“Shoot me, bury me here, in Ganabhaban”. These were the words of deposed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the fateful morning of August 5, 2024, as army officers asked her to resign amid violent student protests. Hasina eventually fled to India hours before protesters entered Ganabhaban and vandalised the Prime Minister’s residence. This was…
Watch: In a first, India uses laser-based weapon to shoot down aircraft, missiles and dronesIndia has successfully demonstrated its capability to neutralise fixed-wing aircraft, missiles, and swarm drones using a 30-kilowatt laser-based weapon system, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s defence technology. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed this directed-energy weapon (DEW),…
India has successfully demonstrated its capability to neutralise fixed-wing aircraft, missiles, and swarm drones using a 30-kilowatt laser-based weapon system, marking a significant milestone in the nation’s defense technology. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed this directed-energy weapon (DEW), which is now ready for production and deployment across various military platforms. With this…
The Palestine Red Crescent Society on Monday gave new details of the Israeli attack on its paramedics and other emergency responders in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 15 people last month, saying Israeli forces had targeted them in a “series of deliberate attacks.” Speaking at a news conference in the West Bank, Red…
NEW DELHI: One person was shot dead while another suffered injuries after a gunfight broke out on Thursday between two nephews of Union state home minister Nityanand Rai in Bihar’s Bhagalpur.According to police officials, the incident occurred after a minor dispute between the two brothers. During this, the two brothers fired at each other. The…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Jordanian border guards shot dead 47-year-old autorickshaw driver Thomas Gabriel Pereira from Kerala while attempting to illegally cross into Israel from the kingdom last month. He was part of a four-member group that had travelled to Jordan on three-month tourist visas, misled by an agency promising Israeli work visas.Pereira’s family in Thiruvananthapuram district found…
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Bare tree branches don’t quiet the wind, and the ice on the bay is thick enough that the neighbors set up a hockey rink offshore. Nothing unusual for late January on the northeast side of town. Meanwhile, at a blue waterfront five-bedroom that was an occasional launch point for fishing charters…
South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol authorised the military to fire their weapons if needed to enter parliament during his failed bid to impose martial law, according to a prosecutors’ report seen by AFP on Saturday. The 10-page summary from former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun’s prosecution indictment report, which was provided to the media,…