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UN Security Council votes on reimposing Iran nuclear sanctions

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  The United Nations Security Council will vote Friday on reimposing deep economic sanctions on Iran over its resurgent nuclear program. Britain, France and Germany -- signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Acti...

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US again vetoes UN Security Council Gaza ceasefire call

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:  The United States on Thursday again wielded its veto and thwarted a UN Security Council call for a ceasefire in Gaza, shielding its ally Israel from meaningful diplomatic pressure. The 14 other members of the Council...

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Suspect charged threatening to kill New York mayoral candidate Mamdani

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

Minara Helen: Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced that Jeremy Fistel (44), of Plano, Texas, has been indicted for making death threats against New York State Assembly Member and mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani. A grand jury charged him...

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Israeli tanks, jets keep bombarding Gaza City

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk: Civilians in Gaza City were being chewed up in a devastating surge of Israeli ground invasion that has trapped hundreds of thousands of people in the Palestinian city. Israeli tanks and warplanes continued bombarding G...

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Newborn baby buried alive in India fights for her life

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk: A 20-day-old baby girl who was found buried alive in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is fighting for survival, hospital authorities say. She was found by chance when a shepherd, who had taken his goats to th...

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Trump, Starmer sign tech deal to seal ‘unbreakable bond’

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump hailed America's "unbreakable bond" with Britain Thursday as he and Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a huge tech deal on the second day of the US president's pomp-filled state visit. A day a...

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US embassy in India says it revoked, denied visas over fentanyl links

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:   The US embassy in New Delhi has revoked or denied visas for certain Indian business executives and corporate leaders due to their involvement in trafficking fentanyl precursors, the embassy said in a statement on Thursd...

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India health alert after 'brain-eating' amoeba rise

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:   India has issued a health alert after infections and deaths caused by a rare water-borne "brain-eating" amoeba doubled compared to last year in the southern state of Kerala. Numbers are still tiny but Altaf Ali, a do...

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Starmer to recognise Palestinian state ‘after Trump state visit’

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

  Bangla Press Desk:   Keir Starmer will reportedly recognise a Palestinian state over the weekend after Donald Trump concludes his state visit to the UK. The prime minister has previously said he plans to recognise Palestinian statehood b...

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Pakistan and Saudi Arabia sign defence pact pledging joint response to aggression

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

Bangla Press Desk:   Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Wednesday signed a “Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement” in Riyadh, pledging that any attack on either nation would be treated as an act of aggre...

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Gunman kills three police officers, wounds two in Pennsylvania

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

Bangla Press Desk:  A gunman opened fire Wednesday on five police officers in the eastern US state of Pennsylvania, killing three and seriously injuring two before he was killed at the scene, a senior police official said. "I can confirm that ther...

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Trump plans to designate Antifa a ‘major terrorist’ group

by Banglapress • 1 week ago

Bangla Press Desk:   United States President Donald Trump has announced plans to designate the left-wing activist group Antifa a “terrorist organisation”. Posting on his Truth Social platform late on Wednesday, Trump described the group as a “sick...

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