- 4d ago
Sheikh Hasina seeks Bangladeshi passport; Dhaka officials call bid a political ploy
Ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked for a new passport and national ID card from New Delhi, a step she needs for her planned December return. Dhaka says it is verifying the request and wants her handed over to face a death sentence.
- Nov 5
Bangladesh agrees to raise garment minimum wage as protests and clashes continue
The wage board, set up on 1 November, met for the first time on 4 November and promised higher pay from January 2027. The raise amount is not yet set, and unrest in garment districts continues.
- Nov 5
Portugal's Judicial Police free kidnapping victim in Lisbon and detain three men
Officers located the victim where three alleged perpetrators were still present, about seven hours after the first alert reached police on Sunday, 1 November. The three men are now in pretrial detention.
- Nov 3
Bangladesh garment workers protest for higher wages as hundreds of factories halt
Police used tear gas and stun grenades against garment workers near Dhaka, while the government's new wage committee agreed in principle to raise the minimum wage from January.
- Oct 30
Aargau police arrest asylum seeker over dismembered body found in Rhine at Stein
Aargau prosecutors say the arrested man, 43, shared a room with the 33-year-old Burundian victim at an asylum centre in Stein, where evidence seized in a search strengthened suspicions against him.
- Oct 26
AUR deputy Dan Tănasă faces new criminal complaint after xenophobic remarks in parliament
Dan Tănasă told the Chamber of Deputies that Asian migrant workers had brought leprosy and drug traffickers to Romania, four days after being sent to trial. A former police officer filed a new complaint over his Facebook insults.
- Oct 17
At least ten dead as fire destroys beach resort in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar
A fire on Saturday, 17 October 2026 destroyed the Tuptup resort in Inani near Cox's Bazar. Children are among the dead, and the cause remains unknown.
- Oct 10
Australia beats South Africa by 214 runs in Durban as Hazlewood takes six wickets
Josh Hazlewood took 6-49 as South Africa were all out for 206 on the final day at Kingsmead, giving Australia a 1-0 lead in the three-match series.
- Oct 7
Two-thirds of child migrants entering southern Europe arrived alone in 2025, UN report shows
A joint UN agency report shows 67% of the 31,100 migrant children reaching southern Europe in 2025 were unaccompanied, amid declining access to formal refugee resettlement programs.
- Oct 7
DIICOT detains 21-year-old Cosmin Tudoran over repeated terrorist threats in Bucharest
Romanian anti-organized crime prosecutors detained 21-year-old Cosmin Tudoran on 7 October 2026 for continuous terrorist threats targeting ethnic minorities and a Bucharest place of worship.
- Oct 4
European asylum applications fall 24.3% in 2026 as Germany drops to third
Asylum requests across the EU, Norway, and Switzerland dropped to 452,969 in the first nine months of 2026, with France and Italy receiving more applicants than Germany.
- Oct 1
India beats Pakistan by 19 runs to retain Asian Games cricket gold in Nagoya
Defending champion India posted a tournament-high 211-6 behind half-centuries from Abhishek Sharma and Tilak Varma before restricting Pakistan to 192-6 at the Asian Games final in Japan.
