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Between 2010 and 2020, the religiously unaffiliated grew by 270 million to 1.9 billion, rising to 24.2% of the global population. Nearly a quarter of the world’s population now identifies with no religion, according to the latest analysis from the Pew Research Center’s Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures project. Drawing on more than 2,700 censuses and…

AI image (Picture credit: Open AI via ChatGpt, Google Gemini) Bangladesh’s 13th national parliamentary elections have handed the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a commanding mandate, marking a decisive political shift after months of turbulence. But beyond the scale of victory, the outcome has drawn attention for another reason, the return of several controversial leaders whose…

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been facing heavy social media flak over her recent post celebrating the voluntary deportation of immigrants in America due to long-pending cases. The 28-year-old expecting mother was labelled ‘demon’ and advised to ‘revisit the Christ’ by social media users who were enraged at her being happy over immigrants…

In a shocking explosive rant, President Donald Trump wrote a nearly 500-word spiel about regretting hosting comedian Bill Maher at the White House. In the post made on Truth Social on Saturday, he called the host a ‘jerk’ who has ‘zero confidence’ during their time together and diagnosed him with the famous Trump Derangement Syndrome….

Julian Miramontes(right) with Rep. Jimmy Gomez Fourteen-year-old Julian Miramontes from Los Angeles has earned national recognition for creating a mobile app designed to help immigrants understand their legal rights. An eighth grader at El Sereno Middle School, Miramontes developed the Know Your Rights app after witnessing fear and uncertainty in his community linked to immigration…

A Columbia University student who was suspended after declaring that “Zionists don’t deserve to live” has filed a federal lawsuit against North Carolina Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, alleging that her actions violated his First Amendment rights.Khymani James, 22, who emerged as a prominent figure during pro-Palestinian protests on the Ivy League campus in 2024, claimed in…

A Texas-based conservative activist has sparked controversy after sharing a social media post that framed a prominent Hindu temple in Frisco as evidence of what he described as a cultural “invasion” driven by the H-1B visa programme. The post, which circulated widely on X over the past few days, used inflammatory language to criticise Indian…

BNP chairman Tarique Rahman (AP photo) A senior leader of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should be invited to Dhaka as BNP chief Tarique Rahman prepares to assume office as Bangladesh’s next Prime Minister following the party’s landslide victory in the general elections.BNP leader ANM Ehsanul Hoque Milan…

China’s foreign minister Wang Yi (AP image) China’s foreign minister Wang Yi on Saturday warned the United States against its attempts to interfere in Taiwan, saying that such actions could lead to a confrontation between Beijing and Washington.Speaking at the Munich Security Conference in Germany, Wang cautioned that the US in the future could adopt…

UAE astronomers warn against February 17 Ramadan moon sighting due to sun proximity risks/Representative Image Astronomers in the UAE have issued a safety advisory ahead of the expected Ramadan crescent sighting on Tuesday, February 17, warning the public against attempting to observe the moon using telescopes or binoculars due to serious eye safety risks.The International…