Mohammed Shahabuddin oversaw the country’s transition after the ouster of then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August 2024 Bangladesh’s president, Mohammed Shahabuddin, has resigned, citing health issues. The speaker of the National Parliament will now become the country’s interim president until a new person is elected. Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad confirmed Shahabuddin’s resignation at a press briefing on Friday evening. In his resignation letter submitted to the speaker, Shahabuddin said that he was suffering from several health conditions. He said he was diagnosed with autonomic neuropathy and that he occasionally loses consciousness for brief periods as a result of this illness. Reports said Shahabuddin received treatment at the Combined Military Hospital over the past two days. Shahabuddin’s resignation comes much ahead of the official end of his tenure in April 2028. The pres...
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Peter Magyar is dismantling Fidesz’s legal, media and financial machinery while building a new order under Western backing On Monday, July 20, Hungary officially entered a new political reality. For the first time in 16 years, the Fidesz party lost control of the country’s most important institution – its presidency. Viktor Orban’s last remaining pillar of power collapsed. The situation, initially perceived by Fidesz supporters as a temporary political crisis, had become catastrophic by mid-summer, leading to a restructuring of the country’s entire legal and political order. Several components can be roughly identified in the purge initiated by the team of new Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar. The main ones include a thorough search for evidence of corruption within Fidesz, blocking any attempts by the new opposition to challenge the ruling party at the legislative and executive...
The US president’s push to seek damages for attacked ships is an “incendiary precedent” that risks chaos, Tehran has said US President Donald Trump has threatened to seize frozen Iranian assets to cover “any and all damages” to ships and cargo damaged due to the conflict in the Middle East. Iran has hit back, with Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warning that the move sets an “incendiary precedent” that could have global ramifications. Trump took to Truth Social on Thursday, warning that “from this point forth, any and all damages done to Ships, Cargo, or anything related thereto, will be paid for by Iranian Money that the United States has in its possession, and controls.” He added that “these damages may be very substantial,” describing it as “the fair and equitable thing to do.” The remarks came hours after Yemen’s Houthi rebels...
Kiev’s drones hit at least 13 ships in the Azov and Black Seas on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the country’s drone chief At least one Turkish sailor was killed and others wounded following a drone strike on a Türkiye-flagged coal bulker off Russia’s port of Novorossiysk on Wednesday, amid intensified Ukrainian attacks on shipping in the Azov and Black seas. The Istanbul-registered MV Reyhan Sari was carrying coal from Russia’s Taman Port to Trabzon in Türkiye when it was struck by a UAV. A crew member working in the engine room died at the scene of the impact, Türkiye Today reported on Wednesday. The ship was able to continue under its own power and reach waters off Samsun, two injured crew members were evacuated by helicopter and taken to hospitals in the city, according to a statement from operating company cited by the media. Speaking to the Ihlas News Agency (IHA), on...
The “neocon war lobby” in Washington is driving the Ukraine conflict against Americans’ interests and with no valid justification, the conservative journalist has told RT The US is engaged in a proxy war with Russia that could escalate into a global conflict within years unless Washington changes course, renowned conservative journalist and podcaster Tucker Carlson has told RT’s Olga Bataman and Tara Reade. There is no convincing strategic, political, or moral justification for the US to be in conflict with Russia, Carlson insisted, claiming that the Ukraine conflict has been driven by what he described as the “neocon war lobby” in Washington out of “hatred” for both Russia and Europe. “The truth is you can’t make a case for war with Russia,” he said on the latest episode of East Meets West with Olga and Tara, aired on Wednesday, adding, that the US ...
The bloc has been forced to approve a watered-down package, including a Greek-backed exemption that allows EU companies to transport Russian LNG The EU has relented on objections from member states, granting what one diplomat has described as an “outrageous exemption,” to issue a watered-down sanctions package targeting Russia. Greece successfully lobbied to allow EU companies to continue transporting Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) to third countries, media reports claimed on Thursday. The package, the EU’s 21st since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in February 2022, was presented by the European Commission in June. It was designed to target Russia’s energy, financial, crypto, trade, and fisheries sectors, bar entry to former Russian servicemen, and phase out Russian LNG transportation by EU companies. The bloc held several failed rounds of talks on the package, which r...