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The US Embassy in Dhaka has issued a new warning for Bangladeshis regarding US visas, cautioning that a visa may be revoked if the holder is arrested in connection with a criminal case.
U.S. President Donald Trump points a finger onstage during a rally at Florida Gulf Coast University’s Alico Arena ahead of the midterm elections, in Fort Myers, Florida, on Friday. | REUTERS XFacebookLinkedInRedditBlueskyThreadsEmailPrintBookmark storyCopy link Oct 24, 2026
Brazilian rightwing presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro and leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is seeking reelection, attend a televised debate ahead of the presidential election runoff in Rio de Janeiro, on Friday. | REUTERS XFacebookLinkedInRedditBlueskyThreadsEmailPrintBookmark storyCopy link Oct 24, 2026
China is challenging India’s long-held dominance of the African market for antimalarial drugs in 12 of the continent’s hardest-hit countries, according to a new study. Last year, Chinese exports of antimalarial drugs reached US$89.3 million, nearly matching India’s US$89.6 million, according to Indian market research company Sol Gravitas. The gap has closed significantly since 2021,…
Havana is urging Ottawa not to drop its public opposition to the decades-long U.S. embargo as Washington ramps up pressure on countries supporting Cuba.
The U.S. has designated a new National Park in Arizona, preserving the distinctive landscape known as Chiricahua, the land of ‘Standing-Up Rocks’.
An Ilorin-born former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Prof. Ibrahim Agboola Gambari, has been named a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Perry World House, the global affairs centre of the University of Pennsylvania, United States, for the 2026–2027 academic year.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday, according to state news agency Xinhua. The trip, Kim’s first visit to China in more than a year, comes ahead of next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, where Donald Trump and other world leaders…
Lights go out on Samoa presser! | 00:38 Martin Gabor from NewswireOctober 24th, 2026 10:04 pm
The US has warned citizens against travelling to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Kuwait, Oman, the UAE, Qatar, Syria, Yemen and Israel. All of the advisories referred to the threat of “terrorism”.