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Bangla Press Desk: Arab citizens of Israel participated enthusiastically in the country’s elections. Exit polls suggest that Arab parties are on track to secure a record 19 seats, reports Al Jazeera.E...
Bangla Press Desk: Lithuania closed Vilnius airport on Sunday and NATO summoned at least one fighter jet in response to a possible sighting of a drone in Lithuanian airspace, the country's National Crisis Management Centre said.The air ale...
Bangla Press Desk: Myanmar's military-backed government said Sunday their UN ambassador -- loyal to ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi -- is occupying the office illegitimately, as the organisation prepares to weigh his replacement.Myanmar has bee...
Bangla Press Desk: Maritime trackers received new reports of an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, adding to concerns about Iran-related threats to energy supplies after Saudi Arabia shut down a vital oil pipeline.The British...
Bangla Press Desk: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for accountability for “atrocities, for the ongoing genocide against the people of Palestine, for the crimes committed against the people of the Sudan, and for the illegal w...
Bangla Press Desk: India was among the countries former al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden had considered targeting, according to documents released by the US Central Intelligence Agency.The CIA on Friday released more than 70 presidential intell...
Bangla Press Desk: Nestled in the lush green mountains of Central Mexico, next to a sparsely travelled gravel road, few people had reason to wander close enough to hear the loud, mechanical whirring of a clandestine cryptocurrency farm.What l...
Bangla Press Desk: Russian air strikes in several Ukrainian regions on Saturday killed nine people, injured dozens and damaged residential buildings and infrastructure across the country, local officials said.The civilian death toll has risen...
Bangla Press Desk: Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sought military assistance from President Donald Trump on Thursday to help fight Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the Houthis stepped u...
Bangla Press Desk: The BRICS group of countries has agreed on a joint declaration, which is unlikely to name any country but will condemn unilateral war by any country, four sources told Reuters on Saturday.The bloc, which includes Brazil, Russia, In...
Bangla Press Desk: The United Arab Emirates is quietly revising plans for a 5-gigawatt AI data centre project – one of the biggest outside the US – after the Iran war prompted a rethink of how and where critical infrastructure should be built,...
Bangla Press Desk: China and Nepal have taken different approaches to information after a Himalayan flood, shaping what the public saw of a disaster that killed more than 1,400 people.The August 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris fr...
Bangla Press Desk: Americans marked the 25th anniversary of the 11 September attacks on Friday with sorrow and somber reflection, honoring the nearly 3,000 people killed when hijacked planes slammed into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and...
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