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)...
Noman Sabit: The State Department is set to roll out a pilot program that may require foreign nationals from certain countries seeking business or tourism visas to post a bond of up to $15,000, according to a public notice set to be pub...
Bangla Press Desk: At least 135 Palestinians, including 87 aid seekers, have been killed and 771 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. The number of people who starve...
Bangla Press Desk: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel must "complete" the defeat of Hamas in Gaza to secure the release of the remaining hostages, days ahead of a cabinet meeting to discuss an updated war plan. R...
Bangla Press Desk: Australia's famed Great Barrier Reef has suffered its most widespread coral bleaching on record, according to a government report released Wednesday that warns the natural wonder is in dire health. Scientists document...
Bangla Press Desk: Russia and the United States can successfully cooperate in the Arctic, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev, who is also the Russian president's special representative for investment and economic...
Bangla Press Desk: Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific said Wednesday it would place an $8.1-billion order for 14 Boeing jets, its first with the US aircraft maker for more than a decade. In a filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange, the airline...
Bangla Press Desk: India's foreign ministry condemned additional US tariffs imposed over its Russian oil purchases as "extremely unfortunate" on Wednesday, calling the move "unfair, unjustified and unreasonable". "Our imports are based o...
Bangla Press Desk: The Indian army brought in sniffer dogs, drones and heavy earth-moving equipment Wednesday to search for scores missing a day after a deadly Himalayan flash flood. At least four people were killed and around 100 are...
Bangla Press Desk: A rare first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Hobbit" sold for 43,000 pounds ($57,000) at auction on Wednesday, after it was found during a house clearance in southwest England. Purchased by a private collector in the...
Ema Alice: A sergeant shot five soldiers Wednesday at one the country’s largest Army bases before he was quickly tackled by other Ft. Stewart troops, forcing a brief lockdown, officials said. Few details were immediately available ab...
Bangla Press Desk: The U.S. began officially levying higher taxes on imports from dozens of countries Thursday, four months after President Donald Trump first announced plans to impose tariffs on most of the world while seeking new trade ag...
Bangla Press Desk: Ghana's defence and environment ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash Wednesday, the presidency said, after the air force chopper carrying three crew and five passengers came down in a forest in the south....
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