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Bangla Press Desk: Ankit Yadav, a seafarer from India, has been stuck on a boat at an inland Iranian port for about 2-1/2 weeks, surviving with his three fellow mariners on limited rations of to...
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Ema Alice: A federal judge on June 17 blocked the Trump administration from refusing to issue passports to transgender and nonbinary Americans nationwide that reflect their gender identities, after finding it was likely unconstitutional...
Bangla Press Desk: US president Donald Trump implored Israel on Thursday not to attack Iran and declared, once again, his goal was to be a peacemaker. Hours later, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu — one of Trump’s closest in...
Bangla Press Desk: Israel struck Iranian nuclear and military facilities with a barrage of missiles on Friday, killing several top officials and prompting a counter-attack by Iran. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel's atta...
Ema Alice: Minnesota Democratic state Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed early Saturday morning in an act of "targeted political violence," Governor Tim Walz said during a press conference Saturday. E...
Noman Sabit: U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering significantly expanding its travel restrictions by potentially banning citizens of 36 additional countries from entering the United States, according to an interna...
Bangla Press Desk: In the Middle East, a continuous exchange of attacks between two long-standing regional rivals, Iran and Israel, has entered its sixth consecutive day. The conflict began on Friday with an Israeli strike on Iran's...
Ema Alice: Illinois is projected to spend $2.5 billion on migrants with most of it pouring into healthcare costs, according to a new report. The Illinois Public Policy Institute, which is a watchdog think tank that tracks public poli...
Noman Sabit: As U.S. immigration policies become harsher, a growing number of migrants are heading north to Canada. Two Venezuelan friends, Nestor and José, had just stepped off a Greyhound bus from New York City and arrived at a Sunoco gas stati...
Bangla Press Desk: Israel unleashed a new wave of attacks against Iran on Monday, targeting missile sites after Tehran carried out deadly overnight strikes and both sides threatened more devastation. After decades of enmity and a pro...
Noman Sabit: What the Data Reveals About Trump’s Push to Arrest and Deport More Migrants President Donald Trump campaigned on delivering the largest mass deportation effort in US history. What he has delivered so far is a dramatic surge...
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...
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