Antonio Morgan

Days after Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin spoke publicly about how he was treated by the interim administration led by Muhammad Yunus following the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the chief of the Islamist party Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami launched a sharp criticism of the President. In a Facebook post, the Jamaat-e-Islami chief and current Leader of the Opposition, Shafiqur Rahman, questioned why Shahabuddin had allegedly withheld key details about the events of August 5, 2024 — the day Hasina left the country. On that day, Hasina’s Awami League government was forced from power amid deadly nationwide protests and later the administration was overtaken by the Islamists. Shahabuddin, in an interview with Bangla newspaper Kaler Kontho, slammed the Yunus regime, terming its rule and many of its actions as unconstitutional, India Today reported. The President also revealed that the Yunus administration put him under virtual house arrest, tried to u...

  Cuba said its forces fatally shot four heavily armed people attempting to “infiltrate” its territory on a Florida-registered speedboat on Wednesday, amid simmering tensions between the communist island and the US. Cuban border guard troops approached the boat after it entered their territorial waters in Falcones Cay, Villa Clara province, just over 100 miles from Florida, the country’s interior ministry said in a statement. A passenger on the speedboat shot at the Cuban vessel, wounding its commander, and prompting Cuban forces to return fire, according to the statement. Six other people aboard the speedboat were wounded and are in custody and receiving medical attention. The passengers were Cuban residents of the US and were armed with assault rifles, handguns and Molotov cocktails, and had “intended to carry out an infiltration for terrorist purposes,” according to a later statement from the ministry. Two of the surviving passengers were previously wanted by Cuba for terrorism,...

 The U.S. President spoke for 1 hour and 41 minutes, breaking Bill Clinton’s record of one hour and 20 minutes. His main objective was to convince increasingly wary Americans that the economy is stronger than many believe and that they should vote for more of the same by backing Republicans in November’s midterm elections. Ice hockey team honoured Mr. Trump appealed to bipartisan patriotic sentiments, dramatically inviting the Olympic gold-medal-winning U.S. men’s ice hockey team into the House chamber to applause. The team came to the Capitol after an afternoon visit to the White House. “Our country is winning again. In fact, we’re winning so much that we really don’t know what to do about it. People are asking me, ‘Please, please, please, Mister President, we’re winning too much. We can’t take it anymore,’” Mr. Trump said before introducing the team. “’We’re not used to winning in our country until you came along.’” The ice hockey players, wearing their medals and sweaters that s...

 India and Israel's relations will be upgraded to a "special strategic partnership" during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit, marking a "significant leap ahead" similar to Jerusalem's ties with countries such as the US and Germany, sources said here Tuesday. PM Modi will undertake a two-day visit to Israel beginning Wednesday to shore up bilateral defence and trade cooperation. It will be PM Modi's second visit to Israel in nine years. The India-Israel relationship was elevated to the level of strategic partnership during PM Modi's first visit to that country in July 2017. The upgraded "special strategic partnership" agreement will allow for a further developed stage of ties that will lead to joint development of advanced defence systems and an understanding to stand by each other in times of need. "The two countries have been reliable partners over the years and it has been proven in hours of crises. This is only being formally...

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs for Tel Aviv on a two-day state visit to Israel on February 25, 2026. Photo: YouTube/@NarendraModi via PTI Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to Israel on a two-day visit from February 25, sources said on Monday (February 16, 2026). Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu first broke news of PM Modi’s visit while addressing the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organisations in Jerusalem on Sunday (February 15). “Parliament address on the anvil. Who’s coming here next week? Narendra Modi,” Mr. Netanyahu told the gathering. Also Read | PM Modi’s Israel visit faces geopolitical headwinds Over the course of the 24-hour visit from February 25 to 26, most of the engagements planned will see the leaders together. Mr. Netanyahu will receive PM Modi at the airport in Tel Aviv, as he did during the last visit in July 2017, and the two leaders are expected to travel together to Jerusalem. Apart from bilateral talks and press stat...