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Russia, US hold ‘frank’ talks on Ukraine war

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and US top diplomat Marco Rubio held ‘frank’ talks on the Ukraine war during a meeting Thursday, both sides said, as Washington hit out at Moscow’s lack of ‘flexibility’.

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Iran threats within UK significantly increased: Intel watchdog

The threat posed by Iran in the UK has ‘significantly increased’, with Iranian spies behind more than a dozen attempts to kill or kidnap British-based individuals since 2022, parliament’s intelligence watchdog warned Thursday...

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US to send more weapons to Ukraine: Trump

President Donald Trump has said the United States will send additional weapons to Ukraine, triggering Russian criticism after Moscow claimed new gains in its grinding war against its neighbour...

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Are we eating safe?

WHEN the stomach is full, everything feels under control. But the idea of hunger can be so painful that the renowned 20th-century Bengali poet Sukanta Bhattacharya once compared the bright full moon to nothing more than a loaf of chapati in an empty stomach. Eating is perhaps one of the most fundamental human rituals, something which we celebrate several times a...

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Russia claims new foothold in Ukraine region

Russia said Monday it captured its first village in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region after grinding towards the border for months, dealing a psychological blow for Kyiv as its worries mount...

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Genesis of Russia-Ukraine/west conflict

WHILE much of the world is extremely vexed, and rightly so, over the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the prospect of renewed US-Zionist blitz of Iran, it is hard to imagine either of these two crises flaring into a global conflagration.

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Starmer backs FM after tears in parliament

UK prime minister Keir Starmer on Wednesday said that finance minister Rachel Reeves would remain in her role for ‘a very long time to come’ after she appeared visibly upset in parliament as rumours swirled around her future...

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Putin tells Trump Russia will not ‘give up’ aims in Ukraine

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin told US counterpart Donald Trump that Moscow will not ‘give up’ on its aims in Ukraine, while pledging it will also keep up a negotiating process on the conflict, the Kremlin said Thursday after a call between the leaders.

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Two KNA members killed in gunfight with army: ISPR

At least two members of the Kuki-Chin National Army, the armed group of the Kuki-Chin National Front, were killed in a gunfight with Bangladesh Army personnel in the Polipansha-Mulfipara area under Ruma upazila in Bandarban Thursday morning...

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Three killed as Ukraine hits Russian city

Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian city of Izhevsk on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding dozens in one of the deepest strikes inside Russia of the three-year conflict, authorities said...

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Kim shown honouring troops killed in Russia-Ukraine war

State media images showed leader Kim Jong Un honouring the flag-draped coffins of North Korean soldiers killed helping Russia fight Ukraine, as Seoul’s defence ministry said Tuesday it saw no signs of further troop deployments yet...

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Rockets fired at Iraq airport, wound two

Two rockets struck the military section of Kirkuk airport in northern Iraq late on Monday, slightly wounding two security personnel, a senior security official said...

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Why wetlands must be restored

AT DAWN over Hakaluki Haor, the cry of Pallas’s fish eagles blends with the soft slap of paddles from early fishermen. Yet, beneath this tranquil surface lies the story of an ecosystem under siege and a nation grappling with the consequences of losing its natural flood buffers...

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MBPLC to collect tolls of Mukterpur Bridge

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority has recently signed an agreement with Mercantile Bank PLC regarding toll collection of the 6th Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge, also called Mukterpur Bridge, said a press release...

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Zelensky signs decree to exit anti-landmine treaty

Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday signed a decree putting his war-torn country on track to leave the anti-landmine Ottawa Convention, according to a document published on his website...

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Russian strikes wound 12 in Ukraine

Russian strikes targeting Ukraine overnight Saturday to Sunday wounded at least 12 people, according to local authorities, prompting Kyiv to renew calls for new air defence systems...

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Russian strike kills five in Ukraine

A Russian strike on Friday killed five people and wounded 23 in Ukraine’s industrial Dnipropetrovsk region, where Moscow has stepped up fatal bombardments, authorities said.

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Ukraine, Russia exchange another group of POWs

Ukraine and Russia exchanged a new group of captured soldiers on Thursday, the latest in a series of prisoner swaps agreed at peace talks in Istanbul earlier this month...

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Russian strikes kill 11 in Ukraine

Russian missiles on Tuesday crashed into schools, hospitals and kindergartens in central Ukraine, killing at least 11 and wounding dozens more in a region coming under mounting pressure...

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Russian barrage kills 10 in Kyiv

Russia fired dozens of drones and missiles at Ukraine on Monday, ripping open a housing bloc in Kyiv, killing 10 civilians and burying others beneath the rubble...