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  • In southern Lebanon, the Israeli army claims to have killed two Hezbollah members..
  • On Wednesday, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards opened fire on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • According to US President Donald Trump, the United States is extending the cease-fire with Iran until Iran submits a proposal and talks conclude.
  • It has been decided to postpone Vice President JD Vance's trip to Islamabad for talks.
  • Shehbaz Sharif, the prime minister of Pakistan, hailed US President Donald Trump for accepting his country's request to extend the ceasefire.
  • US President Donald Trump said Iranian ports would remain blocked until Tehran presents a "unified proposal."
  • For the first time since a 10-day truce went into effect on Friday, the Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed to have fired rockets and drones at Israeli forces on Tuesday "in response to the blatant and documented violations" by Israel.

Category: News & Views

August 29, 2024

Bangladesh Authorities Abandon Search for People...

Bangladesh fire authorities said Wednesday they were abandoning a search for missing people after a blaze set by looters gutted a tire factory near Dhaka, although scores were unaccounted for and believed by their families to have been trapped inside. 

August 28, 2024

Bangladeshis Seek Missing Relatives at Site...

Scores of people were feared missing after looters attacked a tire factory owned by a former minister in the deposed Awami League government and set the building ablaze, according to authorities and family members at the scene.

August 27, 2024

‘Rooster Hairstyle,’ See-Thru Sleeves Now Banned...

North Korea has added the “rooster hairstyle” and blouses with see-through sleeves to its banned fashion list, saying they “obscure the image of a socialist system,” sources inside the country said.

August 23, 2024

Two Myanmar Reporters Among Four Killed...

Myanmar junta forces hunting insurgents raided a reporter’s home killing him, another reporter and two other people, one of whom was a member of a rebel group, associates of the victims, including a former employer, told Radio Free Asia. 

August 22, 2024

MeitY Directs Social Media Sites to...

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) issued social media sites instructions to delete any information that would identify the victim of the rape and murder tragedy that happened at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

August 21, 2024

Rohingya Refugees Drown Fleeing Myanmar’s War...

Twenty-six members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority drowned when their boat capsized as they were trying to flee to Bangladesh, witnesses said, an accident likely to compound fears that the largely Muslim minority is facing a new round of genocide.

August 20, 2024

200 Unexploded WW2 Shells Uncovered in...

A stockpile of more than 200 U.S. artillery shells from the Second World War discovered at a school in the Solomon Islands capital has been safely removed.

August 19, 2024

Photos: Refugees in Their Own Country,...

The camp has a basic clinic and a barebones school sitting on a hillside with bamboo classrooms topped by tin roofs where children can continue their education despite the circumstances.

August 18, 2024

3 Ways China is Ratcheting Up...

Since early August, Chinese authorities have dramatically boosted surveillance of Tibetans in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa by putting more police on the streets, cracking down on social media users and – in a new wrinkle – hiring food delivery workers to serve as auxiliary police officers, sources inside Tibet say.

August 17, 2024

China Boosts Port Surveillance as Mpox...

China has stepped up emergency pandemic drills across the country and announced tighter surveillance of incoming travelers amid warnings that a more lethal and transmissible strain of the mpox virus is spreading internationally.

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