Al Jazeera: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has accused his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov of “defending the assault” by Syrian government forces on the last rebel stronghold in Idlib province. Forces loyal to the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been massing around Idlib, which borders Turkey, for days and seem ready to launch what…
AP: President Donald Trump “nodded with approval” at the suggestion of a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a court filing Friday night that seeks leniency for a former campaign aide who lied to the FBI. Lawyers for George Papadopoulos are seeking probation, saying the foreign policy adviser misled agents during a January…
Abrar Hussain: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will address a press conference today in order to brief journalists about the outcome of her recently-concluded visit in Nepal attending the 4th Bimstec summit. According to PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim, the press conference will be held at her official residence Gono Bhaban at 4:00pm. The prime minister…
Arafat Hasan: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned yesterday that any ‘anarchic activity’ by students of public universities is not acceptable at all as they are availing education through public money. “Indiscipline is not acceptable, never. All must follow rules, if anyone wants to get education from any public institution he or she has to abide…
Arab News: Iraqi armed factions backed by Iran have been working for months to develop ballistic missiles and are threatening to use them against American forces in the country, Shiite commanders and Iraqi security officials told Arab News. Improved missile technology being developed by Iranian proxy forces in another country in the Middle East will…
Hossen Sohel: Satellite imagery shows North Korea is poised to stage another military parade amid new worries that diplomatic efforts on denuclearization are stalling, though analysts say it is unclear whether it will display any of the country’s largest ballistic missiles, reports Reuters. Pyongyang is preparing to host a number of major events on Sept….
Reuters: China is not putting any pressure on self-ruled Taiwan’s last diplomatic ally in Africa, the Kingdom of eSwatini, to switch to Beijing, but believes it is just a matter of time before that happens, a senior Chinese diplomat said on Saturday. China has become increasingly vocal about its desire to win away the country,…
Arab News: The UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said on Friday that Syrian refugees in Lebanon need assurances of a “safe and dignified return” to their homeland. Grandi’s comments follow confirmation by Lebanon’s President Michel Aoun that Lebanon will continue to organize a gradual voluntary return of refugees in accordance with a Russian…
Sayeed Muhammad: The Awami League-led alliance will hold rallies in eight divisional cities in this month as part of mass contact ahead of the next general election and to resist the ‘conspiracies to foil’ the election. The decision was taken yesterday at a meeting of the alliance at Dhanmandi office of the Awami League President…
Memo: Standing next to a secretive Israeli atomic reactor earlier in the week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to “wipe out” his enemies. In a speech that many will see as the Jewish state breaking its long silence over the possession of nuclear weapons, the Likud leader warned that it has the means to destroy…