship’s cargo consists of components potentially useful for the Iranian conventional weapons»»»

A drone strike hit a United Nations facility in Sudan on Saturday, killing six peacekeepers, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. The strike hit the peacekeeping logistics base in the city of Kadugli, in the central region of Kordofan, Guterres said in a statement. "Attacks as the one today »»»

Iranian authorities detained 18 crew members of a foreign tanker seized in the Gulf of Oman on Friday that they said was carrying 6 million liters of smuggled fuel, Iranian media reported on Saturday, citing the Hormozgan province judiciary. It said those detained under the ongoing investigation in»»»

Bangladeshi youth entrepreneur Md. Shakib Uddin has been awarded an honorary ‘Golden Visa’ by the UAE government in recognition of his business achievements and contributions. For a long time, he has been running a global trade and real estate business in Dubai. The Dubai government granted him thi»»»

Sputnik News Agency and Radio has signed a memorandum of understanding with Daffodil International University (DIU), one of the leading private universities of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Sputnik’s Director of International Cooperation Vasily Pushkov and Aftab Hossain, lecturer at the DIU’»»»

Cairo: Undersecretary of the Ministry of Justice and Chairman of the National Committee for International Humanitarian Law (NCIHL) H E Saeed bin Abdullah Al Suwaidi affirmed the State of Qatar’s commitment to the Global Initiative on Reinforcing Respect for International Humanitarian Law, which it »»»

BANGKOK: An airstrike by Myanmar ’s military destroyed a hospital in an area controlled by a leading rebel armed force, killing 34 patients and medical staff, according to a rescue worker and independent media reports Thursday. About 80 other people were injured in the attack Wednesday night on the»»»

Dhaka: Bangladesh will hold national polls on February 12, 2026, its electoral commission announced Thursday, the country's first since a student-led uprising toppled former prime minister Sheikh Hasina last year. A referendum on a landmark democratic reform charter will also be held on the same da»»»

Ukraine is losing the West’s proxy war against Russia, and Zelensky has become a “liability for US geostrategic imperatives,” political analyst Dr. Greg Simons tells Sputnik. “Weak and insecure” Zelensky, who initially refused to hold elections, is now begging a foreign power – the US – to secure t»»»

Doha, Qatar: Countries in the Middle East are actively developing artificial intelligence, open data, and innovative technology platforms, creating new opportunities for businesses and government institutions. Against this backdrop, Kazakhstan’s experience is particularly noteworthy: several years »»»

NEW DELHI, Dec 9 (KUNA) -- India and Bangladesh on Tuesday agreed to release and repatriate 47 Indian fishermen and 38 Bangladesh fishermen along with their operable vessels, on humanitarian grounds."The Indian fishermen who happened to inadvertently cross the International Maritime Boundary Line h»»»

Abu Dhabi: The UAE has launched Abu Dhabi’s AI Ecosystem for Global Agricultural Development, a platform designed to bring AI solutions to climate-exposed agricultural regions and support the communities most affected by shifting weather patterns. The launch builds on the $200 million UAE–Gates Fou»»»

Tunis, Dec. 8 (TAP) – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ali Nafti, met on Monday in Tunis Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to Tunisia, residing in Tripoli, Abu Hassanat Mohamed Khair Al-Bashar, who...»»»

Refugees and migrants wait in the Tovarnik train station to board a train that will take them to Austria in 2015 in Croatia. Monday, the E.U. approved a plan to deport migrants to safe third countries. File Photo by Achilleas Savallis/UPI | License Photo Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The European Union will now »»»

Fresh from helping an Indian expat hit a Big Ticket jackpot in November, Bangladeshi expat Jahangir Alom, the Dh20 million winner for March 2025, is now sharing his secret to success – don’t go solo, go in a group.Speaking to Gulf News on a Big Ticket yacht at the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, »»»

Banking on Racing Bulls’ Isack Hadjar during a Big Ticket game landed Dh250,000 in the hands of Bangladeshi expat Muhammad Kabir Sarkar. The 42-year-old Abu Dhabi resident was among the select participants who played Big Ticket’s unique game on a yacht involving the drivers of Formula 1 Abu Dhabi G»»»

Several universities in the United Kingdom have suspended or restricted admissions for students from Pakistan and Bangladesh following tougher immigration rules and rising concerns over alleged visa abuse. The move, detailed in a report by the Financial Times, comes as at least nine higher-educatio»»»

The current political situation after Monday’s large-scale protests across Bulgaria dominates the media on Thursday. In an interview with Trud, Sofia’s Oborishte borough Mayor Georgi Kuzmov criticized the police for inaction during the December 1 protest, claiming residents pleaded with officers to»»»

On Dec. 4, 2009, an Italian jury found U.S. exchange student Amanda Knox and her Italian boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, guilty of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. 1 of 4 | Amanda Knox appears during a news conference held at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on October 4, 2011. On Decem»»»

Doha, Qatar: The global push to support the world’s most vulnerable countries in achieving sustainable and irreversible development progress reached a significant milestone this week as policymakers, development partner and international organisations convened in Doha for the High-level Meeting on »»»

Tripoli based Minister of the Interior, Major General Emad Al-Trabelsi, announced at a press conference at the Ministry’s Tripoli headquarters yesterday that the National Programme for the Deportation of Illegal Immigrants repatriated thousands and aims to repatriate 60,000 per month. The conferenc»»»

Doha: Advisor to the Prime Minister and Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Majed Mohammed Al Ansari affirmed that the State of Qatar continues its intensive efforts to ensure the current ceasefire in the Gaza Strip holds, monitoring the implementation of the agreement fro»»»

Dubai: At least two people were killed and a third was critically injured on Tuesday morning, after a massive fire tore through a plastic warehouse in the Al Akrasha area of Al Khanka city, in Egypt’s Qalyubia governorate. Also Read: 8 dead, 35 injured in massive clothing factory fire in EgyptThe b»»»

A Bangladesh court on Monday handed prison sentences to British lawmaker Tulip Siddiq and her mother Sheikh Rehana, the sister of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, for corruption related to land grabs in the capital. Siddiq, who was tried in absentia, has called the trial a "persecution and a fa»»»

Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has described her two year prison sentence in Bangladesh as "deeply unfair" after a court convicted her in her absence on corruption charges. She was found guilty of influencing her aunt, Bangladesh's ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, to secure a plot o»»»

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina was sentenced to prison on Monday. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Dhaka court sentenced former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, a British member of parliament and 14 others to prison on Monday, in a sprawling case revolv»»»

Dhaka: A Bangladesh court sentenced Sheikh Rehana - sister of former premier Sheikh Hasina - to seven years in prison Monday for corruption in a case involving the grabbing of lucrative plots in the capital. Rehana’s daughter Tulip Siddiq, who is a British lawmaker, was handed a two-year sentence i»»»

Dhaka, Bangladesh: A Bangladesh court has sentenced sister of former premier Sheikh Hasina, Sheikh Rehana to seven years in prison Monday for corruption in a case involving the grabbing of lucrative plots in the capital. Rehana's daughter, Tulip Siddiq, who is a British lawmaker, was handed a two-y»»»

The eldest son of Raed Ramzi Sabir Hammad – one of two Jordanians killed after being recruited by the Russian army – revealed the shocking account of his father’s journey to Moscow that ended up with him dying as a soldier in the Russian military. Asharq Al-Awsat spoke to Hammad’s son, Awwab, soon »»»

Minister of State for International Cooperation H E Dr. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad has held talks in Doha with Bangladesh’s National Security Adviser H E Khalilur Rahman, who is currently visiting the country. The meeting focused on bilateral relations and ways to bolster cooperation, par»»»

Labour MP and former minister Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison in Bangladesh after being put on trial in her absence alongside 16 other people over corruption allegations. She was found guilty of influencing her aunt, Bangladesh's ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to secure»»»

The spike in healthcare cost of diabetes has hit $1 trillion across the world, the latest Diabetes Atlas estimate reported. This poses a growing an multi-faceted challenge to multiple countries going forward. The report, published in August 2025 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) stated»»»

QNA Doha Minister of State for International Cooperation HE Dr. Maryam bint Ali bin Nasser Al Misnad held talks with Bangladesh’s National Security Adviser Khalilur Rahman in Doha on Sunday. The meeting focused on bilateral relations and ways to bolster cooperation, particularly in the humanitarian»»»

The UAE’s National Day celebrations opened in spectacular fashion as dazzling fireworks lit up the skies over the Sheikh Zayed Festival on Saturday night, marking the world premiere of Jamal – Song of Hope, AR Rahman’s new musical tribute to the nation. Conceptualised by Abu Dhabi-headquartered Bur»»»