Orban meets Trump after NATO summit
Hungary鈥檚 nationalist prime minister Viktor Orban jetted off to Florida on Thursday to meet with former US president Donald Trump after the end of the...
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China conducts joint military drills with Russia
China said Friday it was conducting joint military drills with Russia along its southern coast, after a US-led Western defence alliance met in Washington and Japan warned of a growing threat from Beijing鈥檚 strong ties with Moscow....
NATO, China at loggerheads over Russia ties
China on Thursday warned NATO against 鈥榩rovoking confrontation鈥� over its ties with Russia, after the alliance accused Beijing of playing a key role in helping...
Erdogan warns against NATO-Russia conflict
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that any possibility of a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO was 鈥榳orrying鈥�, the official Anadolu news agency...
Spain PM urges West to reject 鈥榙ouble standards鈥� on Gaza
The prime minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, on Wednesday urged the West to reject 鈥榙ouble standards鈥� regarding the conflict in Gaza as he joined NATO leaders in supporting Ukraine....
NATO鈥檚 endgame appears nuclear war
THE world is at its most dangerous moment since the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Back then, however, the fear of total destruction consumed the public; today, few people seem even to be aware of this possibility...
China seeks to boost Shanghai bloc to counter US-led world order
China is seeking to strengthen its leadership of an expanding bloc of nations it considers as a potential counterweight to the United States-led world order....
NATO begins sending F-16 jets to Ukraine
NATO allies announced Wednesday they had started the long-promised transfer of F-16 jets to Ukraine as leaders meet for a summit in Washington clouded by political uncertainties in the United States...
75 years of NATO equals 75 years of denial
JUST in time for its 75th anniversary, NATO has dropped its mask. And the NATO summit beginning Tuesday in Washington is one particularly illuminating moment in this revelation...
Kremlin to follow NATO summit closely
A Kremlin spokesman said on Tuesday that Russia will follow closely a NATO summit about to open in Washington, attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other world leaders....
Ukraine aims for air defence systems at NATO summit
Ukraine is desperate for more air defences, and this week鈥檚 NATO summit in Washington offers the country鈥檚 president Volodymyr Zelensky the opportunity to push Kyiv鈥檚 supporters for additional batteries to protect against Russian strikes.
NATO turns 75 with Ukraine and future on line
NATO鈥檚 75th anniversary summit was meant to showcase the triumph of a larger, stronger alliance. Instead, leaders are coming together in Washington in the shadow of setbacks in...
Nine AL activists sent to jail for hacking Natore BNP convener
The additional chief judicial magistrate court in Natore on Sunday sent nine activists of the ruling Awami League and its youth front Jubo League to jail for attacking Shahidul Islam Bachchu, acting convener of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 Natore district unit....
NATO turns 75 with Ukraine, future on line
The summit celebrating NATO鈥檚 75th anniversary was meant to showcase the triumph of a larger, stronger alliance. Instead, leaders are coming together in Washington in the shadow of setbacks in Ukraine and electoral headwinds on both sides of the Atlantic....
66 AL, JL activists sued for attacking Natore BNP convener
A case was filed on Saturday against 66 leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League and its youth front Jubo League for beating and hacking main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party鈥檚 Natore district unit acting convener Shahidul Islam Bachchu on Wednesday....
90 minuites that shook the liberal world
GIVE me a sec to think. I need to make a list. Two. The genocide in Gaza, the Middle East tinderbox, Bezalel Smotrich, the lost proxy war in Ukraine, relations with Russia, the danger of nuclear war, the fate of NATO, China, the threat of war with Iran, the emergence of a new world order, Europe鈥檚 turn toward populism, third world debt, global inequality...
BSMMU opens Plastination Laboratory and Anatomy Museum
The first-ever Plastination Laboratory and Anatomy Museum Complex was opened in the country鈥檚 Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Wednesday...
12 hurt as AL attacks BNP rallies at places
At least 12 leaders and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party were injured in several attacks carried out allegedly by the ruling Awami League in Natore and Patuakhali during the BNP rallies held demanding the release of party chairperson Khaleda Zia...
Confronting NATO鈥檚 war summit in Washington
AFTER NATO鈥檚 catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya and Afghanistan, on July 9 NATO plans to invade Washington DC. The good news is that it only plans to occupy Washington for three days. The British will not burn down the US Capitol as they did in 1814, and the Germans are still meekly pretending that they don鈥檛 know who blew up...
Oscar-winning Hollywood writer Robert Towne dies
Robert Towne, the Hollywood writer whose 鈥楥hinatown鈥� script is often described as the greatest screenplay ever written, died at 89....
Seven BNP men injured in 鈥楢L鈥� attack in Natore
At least seven leaders and activists of the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party were injured in an attack carried out allegedly by the leaders and activists of the ruling Awami League in Natore city on Wednesday morning...
Natore district police withdraws ASI
The Natore district police withdrew assistant sub-inspector Abdus Selim on Saturday night after a video of him beating a rickshaw puller went viral earlier that day...
No such thing as a small nuclear war
THERE was a time when calls for a nuclear-free Europe rang across the continent. It began with the Stockholm Appeal of 1950, which opened with the powerful words 鈥榃e demand the outlawing of atomic weapons as instruments of intimidation and mass murder of peoples鈥� and then deepened with the...
ASI beating rickshaw puller goes viral in Natore
A video clip of beating a rickshaw puller by an assistant sub-inspector of the police went viral on social media on Saturday, drawing huge criticism....
Man kills wife over family feud in Natore
A man allegedly killed his wife with sharp weapons over a family feud at Bagatipara upazila in Natore early Friday....
NATO names Dutch PM as new boss
NATO鈥檚 32 nations on Wednesday appointed outgoing Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte as the alliance鈥檚 next head, handing him the job at a crucial moment with Russia on the march in Ukraine and US elections looming...
Elderly man, his daughter-in-law electrocuted in Natore
A man and his daughter-in-law died from electrocution in Singra Upazila of Natore on Wednesday morning...
Juba League leader鈥檚 tendons cut off in Natore
Tendons of a Juba League leader鈥檚 legs were cut off on Monday night allegedly by his rivals in Natore city.....
One shot, another stabbed in Natore over transport sector disputes
A youth was shot and another stabbed by rivals in Natore city over disputes related to establishing supremacy in the bus transport sector early...
NATO says 3,00,000 troops now on high readiness
NATO countries have 鈥榗omfortably exceeded鈥� a target of placing 3,00,000 troops on high-readiness as the alliance grapples with the threat from Russia, a senior alliance official said on Thursday...