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UK freezes assets of disgraced Sheikh Hasina ally

13-06-2025 LONDON: The UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has frozen properties in the United Kingdom owned by Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, Bangladesh’s former Minister of Land, Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) can reveal. The move follows legal requests from Bangladesh authorities to take action against assets owned by Chowdhury, a political ally …

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Sudan’s RSF claim key zone bordering Egypt & Libya

13-06-2025 KHARTOUM: Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have said their fighters have seized a strategic zone on the border with Egypt and Libya, as the regular government-aligned army, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), announced its withdrawal from the area. The announcements on Wednesday came a day after SAF accused …

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Women must wear burkinis at public beaches: Syria

13-06-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria’s Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis, a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet or other “decent” clothes at public beaches and swimming pools. The regulations, issued by the tourism ministry, were “aimed at enhancing public safety standards …

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