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)...
Minara Helen: Tensions mounted in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon as police clashed with protesters on a freeway and declared another protest outside the Metropolitan Detention Center “unlawful.” Dozens of protesters were arrested th...
Bangla Press Desk: Air India said that the 242 passengers and crew on board the London-bound passenger plane that crashed on Thursday included 169 Indian passengers, as well as British, Canadian and Portuguese nationals. "The flight....
Noman Sabit: California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) and the state’s attorney general filed their much-anticipated lawsuit over President Trump’s decision to send in California National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell immigration protests...
Minara Helen: A hearing is scheduled for Monday, June 16, involving a declaration that blocks international students from entering the country to attend Harvard University. On June 5, Judge Allison D. Burroughs issued a temporary restra...
Bangla Press Desk: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg on Tuesday accused Israel of "kidnapping us in international waters and taking us against our will to Israel" after security forces intercepted a boat carrying humanitarian aid bound fo...
Bangla Press Desk: A senior US official told AFP on Sunday that US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. ‘We found out that the Israelis had plans to hit Iran’s su...
Bangla Press Desk: Russia launched one of its largest air strikes on Kyiv in over three years of war and struck a maternity ward in the southern city of Odesa in attacks that killed at least two people, officials said on Tuesday. The...
Ema Alice: The United States has issued several updates to travel warnings in anticipation of a busy summer, and one of the world's most populous countries has received an updated classification. The State Department has now upgraded...
Ema Alice: Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced a curfew for parts of Los Angeles, after protests over immigration enforcement in California roiled the city’s downtown area. Bass said the curfew will run from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. local...
Bangla Press Desk: Senior U.S. and Chinese negotiators have agreed on a framework to get their trade negotiations back on track after a series of disputes that threatened to derail them, Chinese state media said Wednesday....
Minara Helen: Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem was taken to a hospital on Tuesday after having an allergic reaction, according to the department. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statemen...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran on Thursday vowed to "significantly" increase its output of enriched uranium in defiance of US demands ahead of a new round of nuclear talks in the weekend, and amid reports of an imminent Israeli attack. The...
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