More News13 Feb 2026 | 9:16 PMWashington, Feb 13 (UNI) A partial US government shutdown is looking more likely than ever, and poised to begin at midnight after the Senate failed to advance legislation over the funding of for the Department of Homeland Security, deepening an already intense standoff between GOP and Democrat lawmakers over the country's current immigration enforcement reforms.
see more.. 13 Feb 2026 | 9:11 PMIslamabad, Feb 13 (UNI) Authorities in Pakistan placed Islamabad's high-security Red Zone under lockdown on Friday, upping crowd control measures by erecting barricades and deploying a large number of police personnel in order to prevent protesting opposition lawmakers and supporters from reaching the Parliament House.
see more.. 13 Feb 2026 | 7:34 PMJayanta Roy Chowdhury & Arti Bali
New Delhi/Dhaka, Feb 13 (UNI) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to victory in a low voter turnout elections to Bangladesh's parliament, winning 213 of the 296 declared constituencies and catapulting party chief Tarique Rahman to become the country's next prime minister.
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13 Feb 2026 | 6:44 PMIslamabad, Feb 13 (UNI) Amid claims of Imran Khan's near blindness in his right eye sending ripples across Pakistan earlier in the day, Tehreek Tahafuz-i-Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP) chief Mehmood Khan Achakzai vowed to continue a sit-in outside the country's parliament, "until all demands are met."
Imran's supporters blame medical negligence for former premier's deteriorating eyesight.
see more..13 Feb 2026 | 5:27 PMRawalpindi, Feb 13 (UNI) Pakistan's Parliamentary Affairs Minister Dr Tariq Fazal Chaudhry on Friday pledged "zero negligence" on the caring of PTI founder and former PM Imran Khan's alleged near-blindness, stating that the former premier would be taken wherever he chooses for the best medical treatment, to cure his ailing sight, alleged to be operational at little more than 15 per cent.
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