Sporadic incidents of violence, clash and rigging marred the Bangladesh parliamentary elections on Sunday as only 18.5 per cent voter turnout was recorded across 42,000 polling stations till 12.10 a.m. local time, local media reported. ....

After UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's wife Akshata Murthy wounded up her start-up investment firm, Catamaran Ventures in December last year, the country's main opposition has raised questions asking the impact of its closure on other companies. ....

At least 30 people have died after a series of powerful earthquakes, with the major one measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, hit central Japan and the surrounding areas, with rescue teams on Tuesday scrambling to search for survivors. ....

Unknown assailants carried out an attack and blew up a major crude oil pipeline in Yemen's southeastern province of Shabwa, a government official said on Tuesday. ....

The death toll of the 6.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted northwest China on December 18 has risen to 151, official sources said on Sunday. ....

At least 21 people, including three children, were killed and 110 others wounded in Ukrainian shelling on the Russian border city of Belgorod, official sources said on Sunday. ....

An Iraqi Shiite militia has claimed responsibility for a rocket barrage on a US military base in Syria's northeastern province of al-Hasakah. ....

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on Wednesday announced the deaths of three soldiers fighting in northern Gaza. Ians ....

A chemical tanker operating in the Indian Ocean has been struck by an Iranian attack drone, a US Department of Defense official said. ....

India considers combating terrorism in Afghanistan an immediate priority, according to New Delhi's Permanent Representative to the UN Ruchira Kamboj. ....