Views: 7 HINDUSTAN TIMES Yahya Sinwar succeeds Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed last week, allegedly by Israel, in Iran’s capital Tehran. Yahya Sinwar is the new leader of Hamas, after he was picked by the Gaza-based Islamist group to head its political bureau, making him the highest-ranking official in the organisation. FILE – Yahya Sinwar chairs a […]
Views: 3 CURACTIV Bangladesh’s Nobel-winning microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus has been tapped to lead an interim government after mass protests forced longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina to flee, the presidency announced early Wednesday (7 August). The appointment came quickly after student leaders called on the 84-year-old Yunus — credited with lifting millions out of poverty
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Views: 1 Twenty years ago on an Indonesian island, scientists discovered fossils of an early human species that stood at about 1.07 meters tall — earning them the nickname “hobbits.” Now a new study suggests ancestors of the hobbits were even slightly shorter. “We did not expect that we would find smaller individuals from such
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Views: 1 Intense summer heat in Japan’s capital city for the month of July killed scores of people, many of whom were found inside their homes with an air conditioner installed but not turned on. More than 120 people died of heatstroke in the Tokyo metropolitan area in record-breaking July weather, Japanese authorities said on
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Views: 3 THE WEEK The US has reportedly revoked the visa of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, said television channels CNN News18 and Pakistan-based Geo News. In recent years, the relationship between the Sheikh Hasina administration and the United States has been fraught with tension. The US has repeatedly expressed concerns about the state of democracy
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Views: 1 NEWS.SKY Democrat US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her 2024 vice presidential running mate. She had been due to make an announcement later today, but multiple sources who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity confirmed her pick. But Harris has also not yet
Views: 7 Gulf Today Bangladesh’s president dissolved parliament on Tuesday, paving the way for the formation of an interim government, a day after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country following a violent crackdown on a student-led uprising. A statement from President Mohammed Shahabuddin’s office also said that Hasina’s arch rival, Bangladesh Nationalist
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Views: 78 JERUSALEM POST Several Arab sources reported Tuesday that if the conflict between Iran and Israel escalates, Pakistan plans to supply Iran with Shaheen-III medium-range ballistic missiles. An emergency meeting of the foreign ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), requested by Iran and Pakistan, took place yesterday in Saudi Arabia, with Iran examining
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