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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2026

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French high school and university students attend a demonstration in Nantes as part of an ongoing protest movement demanding better school conditions and government action, France, October 15, 2026. The slogan on the placard reads "Bismillah c'est les tenebres" (Bismillah, it's darkness). Photo: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

'Bismillah, c'est les ténèbres': What does the slogan mean, and why are French students using it?

The phrase, mixing Arabic and French, has become a sarcastic protest slogan mocking suspected police infiltration of student movements, amid wider tensions over discrimination and surveillance.

Palestinians inspect the site of Wednesday's Israeli strike on a house whose residents were pre-warned by the Israeli military to evacuate, in Gaza City, July 30, 2026

HSBC's Islamic fund invested $130 million in firms linked to Israel's military. How?

French war veterans march past the Washington Monument on the Place d'Iena in Paris, on 19 July 1926, in protest against the US debt terms. Photo: UNB/AP

France's long tradition of protest sometimes descends into violence

Bangladesh Parliament building. Photo: UNB

How are Bangladesh’s ministers appointed, allowed to resign or removed?

Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - FIFA World Cup 2026 Draw - John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, US - December 5, 2025 US President Donald Trump on stage with FIFA President Gianni Infantino as he is awarded the FIFA Peace Prize. Photo: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque

Fifa weighs scrapping peace prize, leaving Trump as its first and only winner

A sales assistant displays a gold bar as an investment for a customer at Caibai Jewelry store, in Beijing, China, August 6, 2019. Photo: Jason Lee/Reuters

China’s gold buying reflects push to diversify reserves and household demand

Photo: Pixabay

Could hackers get inside my fridge?

Buildings stand in the southwestern city of Taiz, Yemen, October 15, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Anees Mahyoub

Why is the battle for Yemen's Taiz so important?

File photo of Katie Zacharia. Photo: X/KatieZacharia

Why Katie Zacharia left the White House press secretary role after less than five days

Workers wearing protective gear sort and dismantle electronic components at an e-waste recycling plant in Savar. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Bangladesh's $500m e-waste: Why is the country failing to recover valuable metals?

A car drives past a building of the Digital Reality Data Center in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., March 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Data centres vs water security: What Bangladesh needs to consider

A model of an oil pump is seen in front of a Russian flag in this illustration taken January 9, 2026. Photo: Reuters

What's in the diesel deal between Putin and Trump?

A police officer stops people to access the area near Red Zone, a day after Pakistan imposed a state of emergency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, effectively suspending the provincial government run by jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, in Peshawar, Pakistan, October 12, 2026. Photo: REUTERS

What does Pakistan’s governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa mean?

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