OCCUPIED WEST BANK / Activists rush aid to Palestinians besieged by settlers
15 August 2026
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Trump ‘used a catering truck to sneak off Air Force One’
12 August 2026
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KSA-Pak-Turkey deal: A ‘change in perception’ of US - Iran
11 August 2026
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Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
10 August 2026
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Update / 16 Bangladeshis killed in Saudi factory fire
10 August 2026
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Hamas says still ready to go ahead with Gaza plan
9 August 2026
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Middle east conflicts: KSA, Turkey, Pakistan sign defence deal
8 August 2026
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Pakistan says any attack under new tri-party defence pact is attack on all
7 August 2026
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Houthis kill dozens of Saudi-backed Yemeni govt forces: medical sources
7 August 2026
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Iran threatens to hit Gulf states if US launches new strikes
6 August 2026
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Rebels accept US-backed ceasefire plan
Efforts for a ceasefire in Yemen after more than six weeks of Saudi-led air strikes gathered pace yesterday with rebels saying they
10 May 2015
Etihad flight diverted over security alert
An Etihad Airways flight travelling from Cairo to Abu Dhabi was diverted yesterday to a military base in the United Arab Emirates due to a
10 May 2015
Yemen inches towards ceasefire
Rebels in Yemen say they will respond "positively" to a ceasefire offer by the Saudi-led coalition that has been carrying out air strikes against them.
10 May 2015
Child born in toilet: 3 factory officials summoned
A day after a woman gave birth to a baby in a toilet of a factory as she was not granted leave, the High Court summons three officials of a footwear factory in Gazipur asking them to appear before it on May 24
10 May 2015
Three women return from Indian jail
Three Bangladeshi women returned home on Friday night after serving two years in an Indian jail.
9 May 2015
Shebab militants kill Somali lawmaker
Islamic militants have claimed responsibility for the assassination of a member of parliament on Friday in the semi-autonomous northern
9 May 2015
Mubarak, sons get 3 years jail for graft
An Egyptian court sentenced ousted president Hosni Mubarak and his two sons to three years in prison yesterday after a retrial for
9 May 2015
36 killed, 40 escapes in Iraq jail break
Six guards and 30 detainees were killed in a prison break north of the Iraqi capital during which 40 inmates escaped, an interior ministry
9 May 2015
Mubarak jailed in corruption retrial
Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak sentenced to three years in jail on corruption charges after retrial.
9 May 2015
Low paddy price irks Sherpur farmers
Paddy farmers in the district have started harvesting the Boro crop, but its price remains very low at the growers' level.
7 May 2015
Student hacked to death
A college boy was hacked to death by criminals at Bherakhali village in Harinakundo upazila early yesterday.
7 May 2015
Saudi Arabia proposes 5-day Yemen ceasefire
Saudi Arabia yesterday proposed a five-day humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen to allow aid deliveries, and the United States called on Iran-backed Huthi rebels to accept the offer.
7 May 2015
Yemen asks UN to back ground force
Yemen urges the UN to authorise use of foreign ground forces to drive back Houthi rebels, specifically in the cities of Aden and Taiz.
7 May 2015
Hezbollah vows to attack al-Nusra rebels 'inside Syria'
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his Lebanese Shia group will launch an attack inside Syria on Sunni militants fighting for the al-Nusra Front.
6 May 2015
Yemen rebels fire into Saudi Arabia, kill 3
Yemen's rebels fire rockets into Saudi Arabia, killing at least three people and purportedly capturing five soldiers in an attack showing insurgents' ability to launch assaults.
6 May 2015
US offers $20m in rewards on 'four IS leaders'
The US government is offering rewards totalling $20m (£13m) for information on what it says are four leaders of the Islamic State (IS) militant group.
6 May 2015
More heat wave coming this month
The prevailing spell of heat wave is likely to continue across the country and the mercury is expected to rise later on throughout the month.
5 May 2015
Fresh Syria talks to begin in Geneva
Fresh efforts to revive peace talks on Syria is due to begin in Geneva.
5 May 2015
2 Akij staff robbed of Tk 4.6 lakh
A group of armed miscreants snatched over Tk 4 lakh from two employees of Akij Group near Palli Bidyut station in Sundarganj upazila yesterday.
4 May 2015
Saudi mulls partial truces in Yemen for aid delivery
Saudi Arabia is considering temporary halts in coalition air strikes against rebels in Yemen to allow for aid deliveries, Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir said yesterday.
4 May 2015