President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine is “ready for elections” after US President Donald Trump said Kyiv was “using war” to prevent them. Zelensky’s five-year presidency was set to conclude in May 2024, but Ukraine’s martial law after Russia’s invasion has banned elections. Zelensky told reporters he will request recommendations to change the law after Trump’s…
The nearly two-month-old ceasefire in the Gaza Strip will not be finalized until Israeli forces depart from the Palestinian territory in accordance with a peace plan supported by Washington and the UN, stated Qatar’s prime minister, the mediator, yesterday. “We are currently at a pivotal juncture…” Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the Qatari premier,…
The UK government has condemned the protracted delays in allowing assistance into Gaza, after the arrival of a shipment of over 1,100 tents that took more than a year to reach the region. The foreign secretary has expressed worries that additional UK-funded assistance has failed to reach locals, despite the truce between Hamas and Israel….
On Tuesday, Donald Trump said he has sent his envoy, Steve Witkoff, to confer with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Moscow next week, as the US president aims to finalise an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. Trump announced on his Truth Social platform that there were “merely a few outstanding points of contention”—however,…
Pakistan’s strikes on neighbouring Afghanistan resulted in the deaths of at least ten individuals, including nine children, according to a spokesperson for the Taliban government, on Tuesday, following a suicide attack on a security compound in Peshawar, Pakistan. “Pakistani invading forces bombed the residence of a local civilian, resulting in the martyrdom of nine children…
Following months of barbs, US President Donald Trump and incoming New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani met cordially at the White House on Friday, where they exchanged pleasantries and committed to working together to address crime and affordability in the nation’s largest city. The ideological adversaries — a Republican billionaire and a young democratic socialist…
Ukrainian sources report that a Russian drone and missile assault on the western city of Ternopil has resulted in the deaths of at least 20 individuals, including two children, and has struck two residential buildings. According to authorities, an additional 66 individuals were injured, including 16 minors, in one of the most lethal Russian assaults…
Sheikh Hasina, the ousted prime minister of Bangladesh, has received a death sentence for crimes against humanity committed during the insurrection in July of the previous year. Former Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal received a death sentence. In contrast, former Inspector General of Police Chowdhury Abdullah Al-Mamun, who testified as a state witness, was sentenced…
Local social organisation Mallika Samajkalyan Sangstha, Goaitula, Sylhet, staged a human chain on Tuesday, 28 October, at the Shah Eidgah playground, demanding an immediate halt to the ongoing fair that has encroached upon the historic sports field. Key Speaker Attacked en Route Home Md. Sohail Chowdhury, Cultural Affairs Secretary of the Bangladesh Socialist Party (BASD)…
Chief Adviser Professor Dr Muhammad Yunus announced that the referendum on implementing the July Charter will take place on the same day as the thirteenth national parliament election in early February. He made this proclamation in his national speech on Thursday, November 13, at noon. The principal adviser stated, “After evaluating all pertinent issues, we…
