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Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Americans’ financial struggles are not a factor in his decision-making as he seeks to negotiate an end to the Iran war, sa...
Bangla Press Desk: The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush has now reached US Central Command, making the ship the third aircraft carrier to be present in the Middle East during a tenuous ceasefire in the Iran war.The Bush is now in the...
Noman Sabit: President Trump said Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to extend their ceasefire for three weeks after the two sides met at the White House for a high-level negotiation.That will continue the fragile truce to pause fighting be...
Bangla Press Desk: After weeks of campaigning, the first phase of voting is underway in the assembly elections in the Indian state of West Bengal.Voting began at 7:00 am local time on Thursday for 152 seats in 16 districts. Polls will close at...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran seized two ships in the Strait of Hormuz as it tightened its grip on the strategic waterway after US President Donald Trump announced he was indefinitely calling off attacks, with no sign of peace talks restarting.The s...
Bangla Press Desk: Italy is ready to deploy up to four vessels, including two minesweepers, as part of an international mission to clear the Strait of Hormuz, the navy's chief of staff said.European leaders met in Paris last week to discuss a...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump has said a second round of peace talks with Iran could begin within the next few days, raising cautious hopes for diplomatic progress.According to a report by the New York Post, Pakistani officials i...
Bangla Press Desk: The US military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia and Sri Lanka, shipping and security sources said on Wednesday.Washingto...
Bangla Press Desk: Navy Secretary John Phelan has been fired, a US official and a person familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, in another wartime shakeup at the Pentagon coming just weeks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ousted the Army's...
Bangla Press Desk: President Donald Trump's aggressive campaign to deport immigrants could weigh on his Republican Party in November's midterm congressional elections, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.Some 52 per cent of Americans in the six-day pol...
Bangla Press Desk: Iran seized two container ships seeking to exit the Gulf via the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday after firing on them and another vessel, in its first seizures since war with the United States and Israel began in Februa...
Bangla Press Desk: US President Donald Trump said he would indefinitely extend the ceasefire with Iran to allow for further peace talks, although it was not clear on Wednesday if Iran or Israel, the US ally in the two-month war, would agree.Trump sa...
Bangla Press Desk: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes Washington's extension of the ceasefire with Iran, said his spokesman on Tuesday."This is an important step toward de-escalation and creating critical space for diplomacy and confidenc...
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