International news and global updates
Bangla Press Desk: A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).The earthquake occurred at 10.27pm local time (1757 GMT)...
Bangla Press Desk: Hong Kong lawmakers on Wednesday voted down a bill that would have granted recognition to same-sex partnerships in the Chinese city, despite the rights offered being limited, in a major setback to the LGBTQ+ movement....
Bangla Press Desk: Organisers of a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid and pro-Palestinian activists said late Tuesday that another of their boats had been struck in a suspected drone attack off Tunisia's coast. Aiming to break Israel's blockad...
Bangla Press Desk: Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah, popularly known as Balen, has emerged as a favourite among young Nepalis to represent them in an interim government after deadly protests forced Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to resign....
Bangla Press Desk: Israel’s military described its attack on a residential complex in central Doha, Qatar, as a “precise” attack. In an official statement on Tuesday, the Palestinian movement Hamas said the attack killed five of its...
Bangla Press Desk: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Tuesday that his government is actively engaging the United States to secure a fair trade and investment deal, but emphasised that the country will not "go on bended kne...
Noman Sabit: The person of interest in the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Wednesday was released after being interrogated by law enforcement, according to the FBI Director Kash Patel. “The subject in custody has...
Bangla Press Desk: Right-wing youth activist and influencer Charlie Kirk, a major ally of President Donald Trump, was shot dead Wednesday in a "political assassination" that sparked fears of more political violence in an increasingly febrile United...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepal has become the third country in India's immediate neighbourhood to see a violent uprising topple its government in recent years. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli resigned after more than 20 people died in clashes with police...
Bangla Press Desk: Moments before the crack of a gunshot changed everything, thousands of students had gathered under clear blue skies at an idyllic Utah college to hear from a man considered a rock star in conservative campus politics. As the 3...
Bangla Press Desk: When President Donald Trump’s administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a la...
Bangla Press Desk: "This is a time for us to engage America, manage China, cultivate Europe, reassure Russia, bring Japan into play, draw neighbours in, extend the neighbourhood and expand traditional constituencies of support," Indian Fore...
Minara Helen: The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued a sharp warning to immigrants: lie about being an American, and you could be barred for life. In a policy update, USCIS said it is "restoring robust screeni...
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