鈥楧O WHATEVER the hell you want,鈥� said Iran鈥檚 president Masoud Pezeshkian after being fed up with Donald Trump鈥檚 maximum pressure tactic on Iran鈥檚 nuclear programme. He wants Iran to 鈥榓gree to never make a nuclear weapon.鈥� He offered Iran to choose between military action and peace talks. He sent a letter to Iran鈥檚 supreme leader Ayatollah Khamenei on March 5...
SINCE the Communist Revolution in 1949 till February 1972, the United States has not recognised Mao Zedong鈥檚 China. It has accepted the People鈥檚 Republic of China (Taiwan) as the legitimate Chinese government. In 1953, the Soviet Union and China together fought a war on the Korean peninsula against the US-led coalition. The Soviet Union and China fell apart...
ISRAEL and the聽Palestinian聽movement Hamas reached a ceasefire agreement on January 15, bringing a pause to Israel鈥檚 ruthless 15-month onslaught on the enclave that killed more than 48,000 Palestinians. The agreement came ino force on January 19. On January 20, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th US president. On January 7, the president-elect Donald Trump...
AUGUST 5 is yet another day added to the history of Bangladesh. On this day, Sheikh Hasina resigned as prime minister amidst a student-mass uprising, ending her 15 years鈥� iron-fist rule. She left Bangladesh and took refuge in India. Events unfolded quickly that day. The fall of the government appears a huge shock to both Awami League and India...