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DHAKA: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Tarique Rahman was sworn in as prime minister on Tuesday (Feb 17), marking an important political shift in the South Asian nation following a period of turmoil.Rahman, 60, son of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia and assassinated President Ziaur Rahman, takes office after his party’s sweeping parliamentary election victory.He faces urgent challenges, including restoring political stability, rebuilding investor confidence and reviving key industries such as the garment sector after the turmoil that followed the Gen Z-led uprising that toppled Sheikh Hasina’s government in 2024.An interim administration led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus ran the…

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Listen to this article | 4 minsinfoPresident Donald Trump’s description earlier this month of the UK–Mauritius agreement on the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands as “an act of great stupidity”  briefly turned the world’s attention to the remote archipelago.While most of the coverage and debate focused on the US military base on Diego Garcia island, little attention has been given to the sordid story of US and UK involvement in ongoing crimes against humanity against the islands’ Indigenous people – the Chagossians.The Chagossians, whose island homeland is in the middle of the Indian Ocean, are largely descended from formerly enslaved East Africans.…

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U.S. and Iranian negotiators sat down for high-stakes talks Tuesday in Geneva, with President Trump’s threat to launch a new attack on the Islamic Republic if a deal on its nuclear program can’t be hashed out looming large over the discussions.The negotiations, mediated by Oman, were expected to focus on Tehran’s nuclear program, but Israel’s leader has pressed Mr. Trump to include limitations on Iran’s conventional ballistic missiles in any new agreement. Mr. Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in December that if no deal could be reached with Iran, the U.S. would support Israeli strikes on Iran’s ballistic…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Good morning and welcome to Fox News’ morning newsletter, Fox News First. And here’s what you need to know to start your day …TOP 31. Civil rights leader Rev Jesse Jackson dead at 842. FBI official gives update on DNA from glove in Nancy Guthrie case3. DHS shutdown drags into 4th day as Senate Democrats block funding over ICE reformsMAJOR HEADLINES‘SELF-DESTRUCTED’ — AOC mocked for ‘absolute train wreck’ weekend of ‘word salad’ and gaffes at Munich Security Conference. Continue reading …ICE COLD CHAOS — Deadly shooting rocks family ice skating venue, incident…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called on LA 2028 Olympics chief Casey Wasserman to resign amid the fallout from his name appearing in the Jeffrey Epstein files last month.Bass is the latest official to call out Wasserman, doing so in an interview with CNN. She said she was unable to fire him, but believed he should “step down.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks at NBA Cares Legacy Project Dedication at the Weingart YMCA on Feb. 12, 2026. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)”The board made a decision,” she said. “I think that decision was…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: College roommates of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., who is now 37-years-old, said they were “horrified” after the now-Democrat member of Congress up for reelection this year allegedly “serrated” a chicken’s head off with “a dull kitchen knife” while they lived together. The incident allegedly stemmed from the vulnerable Democratic congresswoman and her roommates engaging in the practice of “urban farming,” a practice that is quite popular in Portland, where they went to a small private school called Reed College. Gluesenkamp Perez’s former roommate and others connected to her from their…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A suspect accused of shooting and killing two people at a Rhode Island ice rink on Monday before killing himself was identified as transgender and had a history of past family conflict over his gender identity, a local news outlet reported, citing court documents.Court records show Robert Dorgan had been involved in multiple disputes with relatives in recent years, including allegations that tensions escalated after he underwent gender reassignment surgery, according to WPRI.Dorgan, 56, is accused of opening fire inside the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket during a hockey game between…

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