Deutsche Welle : A United Nations backed human rights mission in Sudan on Friday called for an “independent and impartial”...
Day: September 7, 2024
Al Jazeera : The Kremlin has accused the United States of applying unacceptable pressure on Russian media after Washington announced...
Times of India : Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said India is a “peace-loving nation” but the armed forces need to be “prepared for war in order to preserve peace.”Speaking at the maiden Joint Commanders’ Conference in Lucknow on the second and final day of the apex-level military leadership meeting, Singh commended the armed forces for their invaluable contribution in safeguarding national interests and advancing the vision of “Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” and appreciated the efforts being undertaken for furthering...
News Desk : At least 19 civilians were killed in Myanmar junta airstrikes on an internally displaced persons (IDP) camp and a town near the China border in Shan State.The attacks, which took place late Thursday night and early Friday, targeted the town of Namhkam and the Bangkok IDP camp.The junta is battling widespread opposition to its 2021 coup and its soldiers are accused of bloody rampages and using air and artillery strikes to punish civilian communities.“They bombed at two...
Al Jazeera : Super Typhoon Yagi has made landfall on the Chinese island province of Hainan, state media reported, after more than 400,000 people were forced to evacuate.The meteorological service in heavily populated Hainan said on Friday that Yagi, which was earlier packing maximum sustained winds of 245km/h (152mph) near its centre, hit the province’s Wenchang city at about 4:20pm (08:20 GMT).Yagi registers as the world’s second-most powerful tropical cyclone in 2024, after Category 5 Atlantic Hurricane Beryl, and the...
Al Jazeera : Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Friday reinstated amendments made to the country’s accountability law two years ago, overturning...
AFP : The closely fought battleground state of North Carolina was expected to distribute around 130,000 absentee voting slips, with a presidential debate — the next likely campaign inflection point — set for next week.Early in-person voting will start as soon as September 20 in some states.North Carolina is among a handful of swing states that Harris and Trump have been crisscrossing as they embark on the most intense phase of a White House race expected to be decided by...
AFP : Joe Biden’s son Hunter pleaded guilty in a tax evasion trial on Thursday, without reaching the deal he...
BSS, Rajshahi : Speakers at an event underscored the need for devising ways and means in order to protect children through freeing them from all sorts of violence, repression, harassment and cruelty.They, at a daylong inception meeting, elaborately discussed the ways of protecting children from all kinds of repression and torture. On behalf of the project titled “Children No Better-Making Child Participation the Key to Improving the Effectiveness of Action against Sexual Exploitation of Children”, the Association for Community Development...
Staff Reporter : As Bangladesh have been experiencing widespread flooding since August 20, 2024, affecting over 5.7 million people and...
