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September 18, 2024 5:39 PM

Nepal’s ambassador discusses energy cooperation and LDC graduation with Bangladesh’s chief adviser

Nepal's Ambassador to Bangladesh Ghanshyam Bhandari gave a courtesy call to the Chief Adviser of the Interim Government of Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus at the latter’s office in Dhaka on Tuesday. Nepal and Bangladesh stressed the need to share exper...

September 18, 2024 4:05 PM

SIDM Signs Two MoUs on Defence Industry Cooperation with UAE Partners

In a landmark move to enhance defence cooperation, the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) signed two Memorandums of Understanding on Defence Industry Cooperation with the Emirates Defence Companies Council (EDCC) and EDGE Group UAE. Thi...

September 18, 2024 3:28 PM

Kremlin warns Lebanon pager attack is a possible trigger for wider Middle East conflict

The Kremlin warned on Wednesday that an attack on Lebanese group Hezbollah and others using exploding pagers could become a trigger for a wider regional conflict and called for its perpetrators to be identified in an investigation. Tuesday's attack ...

September 18, 2024 3:20 PM

Myanmar military stepping up civilian killings and arrests, says UN report

Myanmar's military government has ramped up killings and arrests in an apparent bid to silence opponents and recruit soldiers in an escalating conflict, with tens of thousands detained since a 2021 coup, a U.N. report said on Tuesday. The military c...

September 18, 2024 3:13 PM

Russian nuclear test chief says Moscow is ready to resume testing ‘at any moment’

The head of Russia's nuclear testing site said on Tuesday his secretive facility was ready to resume nuclear tests "at any moment" if Moscow gave the order, in rare comments likely to fuel concerns that the risk of such a step is rising. Moscow has ...

September 18, 2024 10:15 AM

Bangladesh: Army gets executive magistracy power

In Bangladesh, the interim government led by Prof Muhammad Yunus has given the power of executive magistrate to the commissioned officers of the Bangladesh Army in order to improve law and order. According to a gazette notification issued by the M...

September 18, 2024 9:48 AM

Iran blames Israel for pager explosions; US denies involvement

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a telephonic conversation with his Lebanon counterpart Abdallah Bou Habib on Tuesday. During the phone call, he blamed Israel for a series of pager explosions in Lebanon, labelling it "Israeli terrorism. ...

September 18, 2024 9:05 AM

India and US agree to explore ways to strengthen cooperation across energy value chain

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri held a meeting with US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources Geoffery Pyatt on the sidelines of GasTech 2024 in Houston. The two leaders reviewed the existing energy cooperati...

September 18, 2024 3:53 AM

Hezbollah vows retaliation against Israel after pager blasts kill nine and injure nearly 3,000 in Lebanon

Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon on Tuesday, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 others who included fighters and Iran's envoy to Beirut. Lebanese Informati...

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