Dhaka, June 23 (IANS) Bangladesh's Awami League has condemned the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government for passing an ordinance related to the July movement last year, denouncing it as a "carefully crafted political propaganda document" that aimed to present the 2024 incident as "an uprising."
Dhaka, June 23 (IANS) The Human Rights Congress for Bangladesh Minorities (HRCBM) on Monday highlighted "a horrifying act meant to terrorize the Hindu minority community" in the country, in which miscreants vandalised a Mahastri Manasa and Durga Temple in Dinajpur district.
Washington, June 23 (IANS) Protests rage across several major US cities, including New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington and Los Angeles against the airstrikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
Tehran, June 23 (IANS) Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday, in his first reaction following the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, said that the punishment for Israel, referred to as the "Zionist enemy," will continue.
United Nations, June 23 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned of "a rathole of retaliation" in the wake of US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.
Damascus, June 23 (IANS) A suicide bomber stormed a crowded church in the Syrian capital Damascus during mass, opening fire on worshippers before detonating his explosives, killing at least 19 people and injuring dozens more, security sources and a monitoring group said.
Jerusalem, June 23 (IANS) Israel's military said that it carried out a wave of air strikes against military sites in western Iran and the capital Tehran, targeting infrastructure critical to Iran's missile and intelligence-gathering capabilities.
New York, June 22 (IANS) US Vice-President J.D. Vance declared on Sunday that his country was not at war with Iran but only with its nuclear programme, leaving the door open for diplomacy.
Tehran, June 22 (IANS) The Iranian Parliament has voted in support of closing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's most critical oil transit chokepoints, a day after US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, according to media reports.
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar has praised the United States for joining its efforts in curtailing Iran’s evil nuclear ambitions and said that it will open a new opportunity for the West Asian nation to come back to the negotiating table, ‘in good faith’.
