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Former leader promises to return to Bangladesh

Former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina plans to return to her homeland later this year, she says in an interview with the Indian TV channel NDTV.

After 15 years in power, Hasina was ousted in connection with a student uprising in 2024. Since then, she has been sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity.

– I am not afraid of death, she says now.

Hasina was convicted, among other things, of ordering the police to kill protesters. According to Hasina, the charges against her are part of a political conspiracy.

Political situation in Serbia
Serbian president promises to resign “within a few weeks”

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic plans to resign and call new elections, writes CNN.

– I will only be president for a few more weeks, then I will resign, he says.

He says that in that case he will support his party SNS.

The statement follows the protests against the government that erupted in the fall of 2024 after an accident in Novi Sad.

This is not the first time the president has promised new elections. Already in November last year, he made a promise that it would be held before his current term expires in 2027.
 

The Syrian War  Israel-Syria Relations
Israel: Several terrorists have been killed in Syria

The Israeli military states that it killed several “armed terrorists” in southern Syria on Saturday, reports TT.

According to a statement from the military, a firefight has broken out in the so-called “buffer zone” that Israel has controlled in Syria since the overthrow of dictator Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.

On Thursday, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the military will maintain buffer zones in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza for an “indefinite period,” The Times of Israel reports.

Abused by her husband – asked the president for help

A video showing former oil CEO Víctor Rodríguez Padilla abusing his wife has become an issue at the highest political level in Mexico, reports El País.

It was on Friday that Rodríguez Padilla's wife María Felicia Jiménez published a video in which he is seen pushing and pulling her hair for several minutes, reports El Financiero. In connection with posting the video, Jiménez asked for help from Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum.

"Everything that risks happening to me and my children is Víctor Rodríguez Padilla's fault. Help me," Jiménez wrote.

Rodríguez Padilla was CEO of the state-owned Mexican oil company Pemex until May. He is now suspected of "violence against a woman" and is being investigated for a crime, writes Milenio.
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