Lahore : Bangladesh has expressed a "potential interest" in procuring JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from Pakistan, the military said on Wednesday. The JF-17 Thunder is a multi-role combat aircraft jointly developed by China and Pakistan. Pakistan claims that the fighter jet has proved its combat capabilities during the four-day military conflict with India in May …
Dubai : Iran executed a man accused of spying for Israel, the Iranian judiciary's media outlet Mizan reported on Wednesday, naming the defendant as Ali Ardestani. Entangled in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed many people it has accused of having links with Israel's intelligence service and facilitating its operations in the …
DHAKA: Student leader Sharif Osman Hadi was killed due to “political vengeance” at the behest of the Awami League of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh police said on Tuesday as they pressed formal charges against 17 people in connection with the murder. “Through public rallies and social media, Hadi had strongly criticised the past activities …
Aleppo: Renewed clashes broke out Tuesday between Syrian government forces and Kurdish fighters in a contested area of the northern city of Aleppo, as efforts to merge the fighters with the national army have shown little progress. Syria ’s state-run SANA news agency said a soldier was killed and three others were wounded in an …
Parsa: The District Administration Office (DAO) of Parsa has extended the curfew order in Birgunj city in the wake of the continued religious tension over a TikTok video. The local administration on Monday afternoon issued the prohibitory order in parts of the district, but the two sides held simultaneous protests defying the order, prompting authorities …
GENEVA: The United Nations voiced deep concern Tuesday over the dramatic US operation in Venezuela, warning that it clearly "undermined a fundamental principle of international law". "States must not threaten or use force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state," Ravina Shamdasani, spokeswoman for the UN rights office, told reporters in Geneva. …
New York: A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself "the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty on Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power in Venezuela. “I was captured,” Maduro said in Spanish as translated by a courtroom …
US President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened military action against Colombia's government, telling reporters that such an operation "sounds good to me" and prompting an angry response from Bogota. "Colombia is very sick, too, run by a sick man, who likes making cocaine and selling it to the US, and he's not going to be …
Dhaka: The final chargesheet in the murder case of student leader Sharif Osman bin Hadi will be submitted on Wednesday, the Bangladesh interim government said on Monday, asserting that justice will be delivered within its tenure.General elections are scheduled to be held in Bangladesh on February 12. The interim government is treating Hadi's case with …
Dhaka: A Bangladesh court on Monday set January 21 as the date for framing charges in a sedition case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 285 others. The case relates to allegations that Hasina and several hundred Awami League members took part in a virtual meeting of a group called the 'Joy Bangla Brigade' …
