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December 16, 2024 12:59 PM

Bangladesh celebrates Victory Day, commemorating liberation from Pakistani in 1971

Bangladesh is set to celebrate the Victory Day today, the most precious day of the Bangladeshis, on December 16 as the country was liberated from the Pakistani occupation forces on that day in 1971 after a nine-month-long bloodstained War of Liberati...

December 16, 2024 11:16 AM

Israel approves $11.13 million settlement expansion in Golan Heights

The Israeli government has unanimously approved a comprehensive plan to expand settlements in the occupied Golan Heights, allocating more than $11.13 million to the initiative. The decision, announced Sunday, comes amid heightened regional tensions f...

December 16, 2024 12:59 PM

Israeli forces carry out air, ground attacks in Gaza; dozens dead

Israeli strikes in Gaza killed at least 53 Palestinians, including a journalist and rescue workers, medics said, and the Israeli military said its air and ground forces in the north of the enclave killed dozens of militants and captured others. An a...

December 16, 2024 10:41 AM

India and Bangladesh commemorate 53rd anniversary of Vijay Diwas

India and Bangladesh on Monday marked the 53rd anniversary of Vijay Diwas, commemorating the decisive victory in the 1971 India-Pakistan war. The occasion, which celebrates India's victory and the subsequent liberation of Bangladesh (then East Pakist...

December 16, 2024 10:41 AM

Hundreds, possibly thousands, feared dead as Cyclone Chido devastates French island of Mayotte

Several hundred people and possibly even thousands may have been killed when the most powerful cyclone in nearly a century hit the French Indian Ocean archipelago of Mayotte, a senior local French official said on Sunday. "I think there will certa...

December 15, 2024 4:59 PM

Israeli troops kill 20 in Gaza Strip, attack school sheltering displaced Palestinians

Israeli troops killed at least 20 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gaza Strip, on Sunday airstrikes and other attacks on targets that included a school sheltering displaced Gazans, medics and residents said. They said at least 11 of the de...

December 15, 2024 1:23 PM

Assad alleged Turkey’s role in rebel advances as his regime collapsed

In the final days leading to his ouster, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad complained to Iran's foreign minister that Turkey was actively supporting Sunni rebels in their offensive to topple him, two Iranian officials told Reuters this week. Five dec...

December 15, 2024 1:04 PM

Ukraine to set up mechanism to supply food to Syria, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday he had instructed his government to set up supply mechanisms to deliver together with international organisations and partners food to Syria in the aftermath of the fall of President Bashar al-...

December 15, 2024 11:11 AM

South Korea’s acting president moves to reassure allies, calm markets after impeachment

South Korea's acting president, Han Duck-soo, moved on Sunday to reassure the country's allies and calm financial markets a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached and suspended from his duties over a martial law attempt. Han spoke with U.S....

December 15, 2024 11:04 AM

Italy grants citizenship to Argentine President Javier Milei

The Italian government has granted Argentine President Javier Milei citizenship in recognition of his Italian heritage, sparking outrage across Argentina, according to a report by The New York Times. Milei, whose grandparents emigrated from Italy to...

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