Aljazeera: Jordan’s army says its forces have killed several fighters belonging to ISIL to prevent them from crossing from southern Syria. Military units used “all types of weapons” to shell a group of fighters who had come close to its side of the Yarmouk Valley in clashes that lasted nearly 20 hours from Tuesday to…
Dr. A J M Shafiul Alam Bhuiyan, Professor of Television, Film and Media Studies at the University of Dhaka, Executive Director of GPRF High School students have occupied the city streets to protest the death of two school children who were run over by a bus while waiting on the pavement for a bus. Dhaka…
Abrar Hussain: Five hundred runners participating in a 5 km run at Hatirjheel to promote good health, fitness and positivity among the young generation put forward a demand yesterday for safe spaces for youth. Enduring early morning rain, runners from different ages joined the event organized by Bangladesh Youth Leadership Center (BYLC) in collaboration with…
Abrar Hussain: The World Health Organization warned yesterday that Yemen might be facing a new wave of cholera, along with a heightened death rate because of widespread malnutrition, adding that the United Nations is hoping for a ceasefire in northern Yemen.“We’re calling on all parties to the conflict … for three full days of tranquility…
Reuters: Amazon.com (AMZN.O) founder Jeff Bezos is racing to pull his private space company out of start-up mode and move into production amid signals that his firm’s heavy rocket set for lift-off in 2020 may slip behind schedule, according to people familiar with the project. Blue Origin has added hundreds of engineers over the past…
Timesofisrael: The IDF announced Friday it was closing down an Israeli clinic on the Syrian border that has treated thousands of Syrians over the past year. The Mazor Ladach field clinic, whose name means “relief for the suffering,” was part of the army’s multi-faceted humanitarian relief operation, dubbed Operation Good Neighbor and launched in 2013….
Al Arabiya: The Iraqi government imposed a curfew in the town of al-Dujail in Salaheddine governorate north of the capital Baghdad, deploying security forces after clashes erupted between armed tribal militants and forces of Asa’ib Ahl al- Haq, an Iraqi Shiite militia. Salaheddine governor Ahmed al-Jabouri said that the Shiite militia enforced with a large…
Anadolu agency: The parliament on Thursday approved a legislation on the compulsory retirement of muftis appointed in the country’s Western Thrace cities of Komotini (Gumulcine) and Xanthi (Iskece). The bill proposed the compulsory retirement of 81-year-old Mufti of Komotini Mehmet Emin Sinikoglu and 78-year-old Cemali Meco, mufti of Xanthi, citing their advanced ages. The bill,…
AFP: The North China Plain, home to nearly 400 million people, could become a life-threatening inferno during future heat waves if climate change continues apace, researchers have warned. Soaring temperatures combined with high humidity — made worse by the region’s dense irrigation network — means the China’s breadbasket faces “the greatest risk to human life…
Russia Today: Satellite images are showing off just how enormous China’s almost-finished mega-bridge is. Stretching for 34 miles, it connects Hong Kong, Macau, and the mainland’s southern city of Zhuhai. The bridge is expected to become the world’s longest cross-sea bridge when it opens to traffic later this summer, cutting travel time in half for…