After a sweeping victory in the 13th National Parliamentary Elections, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) chief Tarique Rahman, in a press conference, said that Bangladesh's foreign policy will prioritise the country's interests over others.

Hundreds of judges around the country have ruled more than 4,400 times since October that President Donald Trump's administration is detaining immigrants unlawfully, a Reuters review of court records found.

The exiled son of Iran's last shah called on US President Donald Trump on Saturday to help the Iranian people, a day after the American leader said a change of power would be the "best thing".

The US military said that it had struck more than 30 Islamic State group targets in Syria over the last two weeks as a response to an attack on US troops last year which killed two US soldiers and one American civilian interpreter.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trump's preference was for a deal with Iran and also left the door open to Trump meeting Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

In early 2013, Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend, Karyna Shuliak, was stressed about her US visa status. Later that year, she married an American citizen and her worries were gone.

The dart frog toxin, including batrachotoxin and epibatidine, is a potent natural poison used by frogs for defense, which can cause paralysis, heart failure, and death in humans, with no known antidote.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky poked fun at Hungarian leader Victor Orban's "belly" in his address to the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, saying Ukraine's fight against Russia allowed Europe to live freely.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to reassure a nervous Europe on Saturday, saying that Washington wanted to "revitalise" the transatlantic alliance so that a strong Europe could help the US on its mission of global "renewal".

Five European countries, including the UK, France, and Germany, accused Russia of "poisoning" opposition leader and staunch critic of President Vladimir Putin -- Alexei Navalny.

The US military used artificial intelligence in its operation to capture then Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last month, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed hope on Saturday that US-brokered peace talks next week in Geneva will be serious and substantive, but he voiced concern that Ukraine was being asked "too often" to make concessions.

At the Munich Security Conference, Prime Minister Keir Starmer called on Europe to strengthen its defence capabilities.

A Chinese government budget document briefly revealed that Olympic champion Eileen Gu and figure skater Zhu Yi received millions in funding from the Beijing Municipal Sports Bureau.

In Bangladesh's 13th General Elections, the Bangladesh Jatiya Party (BJP) secured a single seat, with Andaleeve Rahman Partho winning from the Bhola-1 constituency.

The new Bangladesh government led by Tarique Rahman's BNP wants to build people-to-people ties with neighbouring India and strengthen bilateral relationship through trade and investments, a top aide of Rahman told NDTV.

The White House has released a series of politically charged digital cards for Valentine's Day on social media.

With Tarique Rahman set to take over as the next Prime Minister of Bangladesh, all eyes would be on how he deals with Pakistan.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the latest source of US-China tensions, with OpenAI accusing Chinese startup DeepSeek of misusing its technology.

Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem was a renowned businessman, associated with the rise of Dubai as a trade hub, but revelations of his friendship and lewd correspondence with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have precipitated a sudden fall from grace.