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  Protesters sit on the barricade placed in front of the Bangabhaban, the residence and workplace of the president, as they shout slogans demanding the resignation of President Mohammed Shahabuddin in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Oct. 22, 2024. DHAKA, BANGLADESH — Political tension in Bangladesh grew Wednesday after a leading student group called for the country\'s figurehead president to resign over his comments that appeared to call into question former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina\'s resignation in August. The interim government was expected to hold a Cabinet meeting to discuss the issue Thursday, while student protesters accused President Mohammed Shahabuddin of collaborating with Hasina\'s "fascist" regime. The Anti-Discrimination...

  This photo taken from a video released by the Israeli government shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attending a meeting in the command center of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Oct. 26, 2024, as Israel conducted strikes on military targets in Iran. JERUSALEM — Israel delivered its long-expected response to Iranian missile attacks early Saturday by carrying out a series of airstrikes against the Islamic Republic. Here\'s what to know: Multiple targets were struck Under the cover of darkness, Israel struck multiple sites in different parts of Iran. Explosions were heard in the capital, Tehran, which sits deep inside the country. The Israeli military said its “precise and targeted strikes” hit missile air defense systems and “aeri...

  This photograph shows a pharmacy partially reopened in Le Moule, on the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, Oct. 26, 2024. paris — French authorities maintained a night curfew amid fresh unrest on the Caribbean territory of Guadeloupe on Saturday as they battled to restore power they accused striking energy workers of sabotaging. Guadeloupe and the nearby French island of Martinique have seen weeks of often violent protests over the cost of living. A night curfew has been in force in Martinique for 16 days because of unrest there. French authorities kept Guadeloupe under curfew for a second night "to guarantee safety and tranquility" after the island\'s power was completely cut on Friday. But pillagers took advantage of ...

  DUBAI — Ten Iranian border guards were killed in an attack in restive southeastern Iran on Saturday, state media quoted the Interior Ministry as saying, in the latest clash with suspected Sunni Muslim militants. The 10 were killed in an ambush in an area that borders Afghanistan and Pakistan. It has long been the site of clashes between Iranian security forces and Sunni militants, as well as drug traffickers. Reuters Reuters is a news agency founded in 1851 and owned by the Thomson Reuters Corporation based in Toronto, Canada. One of the world's largest wire services, it provides financial news as well as international coverage in over 16 languages to more than 1000 newspapers and 750 broadcasters around the globe. ...

  Officials, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping, attend a plenary session in the outreach/BRICS Plus format at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, Oct. 24, 2024. New Delhi — BRICS leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, have publicly voiced their commitment to jointly introduce an alternative payment system that would not be dependent on the U.S. dollar. Independent analysts, however, question the feasibility of implementing the idea anytime soon. The recently concluded meeting of BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India. China and South Africa — discussed ways to establish an alternative to SWIFT, the international payment system. Russia was removed from the SWIFT sy...

  FILE - A Pakistani-made Shaheen-III missile that is capable of carrying nuclear warheads is displayed during a military parade to mark Pakistan National Day, in Islamabad, on March 23, 2022. islamabad — The latest U.S.-imposed restrictions on entities supporting Pakistan\'s defense programs may hinder Islamabad\'s future efforts to acquire sensitive defense technologies and its collaboration with China but are unlikely to affect Pakistan’s weapons development for now, experts say. Sixteen Pakistani firms were among 26 international companies added this week to a U.S, “entities list,” making them ineligible to acquire U.S. items and technology without government authorization. Companies or individuals can be placed on the list if they a...

  In this photo provided by the Israeli army, armed Israeli Air Force planes depart from an unknown location to attack Iran, Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024. (Israeli Army via AP) cairo — Arab governments reacted with mostly tepid condemnation of Israeli strikes overnight on Iran, expressing concern that a wider conflict could erupt, but avoiding strong language or taking any concrete action to protest the Israeli strikes. Iranian officials and government media denied that Israeli strikes on several locations in the country did serious damage to infrastructure, claiming that Iranian air defenses had "stopped a number of Israeli missiles." Tehran did admit, however, that two soldiers were killed in strikes on Iranian military faciliti...

  FILE - U.S. Representative Greg Casar, left, speaks in Washington, May 25, 2023. He is one of more than 60 members of Congress urging President Joe Biden to secure the release of people being held in Pakistan, including former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Islamabad, Pakistan — More than 60 members of Congress wrote to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, urging his intervention "to secure the release of political prisoners" in Pakistan, including former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The letter stated that in February, the Pakistani parliamentary elections saw a historic level of irregularities, including widespread electoral fraud, state-led efforts to disenfranchise voters, and the arrest and detention of political leaders, journali...

  Russian President Vladimir Putin reacts during a press conference at the BRICS summit in Kazan, Oct. 24, 2024. Russia\'s President Vladimir Putin said Moscow will use "a range of responses" if the United States and its NATO allies allow Ukraine to use Western long-range weapons to strike inside Russia, according to remarks published on Sunday. "[The Russian defense ministry] is thinking about how to respond to the possible long-range strikes on Russian territory, it will offer a range of responses," Putin told state TV reporter Pavel Zarubin in video remarks published on Zarubin\'s Telegram messaging account. Meanwhile, Russia\'s air defense destroyed or intercepted 51 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian defen...

  Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to the media at the Liberal Democratic Party's (LDP) headquarters, Oct. 27, 2024 in Tokyo. Tokyo — The make-up of Japan\'s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba\'s scandal-tainted ruling coalition, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world\'s fourth-largest economy. The uncertainty sent the yen currency to a three-month low as analysts prepared for days, or possibly weeks, of political wrangling to form a government and potentially a change of leader. That comes as the country faces economic headwinds, a tense security situation fueled by an assertive China and nuclear-armed North Korea, and a week before U.S. voter...