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Control over city gives the RSF strategic advantage in its bid to take Darfur capital el-Fasher, located 400km to the west. Fighting in the Sudanese city of al-Nahud, a strategic …

Washington-Kyiv deal absolves Ukraine of past ‘debt’ for aid, but does not give security guarantees against further Russian aggression. United States Vice President JD Vance has said his administration sees …

Bangladesh is planning to set up two additional economic zones exclusively for Chinese investors, apart from the existing Chinese Economic and Industrial Zone in Anwara, Chattogram. The move follows growing …

Classification, based on attempts to ‘undermine free democratic order’, opens way for surveillance of party and likely to revive discussion of a ban. Germany’s domestic intelligence service has designated the …

The secretive process to elect a new Roman Catholic pope begins on May 7, two weeks after Pope Francis’s death at age 88. Fans of the Oscar-nominated movie, “Conclave”, which …

Freedom Flotilla Coalition demands Israel answer to violations of international law, including blockade and ‘bombing of our civilian vessel’. A ship carrying aid to Gaza in a bid to break …

Han Duck-soo declares candidacy in June 3 election to replace impeached ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol. South Korea has sworn in its third acting president in less than six months, as his …

US President Donald Trump overseeing ‘troubling deterioration’ in press freedom in US, Reporters Without Borders says. Palestine has become the world’s most dangerous state for journalists amid Israel’s war on …

Israel has ramped up attacks on Syria following a week of sectarian violence against the Druze community. Israel’s military has launched air strikes near Syria’s presidential palace in Damascus after …

Bangladesh’s readymade garment (RMG) exports to the European Union (EU) soared to $3.69 billion during the two months from $2.69 billion during the corresponding period last year. The EU saw …