Sporadic violence, opp boycott, internal conflicts within parties mark general elections as PM Sheikh Hasina seeks record fourth term Dhaka: Counting of votes started on Sunday after the polling ended in Bangladesh’s general elections marred by sporadic violence and a boycott by the main opposition BNP and its allies, paving the way for Prime Minister […]
Hania: Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Hania, Crete, and expressed growing concern over the humanitarian situation in Gaza. During the meeting on Saturday, Mitsotakis also expressed concern about the risks of escalating tensions in the Middle East and the repercussions for regional stability and security, […]
Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has said that the security of Gaza and the West Bank is interconnected with that of the region and “war is not the solution”. He made the remarks on Saturday in a phone call with his French counterpart Catherine Colonna, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement released by […]
Dhaka: Ahead of the January 7 general elections in Bangladesh, the main opposition party, Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), issued a call for a 48-hour nationwide ‘hartal’ (general strike) commencing on Saturday to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s “illegal government,” the Dhaka Tribune reported. Under the leadership of former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, […]
United Nations: Emphasising that three months have passed since the horrific October 7 attacks, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that Gaza has become “uninhabitable” and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities. Tens of thousands of people, mostly women and children, have been killed or injured during […]
Washington: In response to President Joe Biden’s first 2024 campaign speech, Donald Trump accused him of “fearmongering and claimed that Biden was attacking him on the democracy issue because he couldn’t run on other matters, The Hill reported. Biden described Trump as a clear threat to democracy who could not be trusted with a second […]
Jerusalem: Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has said that local Palestinians will run civilian affairs in the Gaza Strip while Israel will maintain security control of the coastal enclave after the current conflict ends. Gallant on Thursday outlined the vision of post-conflict Gaza in his daily press briefing and said that “there will be no […]
Seoul: South Korea says North Korea has conducted artillery drills along the rivals’ tense sea boundary in violation of a 2018 military agreement. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says North Korea fired 200 rounds in the waters north of their disputed western sea boundary on Friday. South Korea called the North Korean drills a […]
Tehran: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei has vowed that a “tough response” will be given to those who perpetrated and ordered the deadly “act of terror” in the southeastern city of Kerman. He made the remarks in a message published on his website on Wednesday, extending condolences over the deaths of at least 95 people, […]
New Delhi: Ukraine and Russia carried out their largest prisoner swap since February 2022, the Coordinating Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War has said. Under the exchange on Wednesday, 230 Ukrainian captives, including six civilians, had been returned from Russian custody, the agency was quoted as saying by Xinhua news agency reported. Among […]