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White House says Nobel Committee places ‘politics over peace’ after Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado wins Peace Prize
President Trump will continue making peace deals, White House spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a post on X
India to build houses for Afghan refugee returnees
Announcement made by Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar in the presence of the Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi
Vijay is the latest in a long line of Tamil film actors transforming themselves into political leaders
By D.B.S.Jeyaraj/DailyFT Colombo, October 10 -The advent of Independence and the early post-Independence years saw cinema and politics becoming intertwined in South India especially Madras state as Tamil Nadu was then called. The larger-than-life image of movie stars and film personalities dominated the political scene....
Freeing hostages could transform Netanyahu’s political fortunes
The Israeli prime minister appeared backed into a corner in Gaza diplomacy. But this deal could greatly increase his room for maneuver, analysts said
Indian Prime Minister Modi speaks to Trump, Netanyahu – says Gaza peace plan is ‘historic’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he spoke to his “friend” President Donald Trump and congratulated him on the “success of the historic Gaza peace plan”.
Bangladesh professors charged under terrorism law for holding a discussion –
By Utpal Aditya Oikya Dhaka, October 9 – On 29 August 2025, Bangladesh witnessed an incident where a former Minister, Abdul Latif Siddique, Dhaka University Professor Sheikh Hafizur Rahman, journalist Manzurul Alam, and at least 13 others were handed over to the police by a mob while...
Canada-based democracy watchdog slams OHCHR report on Bangladesh violence
Colombo, October 9 – The Canada-based Global Centre for Democratic Governance (GCDG) has slammed the report of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on human rights violations during the July-August 2024 violent protests in Bangladesh, which resulted in the ouster of...
Sri Lanka rejects external evidence gathering on human rights issues
Colombo, October 9 (The Island) – Sri Lanka has rejected the resolution 60/L.1/Rev.1 presented to the UN Human Rights Council as the government couldn’t, under any circumstances, agree to external evidence gathering mechanism. The following is the text of statement made by Sri Lanka’s Permanent...
Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners after agreeing to a pause in the war in Gaza
Cairo, October 9 (AP)- The two warring sides have agreed to the “first phase” of U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan to pause fighting in Gaza and release at least some hostages and prisoners, in a major breakthrough in the two-year-old war. Officials representing Hamas...
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