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Sitakunda, Bangladesh, June 7 (AFP/APP): Firefighter Rakibul Hasan Bappy’s engine was the first to arrive at a blazing Bangladeshi container depot. After a devastating explosion, everyone else in his 15-man crew is now either dead, missing or injured. The 22-year-old — who joined the fire […]

SEOUL, June 7 (Xinhua/APP): South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol named new ambassadors to China, Japan, Russia and the United Nations, the presidential office said Tuesday. Chung Jae-ho, a professor of Seoul National University, was tapped for the first South Korean ambassador to China under the […]

BAGHDAD – June 6 (ONLINE) An Iraqi court sentenced a British man to 15 years in prison on Monday for trying to smuggle ancient artifacts out of the country, a Reuters reporter and judicial sources said. Iraqi authorities had arrested James Fitton, 66, at Baghdad […]

TEHRAN – June 6 (ONLINE) As India faces worldwide condemnations for insulting Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) on state level, Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s director-general for South Asian affairs on Monday summoned Indian ambassador to Tehran to protest the heinous remarks. According to Iranian news agency, the deputy […]

N’Djamena, June 6 (AFP/APP): Six opposition leaders arrested after violent anti-French protests in N’Djamena were on Monday handed one-year suspended sentences for disturbing public order, Chad’s public prosecutor told AFP. They were also fined 10 million CFA francs, or about 15,000 euros, said prosecutor Moussa […]

Kuwait City, June 6 (AFP/APP): A Kuwaiti supermarket pulled Indian products from its shelves and Iran became the latest Middle Eastern country to summon the Indian ambassador as a row grew on Monday over a ruling Indian party official’s remarks about Prophet Mohammed (Peace Be […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (APP): UNITED NATIONS, Jun 06 (APP): A fire and explosion in Bangladesh over the weekend which left more than 40 dead, has prompted the UN’s labour agency, ILO, to urge workplaces throughout the country to address safety shortcomings. ILO expressed its […]

Almaty, Kazakhstan, June 5 (AFP/APP): Voting was underway in Kazakhstan Sunday for a referendum to overhaul the constitution after deadly unrest in January ended the founding leader Nursultan Nazarbayev’s three-decade grip on Central Asia’s richest country. The bloodshed — which grew out of peaceful protests […]

Belgrade, June 3 (AFP/APP): While the European Union scrambles to isolate Russia and reduce energy imports from the country, EU candidate Serbia is tightening its bond with Moscow through a new gas supply deal. Belgrade has condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the United […]

UNITED NATIONS, Jun 03 (APP): A truce between the Government in Yemen and Houthi rebels has been renewed for an additional two months, UN Special Envoy for the Arab country Hans Grundberg announced Thursday. “By agreeing to implementing and now renewing the truce, the parties […]