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The man who walked out into the rain in Dhaka hadn’t seen the sun in more than five years. Even on a cloudy day, his eyes struggled to adjust after half a decade locked in a dimly lit room, where his days had been spent listening to the whirr of industrial fans and the screams of the tortured.

'The howls were terrifying': Imprisoned in the notorious 'House of Mirrors'

Four weeks after ex-premier Sheikh Hasina fled Bangladesh by helicopter during a student-led revolution, analysts say she has become a diplomatic headache for her hosts in India. Bangladeshi students who led the uprising are demanding she return from India, her biggest benefactor before her ouster, to be tried for the killing of protesters during the revolt.

Ousted Bangladeshi leader becomes diplomatic headache for India

Two women dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades. - Dynasties forged in blood -
The decades-old contest between Zia and Hasina is a dynastic battle that predates the political career of both women.

With Hasina gone in Bangladesh, a rival family tastes power

The collapse of a massive statue of a 17th Century ruler has sparked protests and a political controversy in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. Shivaji Shahaji Bhosale was a warrior king whose exploits against the Mughals made him a hero during his own lifetime. He is revered in the state and celebrated as an icon of the Hindu right.

A statue's collapse shakes up politics in an Indian state

River waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days of deadly floods but 300,000 people are still in emergency shelters requiring aid, disaster officials said Sunday. The heavy floods, which killed at least 18 people in Bangladesh, have added to the challenges of a new government who took charge early this month after a student-led revolution.

Floods ease in Bangladesh but 300,000 still in shelters

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A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to over 28 years in prison for distributing significant amounts of fentanyl and other controlled substances to dealers in the Middle Georgia region. Authorities revealed that investigators uncovered evidence linking the drugs provided by the defendant, 40-year-old Lagary Williams, also known as "Frog," from Atlanta, to a fatal overdose.

Atlanta Man Sentenced to 28 Years for Supplying Deadly Fentanyl Linked to Fatal Overdose

A man has been jailed for manslaughter after fatally punching a man outside a pub on New Year's Eve. David Butler, 53, punched Robert Chadney, who was on a night out at the Beauchamp Arms in Malvern, Worcestershire, on 31 December 2023. Mr Chadney, who was punched "to the side...

Man jailed after fatal punch outside pub

These tragedies keep occurring in Nigeria's megacity, and yet no-one is ever held to account.

Collapse after collapse - why Lagos buildings keep crashing down

Salem, OH

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Every day, 8-year-old Emma sits in a small garden outside her grandmother’s home in Salem, Ohio, writing letters to her mom and sometimes singing songs her mother used to sing to her.

Thousands of parents die of overdoses; advocates say their kids need more help

A man who was found dead in a relative's back garden died of blunt force trauma from dog bites, an inquest has heard. Nicholas Glass, 33, was attacked by up to four dogs before his body was discovered outside a property in Hereford Close in Rednal, Birmingham on 21 August.

Man died of blunt force trauma from dog bites

The Independent

  It was a balmy summer night in 2020, shortly after the lifting of Germany’s first COVID-19 lockdown, and Omar Diallo and two friends from his home country of Guinea wanted to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Muslim festival of sacrifice.“We were enjoying life, playing music, walking through the city at night — we just wanted to be together again and have a good time,” Diallo, 22, told The Associated Press in Erfurt, in the eastern state of Thuringia.He was not prepared for how the day would end. Suddenly Diallo and his friends were confronted by three black-clad white men.“They...

Being Black in Germany has never been easy – Elections could make it harder still

Cleveland Police say the victim showed "tremendous courage and resolve" reporting the abuse.

Man jailed for repeatedly raping woman

A rat-infested jail where prisoners face rising violence and self-harm needs urgent improvement, the chief inspector of prisons has told the justice secretary. Rochester Prison in Kent had squalid conditions, decrepit buildings, widespread illicit drug-use and a “dearth of activity” to prepare men for release, inspectors said. Infestations...

Rat-infested jail needs urgent measures - report

A jury finds Huw Orphan responsible for an attack that left Amy Burley with a broken back.

Police officer guilty of kicking wife down stairs

The Associated Press

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — China expressed its “very dramatic” alarm over a mid-range missile system that the U.S. military recently deployed to the Philippines, and warned it could destabilize the region. But Manila’s top diplomat said Friday he reassured his Chinese counterpart that the weaponry was only in the country temporarily.

Philippines says China was `dramatically’ alarmed over US missile system deployed to its north

Jose Arturo Gonzalez Mendoza died in the heat on a farm 2023. His death highlights the dangerous work many migrants do.

Migrant farm worker deaths show cost of the 'American Dream'

Hanzel Scott, who attacked two 16-year-olds in 2022, is found guilty of rape and sexual assault.

Man guilty of raping two teenage girls

Three children who were found dead with a man at a house in Surrey were not previously known to social services, the BBC understands. Neighbours said they believed a young Polish family with three boys, including twins, lived at the house in Bremer Road, Staines. The man has been identified...

Children found dead not known to social services

The bodies of three children and a man have been found at a property in Staines-Upon-Thames, Surrey Police have said. Officers were called by the ambulance service to the address in Bremer Road, Spelthorne, at about 13:15 BST on Saturday. Chief Inspector Lucy Sanders said: "We are working to establish...

Bodies of three children and man found - police

Warning: This article contains details that readers may find distressing. Two people have died in the Japanese city of Yokohama after a teenage girl jumped to her death from a shopping centre, hitting a pedestrian below. The 17-year-old high school student jumped from a building in a crowded shopping district,...

Japan teen jumps to death, killing pedestrian below

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India’s Bangladesh dilemma: What to do about Sheikh Hasina?

Former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina's continued presence in India means new diplomatic challenges for...

India’s Bangladesh dilemma: What to do about Sheikh Hasina?

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