Swatch Apologizes After Racist ‘Slanted Eye’ Ad Draws Criticism in China
Ad Pulled After Outcry Swatch, a Swiss watchmaker, has issued an apology and taken down an advertisement that was accused...
‘Poor Butterflies Had to Suffer’: Beauty Pageant Contestant Criticised for Using Live Creatures
The Controversial Moment On 17 August, during the Miss Grand Philippines preliminary competition, Caloocan City representative Arianne Villareal shocked audiences...
Bangladesh Prepares for February 2026 Election, Citizens Poised to Vote
Bangladesh is gearing up for a pivotal general election in February 2026, confirmed by Interim Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus. ...
France Revokes Residency of Man for Lighting Cigarette at National War Memorial Eternal Flame
On 6 August, French authorities stripped the residency permit of a 47-year-old Moroccan man after a video of him lighting...
‘Survivors Escaped with Nothing’: Sudden Cloudbursts Claim Hundreds of Lives in Northern Pakistan
Rising Death Toll in Buner and Beyond On 15 August, a sudden cloudburst engulfed parts of Northern Pakistan across Khyber...
Palace of the Fallen: Bangladesh Turns Former PM’s Residence into Uprising Memorial
Government Moves to Preserve a Pivotal Chapter Bangladesh’s caretaker government confirmed plans to transform the Ganabhaban — once the heavily...
Shocking Cremation Theft in Nepal: Human Bones and Flesh Stolen During Funeral at Pashupati
Incident at Funeral Site On 8 August 2025 in Kathmandu, Nepal, two men were arrested for allegedly taking bones and...
Journalist Murdered After Filming Armed Gang Attack in Busy City Intersection
On 7 August, armed assailants hacked Bangladeshi reporter Asaduzzaman Tuhin to death after he filmed a chase in one of Gazipur’s busiest...
‘I Have Buried Hundreds of Bodies’: Whistleblower Alleges Cover-Up at Indian Temple
Shocking allegations from Karnataka’s famed Dharmasthala temple A former sanitation worker at Dharmasthala, one of southern India’s most renowned pilgrimage...
‘Trump Burger’ Restaurant Owner Faces Deportation Amid Immigration Fraud Probe
From Burger Business to Immigration Battle Roland Beainy, the Lebanese-born co-founder of the Texas-based Trump Burger chain, now faces deportation...
