BBC: Global fashion brand Prada has announced a line of limited-edition footwear inspired by Indian-made Kolhapuri sandals, months after it faced backlash for allegedly appropriating the sandal’s design. The Italian luxury brand will make 2,000 pairs of sandals in India’s Maharashtra and Karnataka states, under a deal with two state-backed entities, Reuters news agency reports. […]
NDTV: Elections in Bangladesh will be held on February 12, 2026, AMM Nasir Uddin, the country’s chief election commissioner, announced through a televised address. Candidates who want to contest the election will have to file nomination papers for the parliamentary election by December 29. The last date for withdrawing candidacy from the election is January […]
Al Jazeera: Fighting between Cambodia and Thailand has entered its fifth day, with Cambodia accusing the Thai military of continued shelling and Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirming that he is scheduled to speak with United States President Donald Trump. Thai forces allegedly carried out new attacks in three Cambodian provinces in the early […]
BBC: More than 800,000 Gazans are at risk from flooding, the UN says, as a powerful winter storm sweeps through the Strip. The heavy rain has already deluged camps, and led several buildings to collapse. A steady stream of water trickles through openings in the tent Ghadir al-Adham shares with her husband and six children […]
BBC: A British backpacker who struck and killed a man while riding an e-scooter drunk has been jailed for four years in Australia. Alicia Kemp, 25 – from Redditch, Worcestershire – was driving at speeds of 20 to 25km/h (12 to 15mph) when she hit 51-year-old Thanh Phan from behind on a Perth sidewalk in […]
BBC: The US has imposed fresh sanctions on six more ships said to be carrying Venezuelan oil, a day after seizing a tanker off the country’s coast. Sanctions have also been placed on some of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s relatives and businesses associated with what Washington calls his illegitimate regime. White House press secretary Karoline […]
BBC: Thailand has dissolved parliament after nearly a week of fresh clashes along its border with Cambodia, with a general election to be called within 45 to 60 days. In a royal decree published on Friday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cited the deadly border dispute among other challenges his minority government has struggled to contain since […]
BBC: The Indiana Senate has rejected a voting map meant to favour Republicans in the 2026 midterms, defying a months-long pressure campaign by the White House. Enough Republican lawmakers in the state joined all Democrats to resist the changes that otherwise would occur every 10 years to reflect population change. US President Donald Trump’s call […]
BBC: Russia could attack a Nato country within the next five years, the Western military alliance’s chief has said in a stark new warning. “Russia is already escalating its covert campaign against our societies,” Mark Rutte said in a speech in Germany. “We must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents or great-grandparents […]
BBC: Austria has passed a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14. The conservative-led coalition of three centrist parties, the ÖVP, the SPÖ and the Neos, says the law is a “clear commitment to gender equality”, but critics say it will fuel anti-Muslim feeling in the country and could be […]
