Probashbangla24 online Desk : Russian authorities say an imprisoned Ukrainian filmmaker has stopped a hunger strike that lasted 144 days. Oleg Sentsov opposed Russia’s annexation of his native Crimea in 2014. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2015 for conspiracy to commit acts of terrorism. Sentsov denied the charged and called his prosecution…
Category: Europe
US, China look on as Putin set to seal $5-billion defence deal with India
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in India on Thursday looking to tie up billions of dollars in arms deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, likely irking the US, China and Pakistan in one fell swoop. The Kremlin said before the two-day visit that the “key feature” would be the signing of a…
Transparency – the tool to counter Russia
Probashbangla24 online Desk : When Theresa May addressed MPs on 5 September – revealing the identities of two Russian agents suspected of the Salisbury poisoning – she said the UK and its allies would step up their collective efforts against the country’s military intelligence agency, known as the GRU. In particular, she promised to deploy what…
Girl pulls a 1,500-year-old sword from lake in Sweden
Probashbangla24 online Desk : An eight-year-old found a pre-Viking-era sword while swimming in a lake in Sweden during the summer. Saga Vanecek found the relic in the Vidöstern lake while at her family’s holiday home in Jönköping County, reports BBC. The sword was initially reported to be 1,000 years old, but experts at the local museum…
Germany’s Merkel tours Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum
Probashbangla24 online Desk : German Chancellor Angela Merkel kicked off the second day of her two-day visit to Israel at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial. Merkel toured the museum and participated in a memorial ceremony Thursday. She was accompanied by Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev. From there, she went to a different ceremony in Jerusalem where…
India quietly seals missile deal with Russia despite US warning
Probashbangla24 online Desk : India agreed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 surface to air missile systems on Friday, the Kremlin said, as New Delhi disregarded US warnings that such a purchase could trigger sanctions under US law. Although there was no public signing, the deal was sealed during President Vladimir Putin’s ongoing visit to…
US, UK and Netherlands allege Russia for cyber-plots
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Russian spies have been accused of involvement in a series of cyber-plots across the globe, leading the US to level charges against seven agents. The US justice department said targets included the global chemical weapons watchdog, anti-doping agencies and a US nuclear company. The allegations are part of an organised…
Skripal poisoning: Putin denounces ex-spy as ‘scum’
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Russian President Vladimir Putin has labelled poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal a “traitor” and “scum”. In a speech he complained that the media were treating Mr Skripal as “some kind of human rights defender”, whereas he had betrayed his country. Mr Skripal and his daughter survived the Salisbury attack, which the UK…
New hummingbird species spotted in Ecuador
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A new species of hummingbird has been spotted and identified in Ecuador by a multinational team of ornithologists. The bird has been named Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus, or blue-throated hillstar, for its deep blue neck and is about 11cm (4in) long. Ecuador, which is rich in biodiversity, is home to 132 hummingbird species out…
Spanish group: 34 migrants feared dead in waters off Morocco
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A Spanish nonprofit group said 34 migrants were feared dead after their group waited for more than 36 hours to be rescued from a semi-sunken boat in waters off Morocco. The Moroccan Interior Ministry said Tuesday 11 bodies were recovered and the boat’s teenage skipper had been detained. The migrants continuously pleaded…