New Delhi ’22 June: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi on Saturday. Sheikh Hasina, notably, is on a two-day state visit to India. “Welcoming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the President said that she was delighted to meet her again, just …
Read More »Bangladesh-India ties ever-growing at fast pace: Sheikh Hasina
New Delhi’22 June:Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina underscored the robust and accelerating ties between Bangladesh and India following her meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday. The discussions focused on deepening collaborative engagement across various sectors between the two neighbouring nations. The visiting Bangladesh PM was …
Read More »Two arrested for Medchal Jewellery shop heist
.Hyderabd’22 June The Medchal Police have successfully apprehended the offenders involved in the recent robbery at a jewellery shop in Medchal. The incident, which occurred on June 20, involved robbers disguised in burqas who targeted the Jagadamba Jewelry Shop. As many as 16 police teams were formed to investigate the …
Read More »Dozens killed near Gaza office of Red Cross
22-06-2024 GENEVA/ GAZA CITY: The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says dozens of people have been killed in a shelling attack that damaged its Gaza office, which is surrounded by hundreds of displaced Palestinians living in tents. The health ministry in the Hamas-run territory said there were 39 …
Read More »Israeli forces step up attacks across Gaza
22-06-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli military pounded Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip even as it intensified its attacks in the north and centre of the besieged Palestinian territory. Residents said Israeli forces seemed to be trying to complete their capture of Rafah, the city on the enclave’s southern …
Read More »Taiwan braces for fresh protests over controversial law
22-06-2024 TAIPEI: Tens of thousands of supporters of Taiwan’s ruling party are expected to gather outside parliament on Friday after it pushed ahead with a hugely controversial “contempt of parliament” bill. The opposition Kuomintang party (KMT) says the new law is badly needed to redress the power imbalance between the …
Read More »Student tells Pope to stop using anti-LGBTQ language
22-06-2024 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has been told by a Filipino Catholic university student to “stop using offensive language” against LGBTQ people. Slurs cause “immense pain”, Jack Lorenz Acebedo Rivero said during an online video panel with other Catholic university students and the pope. His comments come after reports that …
Read More »Putin warns South Korea against arming Ukraine
22-06-2024 MOSCOW: Vladimir Putin has warned South Korea it would be making “a big mistake” if it arms Ukraine in the war against Russia. His comments come after Seoul said it was considering such a possibility, in response to Russia and North Korea’s new pact to help each other in …
Read More »Tourist accused of blasphemy killed by mob in Pakistan
22-06-2024 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD/ SWAT: A tourist has been dragged from a police station and killed by a mob in north-west Pakistan after being accused of blasphemy. The police had been attempting to protect the man from the large group in the town of Madyan, a town in Swat …
Read More »US top court upholds ban on guns for domestic abusers
22-06-2024 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal ban on gun possession for anyone covered by a domestic violence court order. The vote was 8-to-1. The decision was the first major gun ruling since 2022 when the high court broke sharply with the way gun laws had …
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