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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)...
Abu Sabet: New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (D), a candidate for mayor, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Tuesday as he guided a defendant out of immigration court. Lander campaign spokesperson...
Bangla Press Desk: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Iran had the ‘legitimate’ right to defend itself in the face of Israel’s ongoing bombing campaign. ‘It is a very natural, legitimate and legal right for Ir...
Ema Alice: On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Justice said an Indian national living in the U.S. on a student visa was sentenced on a charge of conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to the DOJ, 20-year-old Kishan Rajeshk...
Abu Sabet: The prospect of a U.S. strike against Iran has exposed divisions in the coalition of supporters that brought President Donald Trump to power, with some of his base urging him not to get the country involved in a new Middle Ea...
Noman Sabit: President Trump is expected to make a decision about whether to take direct action against Iran in the next two weeks, he said Thursday in a message delivered through his spokesperson. White House press secretary Karolin...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran’s top diplomat on Friday accused Israel of launching an "unjust and criminal war" on Iran, calling on the international community to condemn what he called a "merciless act of aggression." Speaking at the UN H...
Bangla Press Desk: On the ground, Israel’s military said it struck dozens of targets in Tehran overnight, including what it called a centre for the ‘research and development of Iran’s nuclear weapons project’. In Israel, sirens sound...
Ema Alice: A recently-married Texas couple has spent over 120 days apart after the bride was detained by ICE during their honeymoon in the US Virgin Islands. Taahir Shaikh of Arlington says his wife, Ward Sakeik, was detained by ICE...
Bangla Press Desk: Yemen's Houthi group said in a statement on Saturday that it would target US ships if Washington attacks Iran. "If America is involved in the attack and aggression against Iran ... the armed forces (Houthi forces)...
Noman Sabit: President Trump announced Saturday the United States had bombed three Iranian nuclear sites, including the Fordow site that is located in a mountainside. “We have completed our very successful attack...
Abu Sabet: President Trump on Saturday declared U.S. strikes on Iran’s key nuclear facilities were a “spectacular military success,” but warned in an address to the nation that he could order further action if Tehran does not agree to a...
Bangla Press Desk: India will never restore the Indus Waters Treaty with Islamabad, and the water flowing to Pakistan will be diverted for internal use, Home Minister Amit Shah said in an interview with Times of India on Saturday. In...
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