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DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) activists demanding justice for those injured during the 2024 mass uprising in Bangladesh, march through the streets of Dhaka on May 28, 2025. – AFP

Protests paralyze Bangladesh daily life

DHAKA: Protests have become part of daily life in Bangladesh’s capital, with residents either taking part as political parties jostle for power after an uprising last year—or avoiding them. The South Asian nation of around 170 million people has...

BENGALURU: A full-scale model of India’s Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) aircraft is displayed during the 15th edition of Aero India 2025 at Yelahanka Air Force Station. India’s defense minister approved on May 27, a program to develop a prototype advanced fighter jet, the latest push to develop local arms production, and days after a conflict with arch-rival Pakistan. – AFP

India to develop advanced fighter jet prototype

MUMBAI: A man pushes his bike through a flooded street after heavy rain showers in Mumbai on May 26, 2025. — AFP

India's monsoon lashes Mumbai as rains arrive early

MUMBAI: Lashing rains swamped India's financial capital Mumbai on Monday as the annual monsoon arrived some two weeks earlier than usual, according to weather forecasters. Heavy rains cooling temperatures — welcomed by farmers for their crops...

A Liberian-flagged container ship is seen after it sunk off India's southern coast of Kerala. — AFP

India races to contain oil spill after ship sinks

BENGALURU: India's coastguard raced on Monday to contain an oil spill from a container ship with hazardous cargo that sank off the southern coast a day earlier, Kerala's state government said. The Liberian-flagged MSC ELSA 3, listed as a 1...

DHAKA: Civil officials protest inside the Secretariat building in Dhaka on May 25, 2025, demanding the repeal of a government order giving it greater power to sack employees for disciplinary breaches. — AFP

Bangladesh’s Yunus seeks unity with fresh political talks

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim leader held a second day of marathon talks Sunday with multiple parties seeking to build unity and calm intense political power struggles, party leaders and officials said. Muhammad Yunus, the 84-year-old Nobel Peace Pr...

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Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba applaud after the signing of an agreement by Kuwait’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdullah Al-Yahya and a Japanese official.

Kuwait, Japan sign deals during Crown Prince’s visit

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KUWAIT: Officials from the Touristic Enterprises Company (TEC) has signed a contract with the Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) pose for a photo.

TEC begins work to develop major Jahra entertainment project