The United States unexpectedly lost jobs in February while unemployment edged up, government data showed Friday, piling pressure on President Donald Trump's economic agenda as key midterm elections approach.

Markwayne Mullin was elected to the Senate in 2022 after serving 10 years in the US House of Representatives.

Elnaaz Norouzi told NDTV, "Just like the past 47 years, people who are coming to power that Iranian people have not chosen"

Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz issued an open assassination threat to Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's successor Wednesday. The threat came hours after Iran elected Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, as the next Supreme Leader.

Mojtaba, was chosen as Khamenei's successor by Iran's Assembly of Experts, Israeli media said.

Israeli and US strikes on Tuesday hit the Tehran building of a body tasked with electing Iran's new supreme leader, local media reported.

Neither the US nor Israel will decide who will lead Iran after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's assassination, an Israeli minister has told NDTV, stressing that it's for the Iranian people to choose their next leader.

US President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to try to bypass Congress and force new voting laws ahead of the November midterm elections, where his Republican Party fears losing control of the legislature.

Tarique Rahman-led Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) raced towards a decisive win in the crucial national election held on Thursday, setting the stage for Rahman, 60, to become Bangladesh's next prime minister.

Ukraine will only hold elections once it has security guarantees in place and a ceasefire with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday, pushing back at suggestions he was planning to stage fresh ballots under US pressure.

With Bangladesh heading into national elections in less than 24 hours, a rare and urgent congressional briefing on Capitol Hill has thrown a harsh spotlight on what speakers described as the accelerating persecution of Hindu.

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's election victory is handing Chinese leader Xi Jinping a dilemma: Engage with Japan's most popular post-war leader or continue a deep freeze with the US's top ally in Asia.

A broad international alliance of human rights organisations, faith groups, and civil society leaders has issued an urgent global appeal warning that Hindus in Bangladesh are facing escalating violence and systematic persecution.

With Bangladesh's general elections scheduled for February 12, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) is once again under international scrutiny.

President Donald Trump has not discussed "formal plans" to deploy US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to polling sites at November's midterm elections, the White House said on Thursday.

The United States and Bangladesh are set to sign a trade agreement on February 9, just 72 hours before the national election on February 12. The deal has faced significant criticism because of secrecy surrounding its terms.

US President Donald Trump's Republican Party has taken a step closer to staging a highly unusual party convention to prop him up and sell his message to voters ahead of crucial midterm elections in November.

With the Jamaat-e-Islami expected to get its biggest-ever win in the upcoming elections, the US is stepping up engagement with Bangladesh's largest Islamist party.

US President Donald Trump made a surprise appearance - in thought, not in person -Thursday as the Supreme Court heard challenges to the Election Commission's special intensive revision of voter lists months before high-profile state polls.

"Nobody An Outsider For Us In Mumbai": Piyush Goyal To NDTV On BMC Polls

US President Donald Trump said Venezuela has begun the process of releasing political prisoners, claiming the move was carried out "in a big way" following US action against the Venezuelan leadership.

Flexibility in political approach does not mean a compromise on ideology, MNS chief Raj Thackeray has said, adding he would be willing to back even US President Donald Trump if that meant ensuring Maharashtra remained strong.

India on Friday criticised New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and disapproved of the note he sent to jailed activist Umar Khalid.

Trump urged his party to more forcefully push back on Democrats' near-unified message on healthcare, as the minority party advocates to extend expired subsidies that made Obamacare insurance more affordable for millions of Americans.