Jerusalem: At least 413 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed after the Israeli military conducted “extensive strikes” on Hamas, ending a weeks-long deadlock over extending the ceasefire that paused fighting in January. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the strikes after Hamas refused Israeli demands to change the ceasefire agreement. “Israel will, from now on,…
Dhaka: The interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus refuted US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on the alleged persecution of minority communities in Bangladesh saying her comments were “not based on any evidence or specific allegations”. “They (Gabbard’s comments) paint an entire nation with a broad and unjustified brush,” the chief adviser’s office said…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday shared a video link of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s interaction with US-based popular podcaster and computer scientist Lex Fridman on his social media platform Truth Social. During the interaction lasting over three hours, Modi on Sunday said he and Trump connect well as both put their respective countries…
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus is set to visit China later this month during which he will meet President Xi Jinping, the interim government said on Sunday, in a move expected to bolster Dhaka-Beijing ties. Yunus is set to visit China on March 26 and meet Xi on March 28, the Chief Adviser’s Press…
Singapore: Former additional director general of the Indian Coast Guard V D Chafekar has joined as the seventh executive director (ED) of ReCAAP ISC, a regional government-to-government agreement to promote and enhance cooperation against piracy and armed robbery targeting ships in Asia. Chafekar is to assume the post of ED for a three-year term from…
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Saturday said that he has ordered the military to launch a “decisive and powerful” action against the Houthis in Yemen. “Today, I have ordered the United States Military to launch decisive and powerful Military action against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen,” the US president wrote on Truth Social. “They…
Jerusalem: Gaza’s civil defence agency said nine people including journalists were killed in Israeli strikes in the north Saturday, an attack Hamas denounced as a “blatant violation” of the fragile ceasefire. “Nine martyrs have been transferred (to hospital), including several journalists and a number of workers from the Al-Khair Charitable Organisation, as a result of…
United Nations: India has slammed Pakistan for its “unjustified” reference to Jammu and Kashmir in the UN General Assembly, with New Delhi asserting that such remarks will neither validate the country’s claim nor justify its practice of cross-border terrorism. “As is their habit, the former foreign secretary of Pakistan today has made an unjustified reference…
New Delhi: India on Friday trashed Pakistan’s allegations of backing terrorism against that country following the Balochistan train attack and said Islamabad should look inwards before shifting the blame on others for its “failures”. India also said the whole world knows “where the epicentre of global terrorism lies”. On Thursday, Pakistan accused India of “sponsoring…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that he agrees in principle with a U.S. proposal for a 30-day ceasefire in Ukraine, but the terms need to be worked out, and he emphasized that it should pave the way to lasting peace. “So the idea itself is correct, and we certainly support it,” Putin told…
