BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Thursday visited his mother, Bangladesh's ailing former prime minister Khaleda Zia, at a hospital, media reports said, marking their first reunion in the country in over 17 years.

Bethlehem, the historic city of Palestine, marked the first festive Christmas after two years of war in Gaza as thousands gathered at the Manger Square to on the festivity eve.

AnotherHindu man has been beaten to death in Bangladesh, days after Dipu Chandra Das was lynched and his body was set ablaze, local media reported on Thursday.

Another Hindu man has been beaten to death in Bangladesh, days after Dipu Chandra Das was lynched and his body was set ablaze, local media reported on Thursday.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman today asked the people of his troubled nation to work together for bringing peace and stability.

King Charles III led his family to church on foot Thursday, hours before his annual Christmas Day speech to the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth was expected to focus on the theme of pilgrimage.

After the controversy around Thailand destroying a statue of Lord Vishnu in a disputed border area went rife, the country issued a statement. Thailand asserted that the destruction was linked to security reasons.

Bangladesh Nationalist Party's acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who is also the son of former President Ziaur Rahman and former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, returned to Bangladesh on Thursday after 17 years in exile.

Christmas is celebrated across the globe, but in distinct ways. On the occasion, people decorate their houses by putting a Christmas tree, illuminated paper star, Holly wreaths and exchange gifts.

Pope Leo decried conditions for Palestinians in Gaza in his Christmas sermon on Thursday, in an unusually direct appeal during what is normally a solemn, spiritual service on the day Christians across the globe celebrate the birth of Jesus.

When Trump proposed that the US receive equity in exchange for giving Intel more CHIPS Act money Tan struck a deal.

Without naming Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, "Today, we all share one dream," adding, "And we have one wish for everyone: 'May he perish,' as everyone says to themselves."

Police on Wednesday discovered the bodies of two men and two women believed to belong to a single family from Liechtenstein, authorities in the tiny Alpine principality said.

The US Department of Justice said Wednesday that more than a million more documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been discovered and are being reviewed for release.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a nuclear submarine factory and received a message from Russia's Vladimir Putin hailing the countries' "invincible friendship", Pyongyang's state media said Thursday.

A 44-year-old Indian-origin man has died of suspected cardiac arrest after he reportedly did not receive any treatment for several hours at a hospital in Canada.

Thousands of people in Bangladesh took to the streets on Thursday to welcome Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman, who landed in Dhaka, ending more than 17 years of self-exile in the United Kingdom.

The death of a former head of China's one-child policy has been met not by tributes but by castigation of the abandoned policy on social media this week.

Amid ongoing atrocities against minorities, a Hindu man is seeking to win people's mandate from the ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's constituency in the upcoming national elections.

Australian police are investigating a "suspicious fire" after a car carrying a sign celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah was set ablaze Thursday in Melbourne.