Members of a youth organisation staged a protest on Friday (December 19) in front of the Bangladesh Assistant High Commission in Agartala, opposing recent remarks threatening to separate India’s northeastern “Seven Sisters” region.
Lightning struck the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, as heavy rain and strong winds swept through Dubai, according to images shared on social media by Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
Saudi authorities have detained several Bangladeshi nationals for allegedly organising unauthorised gatherings and election-related activities ahead of Bangladesh’s upcoming 13th parliamentary elections.
At least 61 Israeli soldiers have died by suicide since the start of Israel’s military operations in Gaza on October 7, 2023, according to reports from Haaretz and Middle East Monitor.
Russia has claimed that nearly 500,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war so far this year, a figure that—if accurate—would represent one of the heaviest annual losses since the conflict began.
Italian paleontologists have uncovered thousands of dinosaur footprints on a near-vertical rock face more than 2,000 metres above sea level in the Stelvio National Park, a discovery they say is among the world's richest sites for the Triassic period.