QuickPost News | March 18, 2025 | Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON—France’s oldest ally turned up the heat this week, as politicians across the Atlantic demanded the U.S. return the Statue of Liberty—a gift bestowed 139 years ago. The provocative call, led by French MEP Raphaël Glucksmann,...
QuickPost News Editorial | March 18, 2025 |
During Sheikh Hasina’s decade-long authoritarian rule, Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI) earned a dark reputation for human rights abuses, from secret “Aynaghar” prisons to enforced disappearances. Yet, amid the shadows of her regime, a lesser-known...
QuickPost News | March 11, 2025 | Kathmandu
KATHMANDU—Nepal’s streets are alive with chants of “Long Live the King!” as thousands rally to bring back Gyanendra Shah, the nation’s last monarch, ousted 17 years ago. Frustrated by a revolving door of 13 governments since 2008,...
QuickPost News | March 11, 2025 | Quetta
QUETTA—Separatist gunmen stormed the Jaffar Express train in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province Tuesday, taking hundreds of passengers hostage in a brazen attack that’s plunged the region into chaos. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility, alleging they’ve...
QuickPost News | March 10, 2025 | Dhaka
DHAKA—Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, Bangladesh’s interim leader, laid bare the nation’s scars in a candid Guardian interview Sunday, calling the damage from Sheikh Hasina’s 15-year rule “monumental” and admitting to a spiraling security mess—police AWOL, gang crime...
QuickPost News | March 8, 2025 | London
LONDON—Europe’s big guns—France, Germany, Italy, and Britain—threw down Saturday, backing a $53 billion Arab-led Gaza rebuild plan and torching Trump’s “Middle East Riviera” pipe dream. Egypt’s five-year, $53 billion (£41 billion) blueprint, greenlit by Arab leaders, keeps...
