4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (688+ words) OAKLAND, United States, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - After three weeks of intense hearings, Silicon Valley's first major AI trial -- over the lawsuit filed by Elon Musk against the co-founders of Open AI -- is nearing an end. It is expected to go…...

1+ hour, 42+ min ago  (153+ words) VILNIUS, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Officials in Lithuania said Sunday that a drone, probably Ukranian, had crashed on its territory without exploding, near the eastern city of Utena. Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of the country's crisis management centre, told journalists the drone…...

41+ min ago  (98+ words) Iran's World Cup football team leaves for Turkey: media Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Iran's World Cup football team leaves for Turkey: media TEHRAN, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Iran's national football team was headed to Turkey on Monday to play a final…...

2+ hour, 23+ min ago  (238+ words) BANGKOK, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Thailand's economy grew 2. 8 percent in the first quarter from a year earlier, official data showed Monday, despite the global economic turmoil caused by the Middle East war. The GDP growth from January to March was due…...

5+ hour, 3+ min ago  (281+ words) SEOUL, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on top military officials to bolster front-line units and turn the southern border into an "impregnable fortress", state media reported Monday. The North Korea leader told the military officials…...

52+ min ago  (270+ words) KUALA LUMPUR, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Malaysia said Monday it had ended a search for passengers of a migrant boat from Indonesia that sank off the country's western coast last week after the bodies of all 16 missing were recovered. The Malaysian…...

1+ hour, 22+ min ago  (300+ words) DHAKA, May 18, 2026 (BSS) - The government has reconstituted the National Coordination Committee on Security and Social Stability with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman as its chief, according to a notification issued by the cabinet division on Sunday. The notification said the Bangladesh…...

4+ hour, 23+ min ago  (587+ words) HONG KONG, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Most Asian shares were lower in morning trade on Monday, extending slides in global markets, as the impasse in the Middle East drove oil prices more than two percent higher. Washington and Tehran agreed to…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (180+ words) KYIV, Ukraine, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Russia launched hundreds of drones and nearly two dozen missiles at Ukraine overnight wounding more than 30 people, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, as Kyiv and Moscow step up deadly long-range attacks. Moscow has been pummelling…...

2+ hour, 13+ min ago  (659+ words) RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories, May 18, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The son of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas won a seat on Fatah's top decision-making body on Sunday, as initial results emerged from the Palestinian movement's first congress in a decade. The congress came as…...