Hasina, 78, is currently living in exile in India, after defying the tribunal's orders to face trial for ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising on August 5, 2024.

The former Bangladesh PM was found guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on student-led protests last year.

Around 1,400 people were killed on orders of Sheikh Hasina between July 15 and August 15 in Bangladesh, according to a February 2025 UN rights report.

Bangladesh's interim chief, Muhammad Yunus, was once admired in American political circles, but the dismantling of the country's democratic infrastructure under his rule has impacted his popularity amongst Western liberals, Sheikh Hasina said.

According to a top official from Hyderabad, the pilgrims had booked their journey from Mecca to Medina with the same travel company.

Saudi Arabia Accident Live: Tragedy struck near Medina, Saudi Arabia on Monday where 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims are dead following a devastating collision between a bus and a tanker.

Ahead of a Bangladesh court's verdict on the alleged crimes against humanity committed during her tenure, the country's former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has said the allegations against her were false and that she did not care about such verdict

More than 40 people have reportedly died after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims from Mecca to Medina caught fire after colliding with a diesel tanker near Mufrihat.

One person survived the horrific bus accident that killed 42 Indian Umrah pilgrims near Medina on Monday. Mohd Abdul Shoiab, 24, was reportedly sitting near the driver when the bus en route from Mecca to Medina collided with a diesel tanker.

At least 42 people have died after a bus carrying Umrah pilgrims collided with a diesel tanker near Medina, according to local media in Saudi Arabia. Most of the people killed in the accident are believed to be Indians.

In a viral video, reportedly recorded close to the crash site, a man is heard narrating the chain of events to somebody on the call.

More than 40 people, mostly from Hyderabad, were killed after a bus carrying Indian pilgrims from Mecca to Medina caught fire after colliding with a diesel tanker.

The pilgrims, mostly from Hyderabad in Telangana, were returning from Mecca after completing their rituals and were en route to Medina.

42 Indians are feared dead after a bus carrying Umrah pilgrims collided with a diesel tanker and caught fire near Medina in Saudi Arabia on Monday.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar expressed shock at the bus accident, involving at least 42 Indians, in Saudi Arabia. Jaishankar said that Indian embassy in Riyadh and Consulate in Jeddah are giving full support.

Haunted by his own injuries as a child labourer, South Korea's new President Lee Jae Myung has vowed to lower the country's above-average rate of industrial accidents in what he calls "workplaces of death."

The interim government under Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus actively sanctioned the assaults against minorities, especially Hindus, forcing them to displace and flee, said former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release files involving the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal.

Sajeeb Wazed's remarks came a day before a Dhaka court was due to deliver a televised verdict that is expected to convict Sheikh Hasina, 78, in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity for a deadly crackdown on student-led protests in 2024.

The area was experiencing a large swell with waves estimated at 15 to 20 feet high at the time.