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The former national ODI captain is in a stable medical condition after suffering a cardiac arrest in a Dhaka Premier League match on Monday.

Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal has regained consciousness and is speaking to family members after suffering a major heart attack during a domestic match, cricket officials have told the AFP news agency.

Tamim, 36, was leading Mohammedan Sporting Club in a match of the 50-over Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League (DPL) when he was rushed to a…

Tensions are again mounting between longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea over Addis Ababa’s quest for maritime access, causing fears of yet another conflict in the Horn of Africa barely seven years after the two neighbours restored ties.

Eritrea has, in recent months, called for young people to sign up for the army, while Ethiopia has reportedly deployed troops to joint border areas. Analysts say those moves could potentially see the two armies come face to face in a conflict.

Ethiopian…

The editor-in-chief of The Atlantic magazine revealed in an article on Monday that Trump administration officials revealed to him crucial military details about United States air strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebel targets on March 15, hours before the attack.

Jeffrey Goldberg, a veteran journalist, said that US government officials accidentally added him to a texting channel where they mapped out the strike.

The US government has acknowledged that the message thread appears to be authentic….

Japan to award Iwao Hakamada, held wrongfully for close to 50 years and released last year, largest-ever payout.

Japan has awarded a wrongly convicted man who was on death row for close to half a century compensation of 217 million yen ($1.44m).

The legal team for Iwao Hakamada, released last year after his conviction for a 1966 murder was quashed, said on Tuesday that the compensation payment ordered by a court the previous day was the highest-ever criminal compensation granted in Japan.

The…

At the start of March, Norwegian marine fuel supplier Haltbakk Bunkers refused to service a United States warship, calling on others to boycott the US fleet.

Haltbakk CEO Gunnar Gran appeared to have been incensed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s public humiliation in the White House by US President Donald Trump for allegedly being ungrateful for US military support to defend his country from a Russian invasion.

“Huge credit to the president of Ukraine restraining himself and…