Dubai's DP World named a new chairman and chief executive officer on Friday, replacing its former leader Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, after the Epstein files revealed frequent correspondence between him and the convicted sex offender.

Bangladesh Election Results Highlights: Steered by a leader back to the country after a 17-year exile, Tarique Rahman-led BNP raced towards a decisive win in the crucial national election held on Thursday.

Jeffrey Epstein tapped online reputation management firms to bury negative coverage of his 2008 sex offense conviction and flood the internet with favorable content in a years-long effort to rehabilitate his public image.

On the day the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to victory, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina issued a blistering statement denouncing the election as a "pre-planned deception and farce".

Nikhil Gupta, 54, pleaded guilty to murder-for-hire, conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and conspiracy to commit money laundering

There was also the national referendum on the implementation of a reform package, which saw a 60.26 per cent voter turnout in Bangladesh, with the 'yes' vote winning a clear majority, the Election Commission announced Friday.

Two men were jailed on Friday for plotting to kill hundreds in an Islamic State-inspired attack on the Jewish community in England, a plan prosecutors said could have been deadlier than December's mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach.

For now, Keir Starmer has bought time, but heads sans party loyalty. His authority rests on temporary endorsements and managed optics.

French President Emmanuel Macron begins his three-day visit to India on February 17 with a schedule that mixes remembrance, business, technology and geopolitics, an itinerary designed to underline how far the India-France relationship travelled.

Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi told the media on Friday that the former prime minister of the country, Imran Khan, will be transferred to the new Islamabad jail once the facility is fully constructed within the next two months.

Pakistan-based terror groups Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) are amplifying their influence through women's networks to disseminate radical ideologies.

2,600-odd km from Washington, D.C., and New York City, nestled southeast of St Thomas, the capital of the US Virgin Islands, is a small island, a tropical paradise called Little St James that will be remembered by history as Jeffrey Epstein's island.

Yunus's motivations across the board indicate that he's not likely to be 'retiring' soon. This election is a quiet - and overlooked - win for the Jamaat, too.

Mauritius has thrown its weight firmly behind India's growing leadership in AI, the Global South and emerging economic partnerships, with Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam set to participate in the upcoming India AI Impact Summit in New Delhi.

A commercial passenger flight operated by Arik Air made an emergency landing in southern Nigeria after one of its engines exploded, causing severe damage, according to officials and safety reports.

Ukraine has reportedly developed a silent air defence system capable of taking out Russian drones mid-air with almost no sound or visible trace.

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of US President Donald Trump, has reportedly been mentioned in a classified intelligence intercept that is now at the centre of a whistleblower complaint against Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

In the weeks leading up to Bangladesh's general election on February 12, few parties projected confidence as assertively as the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.

The United States will send the world's largest aircraft carrier to the Middle East to back up another already there, putting more American firepower behind President Donald Trump's efforts to coerce Iran into a deal over its nuclear programme.

Seedance 2.0 users can upload multiple references at once. The AI then blends them into a single, polished video, the outlet further said in its report.