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DHAKA: The Bangladesh Nationalist Party won a landmark parliamentary election on Friday (Feb 13), local TV stations showed, as ballots were counted through the night in a pivotal vote that is expected to restore political stability.The parliamentary election held on Thursday was Bangladesh’s first vote since the 2024 Gen Z-driven uprising that toppled long-time premier Sheikh Hasina.A clear outcome had been seen as crucial for stability in the Muslim-majority nation of 175 million after months of deadly anti-Hasina unrest disrupted everyday life and hit major industries, including the garment sector in the world’s second largest exporter.It was also the first…

Protesters have marched in duelling demonstrations in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas, as the country’s National Assembly weighed a bill that would grant amnesty to political prisoners.The demonstrations on Thursday marked Venezuela’s National Youth Day and were the first major showing of opposition to the government led by interim President Delcy Rodriguez.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listShe has led the country since the United States abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in January.Her government called on its supporters to flood the streets with counterprotests, and both rallies attracted thousands of people.The show of defiance came as the National Assembly debated a…

CNBC’s MacKenzie Sigalos reports on Airbnb’s earnings results.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Wednesday that it has officially closed a major loophole that allowed unqualified drivers, including illegal immigrants, to operate commercial trucks, following several fatal crashes last year involving non-domiciled drivers.  “For far too long, America has allowed dangerous foreign drivers to abuse our truck licensing systems – wreaking havoc on our roadways. This safety loophole ends today,” U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy said. “Moving forward, unqualified foreign drivers will be unable to get a license to operate an 80,000-pound big rig.”Officials said foreigners who hold only a work…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Just months after lobbying for the banishment of the Israeli national soccer team to be banned from UEFA, Ireland has agreed to play Israel this fall in Nations League matches. The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) only just approved a motion calling for Israel to be banned from UEFA back in November. The FAI joined the soccer federations of Norway and Turkey in calling for Israel’s banishment, citing the country’s war in Gaza. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez also made a similar plea. The motions were ultimately rejected.  Israeli fans wave flags as…

A federal judge on Thursday blocked the Pentagon from downgrading the military retirement rank and pay of Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, finding that the government had “trampled on Senator Kelly’s First Amendment freedoms.”A retired Navy captain, Kelly drew the Trump administration’s ire after he and five other Democratic lawmakers posted a video urging members of the military to “refuse illegal orders.”U.S. District Judge Richard Leon’s order prohibits the Defense Department and the Trump administration from taking any adverse action against Kelly to reduce his retirement rank and pay.”This Court has all it needs to conclude that Defendants have…

Gene Simmons has insisted “hip-hop does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame”.The KISS legend – who was inducted himself as part of the Rock And Roll All Nite band in 2014 – has reiterated his argument against the idea of rappers and other hip-hop artists being honoured by the same organisation.He told the LegendsNLeaders podcast: “It’s not my music. I don’t come from the ghetto. It doesn’t speak my language.”And as I said in print many times, hip-hop does not belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, nor does opera or symphony orchestras. “How…

SECURITY, PROSPERITY, AUTONOMYThat is not to say that middle power deals are unimportant. Quite the opposite: Even the India-Malaysia deal opens a new frontier that would not otherwise exist, and an India-ASEAN one would be significant in covering a population size (2.1 billion) larger than the EU-India “mother of all deals”.Over time, middle powers will also likely build institutions and issues-based alliances on top of these free trade deals to mobilise larger-scale partnerships. With enough coordination, replacing certain trade goods from US-China might even be possible, even at a lower technology standard. The only reality that middle powers would have to…

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby says current NATO approach ‘no longer fit for purpose’.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby has called for NATO “partnerships not dependencies”, saying Europe must take primary responsibility for its defence.The US official was in Brussels to meet with NATO’s defence ministers on Thursday, where he delivered remarks calling for “clear-eyed realism and fundamental adaptation by all”.Noting that the current approach of the military alliance was “no longer fit for purpose”, he said a new “NATO 3.0” required “much greater efforts by our allies to step up and assume primary responsibility for the…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! TUCSON, Ariz. — FBI video forensics experts were seen bringing specialized equipment into the area of Nancy Guthrie’s home where blood was previously discovered, as the search for the missing 84-year-old Arizona woman enters its 12th day.Photos obtained by Fox News Digital show members of the FBI’s Video Forensic Analysis Unit arriving at Guthrie’s residence, carrying multiple Pelican-style hard cases into a tent set up at the front door.The team also assisted in the race to catch Idaho student murderer Bryan Kohberger, who is now serving life in prison. Investigators were also carrying…