AFP : President Emmanuel Macron will accept the resignation of the French government on Tuesday, but ask Prime Minister Gabriel Attal to head up a caretaker administration for now, cabinet...
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AFP : Eight Pakistani troops were killed when a suicide bomber rammed an explosive-packed vehicle into an army enclave, the military said Tuesday, with one local official saying scores of people had been wounded. The attack in the western city of Bannu comes weeks after Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced a sweeping new campaign to root out militant groups, following a surge in attacks. The army said early Monday that 10 militants had tried to breach an area housing military...
AFP : The death toll from heavy rains in eastern Afghanistan rose to 47 on Tuesday, a local official said, with 350 injured by the deluges. Intense storms lashed eastern...
Al Jazeera : The body of a rarely seen whale species appears to have washed ashore on a New Zealand beach, giving scientists new insight into the elusive creature. The...
Reuters : Yemen’s Houthis targeted three vessels, including an oil tanker, in the Red and Mediterranean seas with ballistic missiles, drones and booby-trapped boats, they said on Monday. Houthi military...
AFP : The death toll from a shooting near a Shiite mosque in Oman’s capital has climbed to six, police said Tuesday, adding that the three attackers were also killed. Monday’s shooting “resulted in the death of five individuals, the martyrdom of one policeman, and the death of the three perpetrators,” with at least 28 other people wounded, Omani police said in a statement. At least four Pakistanis were killed and another 30 wounded in the shooting, officials said Tuesday....
Madukhali (Faridpur) Correspondent : Court has given death sentence of a person named Rashed Kabir in the case of killing autovan driver Nayan Sardar in Madhukhali, Faridpur. At the same time, the court sentenced the other accused, Mizanur Khan, to three years’ imprisonment and one month’s imprisonment without paying a fine of Tk 5,000. Additional District and Sessions Judge 2nd Court Judge Shihabul Islam announced the verdict on Sunday (July 14) afternoon. Deputies Rashed Kabir and Mizanur Khan were present...
AFP : Global childhood vaccination levels have stalled, leaving millions more children un- or under-vaccinated than before the pandemic, the UN said Monday, warning of dangerous coverage gaps enabling outbreaks of diseases like measles. In 2023, 84 percent of children, or 108 million, received three doses of the vaccine against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP), with the third dose serving as a key marker for global immunisation coverage, according to data published by the UN health and children’s agencies. That...
AFP : US President Joe Biden sought to calm a divided nation on Sunday after his rival Donald Trump survived an assassination bid, saying in a rare Oval Office address that it was time to lower the temperature of America’s hostile politics. “It’s time to cool it down. We all have a responsibility to do that,” Biden said in a televised address following the attack in which Republican Trump was injured in the ear and a bystander was killed by...
AFP : The death toll from a car bombing at a cafe in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu that was packed with football fans watching the the Euro 2024 final has risen to nine, security sources said Monday. Witnesses described scenes of panic and chaos after the powerful blast late Sunday, with people scrambling for safety and the main entrance to the cafe destroyed by the blaze. Mohamed Yusuf, an official from the national security agency, said nine civilians were killed and...
Aljazeera : Israeli forces have attacked five separate schools in Gaza in just eight days, killing dozens of people sheltering in them, according to Palestinian officials, medics and rescuers. The latest attack on Sunday struck the United Nations-run Abu Oreiban school in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing at least 17 people and injuring about 80. Most of the victims were women and children, said Palestinian Civil Defence. Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Deir el-Balah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, where some...
Bhangura (Pabna) Correspondent : Khanmorich and Dilpashar union of Chalanbil in Bhangura upazila of Pabna are now flooded. Chalanbil known as a treasure of fish, now are teeming with carp. On this occasion, the greedy fishermen have become active in killing the fish by throwing prohibited nets in the bill. As a result, fish production is under threat. Local residents said that delicious fish such as Rui, Katal, Mrigel, Shoal, Boal, Kalibaus, Bata, Tengra, Punti, Koi, Magur, Byam etc. are...
A Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) study revealed a troubling reality in Bangladesh’s healthcare system. A concerning 61 percent of Bangladeshis face financial hardship when seeking hospital treatment. The average family spends a significant Tk 55,134 for hospital admission, with over half (54pc) going towards medication alone. This translates to a harsh reality – millions of Bangladeshis are falling into poverty due to out-of-pocket healthcare costs. The BIDS study found that a substantial 3.7 percent of the population, or...
Al Jazeera : Palestinians in the occupied West Bank (WB) are observing a general strike in protest against Israel’s war on Gaza, denouncing Saturday’s attack on a designated safe zone of al-Mawasi that killed at least 90 people and injured some 300 others. Most cities in the West Bank joined the general strike on Sunday against Israel’s air attack on the refugee camp west of Khan Younis. Palestinians also protested on Saturday night in the cities of Jenin, Hebron and...
