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Bangla Press Desk: France's parliament on Tuesday approved a bill banning social media access for children under 15, making France the first European country to bar children from apps such as Ti...
Bangla Press Desk: Conflict monitoring group ACLED said Wednesday its sources in Mozambique reported that troops shot and killed at least 16 fishermen in an area where they are chasing Islamist insurgents. The incident off the northe...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump threatened Sunday to impose more sanctions on Russia, after the Kremlin unleashed its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine. Russian missiles and drones rained down across Ukraine early Sunda...
Bangla Press Desk: A former top diplomat dubbed the "Trump Whisperer" was the first candidate Monday to join the race to be Japan's next leader, a day after premier Shigeru Ishiba announced his resignation.Former foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi is...
Bangla Press Desk: China's defence minister warned the United States that "containing, deterring, or interfering with China will be futile" in talks with his US counterpart on Wednesday, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The two strat...
Ema Alice: Barack Obama, former President of the United States, was awarded his third Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Narrator on September 7, 2025 for Netflix's Our Oceans, at the 77th Creative Arts Emmy Awards held at the Pe...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump hailed his assassinated ally Charlie Kirk as a "martyr for truth" on Wednesday while assailing the "radical left," suggesting its rhetoric contributed to the death of the conservative activist. "For y...
Bangla Press Desk: France has been plunged into a new political crisis with the defeat of Prime Minister François Bayrou at a confidence vote in the National Assembly.The defeat – by 364 votes to 194 – means that Bayrou will on Tuesday present his g...
Bangla Press Desk: Nepal rolled back its social media ban on Tuesday, a day after at least 19 people were killed in protests demanding the government lift its restrictions and tackle corruption. All major social media apps were working, an AFP re...
Bangla Press Desk: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer met with Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas Monday in London, as the UK government edges towards recognising a Palestinian state. The leaders discussed "the need for an urgent so...
Bangla Press Desk: Deported from the United States after having his asylum application rejected, Russian soldier Artem Vovchenko -- who fled the army to avoid fighting in Ukraine -- now faces seven years in jail back home. Vovchenko, 2...
Bangla Press Desk: A major arms fair opens Tuesday in London without the presence of Israeli government officials due to worsening diplomatic relations between Britain and Israel over the Gaza conflict. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's...
Bangla Press Desk: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a test of a solid-fuel engine used for long range nuclear missiles, state media reported on Tuesday, marking another key step in in a weapons programme Western powers have failed...
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