2 dead, 200 rescued in Lebanon migrant boat sinking: army

Two migrants died and another 200 were rescued Saturday when their boat sank off Lebanon's northern coast, from where increasing numbers make the risky journey to flee a collapsed economy.
1 January 2023

US TV news legend Barbara Walters dies

Pioneering television journalist Barbara Walters, who upended a male-dominated industry as the first woman to anchor an evening news show in the United States, died on Friday at the age of 93, her long-time employer ABC said.
31 December 2022

Former pope Benedict XVI passes away

Former pope Benedict XVI has died at the age of 95, the Vatican announced yesterday, almost a decade after he became the first pontiff to resign in six centuries.
31 December 2022

Musk makes history by losing $200b

Elon Musk became the only person in human history to lose $200 billion from net worth, Bloomberg Billionaire Index showed.
31 December 2022

Russia strikes Ukraine on New Year’s Eve

Russian strikes yesterday targeted Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, just hours before New Year’s Eve celebrations while President Vladimir Putin told Russians that “historical rightness” was on their side.
31 December 2022

UNGA refers Israeli occupation to UN court

The UN General Assembly on Friday asked the International Court of Justice to consider consequences for Israel over its occupation of Palestinian territories, a day after the Jewish state’s most right-wing government ever took over.
31 December 2022

Fask Back 2022

Future historians may come to regard 2022 as a hinge in history, marking the end of one era and the beginning of another. Major war returned to Europe, with the attendant threats of nuclear strikes, and the door closed firmly shut on the US policy of
31 December 2022

13 Moroccans drown trying to reach Spanish

The bodies of 13 Moroccans were recovered after their boat sank off the country's southern coast while attempting to reach Spain's Canary Islands, Moroccan media reported.
31 December 2022

Former Pope Benedict dies aged 95

Former Pope Benedict, who in 2013 became the first pontiff in 600 years to resign, died on Saturday aged 95 in a secluded monastery in the Vatican where he had lived since stepping down, a spokesman for the Holy See said.
31 December 2022

BBC Bangla Radio: a voice in history goes off air tonight

The BBC Bangla radio broadcast, the most reliable source of news during the years leading up to the Liberation War and later, will be discontinued after 81 years.
31 December 2022

Trailblazing US news anchor Barbara Walters dies at 93

Barbara Walters, one of the most visible women on US television as the first female anchor on an American network evening news broadcast and one of TV's most prominent interviewers, died on Friday at age 93, her longtime ABC News home said.
31 December 2022

15 killed in Mexico bus crash

At least 15 people were killed in western Mexico on Friday when the bus they were traveling in flipped over and crashed, local authorities said.
31 December 2022

Iran airport bus crash leaves 1 dead, over 30 injured

At least one person was killed and more than 30 were injured when two busses collided at Iran's main international airport near the capital Tehran, state media reported.
31 December 2022

World readies to ring in 2023

The world's eight billion people on Saturday prepared to usher in 2023 and farewell a turbulent 12 months marked by war in Europe, stinging price rises and Lionel Messi's world cup glory.
31 December 2022

North Korea fires ballistic missiles capping record year of tests

North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles Saturday, Seoul's military said, adding a final salvo to Pyongyang's record-breaking blitz of launches this year..Military tensions on the Korean peninsula have risen sharply in 2022 as the North has conducted sanctions-busting weapons
31 December 2022

Netanyahu returns

Israel’s hawkish veteran Benjamin Netanyahu was sworn in as prime minister Thursday after a stint in opposition, heading what analysts call the most right-wing government in the country’s history.
30 December 2022

Trump’s tax returns released

A Democratic-controlled US House of Representatives committee yesterday released six years of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to the public in an extraordinary move days before Republicans are due to take control of the chamber.
30 December 2022

Nearly 1,700 journos killed in 20yrs: RSF

Nearly 1,700 journalists have been killed worldwide over the past 20 years, an average of more than 80 a year, according to an analysis published by Reporters Without Borders.
30 December 2022

Ukraine repels drone attack

Ukraine yesterday said it repelled a night-time drone attack from Russia, a day after Moscow launched a new wave of missile strikes in the run-up to New Year celebrations.
30 December 2022

Ramp up Russia-China military cooperation

Russian leader Vladimir Putin yesterday told Chinese President Xi Jinping he was keen to ramp up military cooperation and hailed the two countries’ efforts to counter Western influence.
30 December 2022