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  In Rare Accident, Musk's Starlink Lost Communication With One Of Its Satellite

  SpaceX's Starlink said one of its satellites experienced an anomaly in space on Wednesday that created a "small number" of debris and cut off communications with the spacecraft at 418 km (259.73 miles) in altitude, a rare kinetic accident in orbit

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  Bangladesh's Top Newspaper Shuts Ops After Office Set On Fire By Protesters

  Bangladesh's leading newspaper, Prothom Alo has suspended its print and online operations after the protesters set its office in Dhaka on fire.

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  Trump Suspends Green Card Lottery After Brown University, MIT Shootings

  President Donald Trump suspended the green card lottery programme on Thursday that allowed the suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings to come to the United States.

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  Meet Michaela Benthaus, Set To Become The First Wheelchair User In Space

  Michaela Benthaus has worked at various research centres since 2016 before joining European Space Agency in 2024 as a Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) Mars Radio Occultation in the Netherlands.

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  Video: US Tech Company Strava Fires Employee For Assaulting Restaurant Staff In San Francisco

  The staff at Hazie's restaurant reportedly refused to continue serving alcohol to Afkari and her companion due to their high level of intoxication and abrasive behaviour.

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  Historic Afghan Cinema Demolished For Shopping Mall Amid Taliban Ban On Films

  A renowned Kabul cinema that for decades attracted the city's film fans is being demolished to make way for a shopping mall

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  "Hero" Who Wrestled Bondi Beach Gunman Gets Rs 14 Crore From Fundraising

  A man credited with saving lives for wrestling a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach received a cheque for more than A$2.5 million ($1.65 million) on Friday

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  Anti-India Leader Behind 'Greater Bangladesh' Map Dies, Dhaka On Edge

  Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of Bangladesh's student uprising last year, has died while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital after fighting for his life for six days.

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  "How Dare She...": HR Behind Coldplay Kiss Cam Scandal Slams Gwyneth Paltrow

  Kristin Cabot, the former Chief People Officer at Astronomer, has been in the news since she was spotted on the "kiss cam" with her then boss, Andy Byron, during a Coldplay concert in July.

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  Team Trump Urges White Men To File Workplace Discrimination Claims

  President Donald Trump's administration is encouraging white men to file workplace discrimination claims -- the latest salvo in its campaign to mothball diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives.

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  "Dangerous Guns Must Go": Australia Announces Buyback Scheme After Bondi Beach Shooting

  Australia will mark one week since the Bondi Beach mass shooting with a national day of "reflection", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday as he outlined plans for a sweeping gun buyback scheme.

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  Suspect Behind Brown University, MIT Shootings Found Dead: Report

  A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement said

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  Trump's New 'Warrior Dividend' To Troops Is Coming From Pentagon Funding, Not Tariffs

  The "Warrior Dividend" that President Donald Trump announced during his televised address to the nation Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president suggested.

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  Massive Protests In Bangladesh As Anti-India Leader Dies After Being Shot

  Violent protests broke out in several cities in Bangladesh overnight after the death of radical leader Sharif Osman Hadi.

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  "You Are Killing Me": 30 Bangladeshi Journalists Rescued From Office Set On Fire

  It began with an attack on Bengali-language daily newspaper Prothom Alo, where the crowd had gone chanting slogans before setting the building on fire around midnight.

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  Bangladesh Protests LIVE Updates: 4 Injured Following Violence Near Indian Mission

  Bangladesh Violence LIVE Updates: Bangladesh has been rocked by violent protests since late Thursday after the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, with concerns of further unrest ahead of national elections in the country.

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  Zohran Mamdani Appointee Resigns Over Old Antisemitic Social Media Posts

  One of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani 's appointees has resigned over social media posts she made more than a decade ago that featured antisemitic tropes, Mamdani's office said Thursday.

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  TikTok Signs Deal To Sell US Unit To American Investor-Led Venture

  ByteDance's TikTok has signed a deal to sell its US entity to a joint venture controlled by American investors, according to a memo from TikTok CEO seen by Reuters.

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  "It's Malpractice": US Moves To Cut Off Transgender Care For Children

  The US Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of regulatory actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors, building on broader Trump administration restrictions targeting transgender Americans.

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  Ex-NASCAR Driver Greg Biffle, Family Among 7 Killed In Jet Crash

  A business jet crash in North Carolina killed all seven aboard Thursday, reportedly including a former racing car driver, authorities said.