Category: 2. World

A blistering rollback of climate policies led by the US in 2025 with knock-on effects in Europe and other western economies has heightened concerns about rising greenhouse gases, even as a clean energy boom takes hold.

Climate regulations have…

There are concerns women wearing hijabs are bearing the brunt of a “horrifying” wave of Islamophobia in the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack, with one support service saying reports of hate incidents have increased nearly 200 per cent.

ORLANDO, Fla.— On a humid morning at one of the largest wastewater plants in central Florida, a tanker truck loads up with thousands of gallons of sludge—the thick, dark and heavy remnants of…

In early December, 48-year-old Tipu Sultan, a grassroots activist of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), stood outside Dhaka’s Evercare Hospital holding a placard that read, “I want to donate my kidney to Begum Khaleda Zia”.

A video of…

The two alleged gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish event on Bondi Beach were not part of a wider terror cell and acted alone, Australian police have said.

Police also confirmed Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, travelled to the…

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Krissy Barrett told media on Tuesday that CCTV footage tracking the alleged gunmen’s movements in the Philippines had been handed to Australian authorities.

“We are currently reviewing the material,” she…

India’s billionaires had big hopes for the Trump presidency but nearly one year since his second term began, two of the biggest are paying the price for the worst relationship between New Delhi and Washington in decades.

US President Donald…

Bangladesh’s first female prime minister Khaleda Zia has died at the age of 80 after suffering from prolonged illness.

Zia became Bangladesh’s first female head of government in 1991 after leading her party to victory in the country’s first…