Probashbangla24 online Desk : The US military says it believes some 60 al-Shabab militants were killed by one of its air strikes in central Somalia on Friday. The “precision” strike around Harardere did not injure or kill civilians, it added in a statement. The US said the attack was carried out as part of a joint…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : India’s defense minister is travelling to Paris to speak with the French government amid controversy over a multi-billion dollar deal to sell 36 fighter jets to India. The 2016 deal was for India to buy Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault. The leader of India’s main opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi, has…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Eight people died and 25 were missing after a boat carrying illegal migrants capsized off Turkey’s western shores, the coastguard said on Wednesday. The discovery came after an Iraqi woman in wet clothes and wearing a life jacket sought help in Karaburun district, Izmir province, late on Tuesday. She told the coastguard…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Turkey said on Tuesday that it would search Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul where Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi vanished last week, and close ally Britain called on Riyadh to provide “urgent answers” over his disappearance. Khashoggi was last seen one week ago entering the consulate in Istanbul to get documents related to…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone on trial for allegedly using state funds to fraudulently pay for hundreds of meals, part of a list of legal troubles facing the family. The trial for Sara Netanyahu, that started on Sunday, will be the latest chapter in a saga intensely…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Turkish prosecutors have opened an investigation into the disappearance of a missing Saudi journalist. Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, has not been seen since Tuesday, when he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Turkish sources quoted by Reuters and the Washington Post say they believe…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Iran faces losing 70 per cent of its farmlands if urgent action is not taken to overcome a litany of climate woes, the country’s Environment Chief Isa Kalantari told AFP. The country is grappling not only with air, water and soil pollution, as well as drought and desertification, but also with the…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Romanians are deciding this weekend whether a family should revolve around a married man and woman. The two-day vote on changing their constitution has been portrayed by supporters of the referendum as a way of protecting the status of the “traditional” family. Opponents warn it will come at the expense of same-sex…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Weekend fighting between rival ethnic groups in western Ethiopia killed at least 44 people, state affiliated media reported Tuesday. The clashes occurred on the border between the central Oromia and western Benishangul-Gumuz regions. Violence began when officials from Benishangul-Gumuz were killed by unidentified gunmen, said the Walta Media and Communication Corporate, citing…
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A court in Egypt has given human rights activist Amal Fathy a two-year-suspended sentence and a fine for “spreading fake news”. She has been in detention since May after posting a video criticising the government over the extent of sexual harassment in the country. Amnesty International said this was “an outrageous case…