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Nov 29, 2025 - World

Bangladesh Nationalist Party's self-exiled acting chairman Tarique Rahman on Saturday said his return to home country was not entirely in his control even as his mother and former prime minister Khaleda Zia fights a "very critical" ailment.

Nov 29, 2025 - World

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said on Friday that Pakistan's "hastily adopted constitutional amendments seriously undermine judicial independence".

Nov 29, 2025 - World

The death count from floods and landslides following cyclonic rains in the Indonesian island of Sumatra has risen to 303, the head of the country's disaster mitigation agency said on Saturday, up from a previous figure of 174 dead.

Nov 29, 2025 - World

Differences between Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn and over letting in Socialist Workers members mean rows and feuding look likely to continueWhen the idea of a new leftwing party spearheaded by Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana was first mooted in the summer, it was so popular that hundreds of thousands of people expressed an interest in joining.Although it was quickly beset by arguments – its co-founders rowed bitterly over its initial leadership and funding model – many hoped this weekend’s inaugural conference would signal a fresh start. Continue reading...

Nov 29, 2025 - World

A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriterTom Stoppard: a life in picturesMichael Billington: ‘A brilliant dramatist who always raised the temperature of the room’The playwright Tom Stoppard, whose playful erudition dazzled the theatregoing world for decades, has died aged 88.On Saturday, United Agents said Stoppard died at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family. They paid tribute to the “brilliance and humanity” of his work and “his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language”. Continue reading...