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Bangla Press Desk: Two Jewish men were seriously injured in a stabbing attack in Golders Green, north London, UK. A man ran down a busy street with a knife and attempted to attack Jewish worship...
Bangla Press Desk: The Maldivian parliament has passed legislation to regulate journalists and media institutions despite widespread concerns that it would curb press freedom in the atoll nation. The parliament late Tuesday approved the...
Bangla Press Desk: Maoist rebels in India are suspending their armed struggle and are ready for talks, they said in a statement, though authorities said Wednesday they were still verifying its authenticity. New Delhi has launched an all...
Bangla Press Desk: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received warm congratulations from US President Donald Trump on his birthday Tuesday and praise for his efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine, as tense trade talks continued between t...
Ema Alice: ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel off the air “indefinitely” over comments the late-night host made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to multiple reports. The decision, announced Wednesday,...
Noman Sabit: An immigration judge ordered that a former pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil, be deported to either Algeria or Syria for not disclosing certain information on his green card application. “Th...
Bangla Press Desk: United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to designate the left-wing activist group Antifa a “terrorist organisation”. Posting on his Truth Social platform late on Wednesday, Trump described the group as a “sick...
Bangla Press Desk: Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin as an “old friend” as the two held a series of meetings on Tuesday at a time when their countries face both overlapping and differing challe...
Bangla Press Desk: The humanitarian situation in Myanmar is worsening, the UN said Tuesday, decrying scenes reminiscent of the 2017 atrocities committed against the Rohingya minority that some countries deemed a genocide. Rakhine Sta...
Bangla Press Desk: Pakistan and China on Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening their “iron-clad and all-weather strategic cooperative partnership” through enhanced cooperation, reflecting their unique bilateral relationsh...
Noman Sabit: The strike, which took place on Tuesday morning, hit a boat with members of the Tren de Aragua, a transnational gang from Venezuela, a group designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government, according...
Ema Alice: A North Carolina man was one number away from winning a Powerball jackpot worth $1 billion, but he still pocketed $150,000. He collected his prize on Tuesday, Sept. 2 at state lottery headquarters, and after tax withholdin...
Bangla Press Desk: Sudanese authorities, the United Nations and aid groups scrambled Tuesday to respond to a devastating landslide in Sudan's Darfur region that buried an entire mountain village, killing hundreds of people. Heavy rain tr...
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