Probashbangla24 Desk : Up to 10 Taliban militants have been killed following a NATO-led coalition forces’ airstrike in Afghan western province of Farah, local police said Sunday. The strike targeted a militants’ hideout in Bala Buluk district’s Ab-e-Khurma village on Saturday, leaving 10 Taliban militants including their customhouse official named Mullah Nayazi dead, provincial police…
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PM Sheikh Hasina calls on Saudi King Salman
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina attended a meeting with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud at his royal palace in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh on Wednesday. The Bangladesh premier met with Salman, also the custodian of the two holy Mosques, at 1:30pm local time. The two world leaders had lunch together after…
Gaza rocket hits home in Israel, military strikes back
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A rocket fired from Gaza struck a residential home in southern Israel early Wednesday and the Israeli military began attacking militant sites in Gaza in response after days of rising tensions. The Magen David Adom medical service said a woman and her three children, whose home in Beersheba was struck, were being…
Jamal Khashoggi’s killing took seven minutes, Turkish source tells MEE
Probashbangla24 online Desk : It took seven minutes for Jamal Khashoggi to die, a Turkish source who has listened in full to an audio recording of the Saudi journalist’s last moments told Middle East Eye. Khashoggi was dragged from the consul-general’s office at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and onto the table of his study next…
Turkish official: Police found evidence of Khashoggi slaying
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Police searching the Saudi Consulate found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, a high-level Turkish official said Tuesday, and authorities appeared ready to also search the nearby residence of the consul general after the diplomat left the country. The comment by the Turkish official to The Associated Press intensified…
Turkish police leave Saudi consulate in Istanbul after nine hours
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A team of Turkish police investigating the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who vanished after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul two weeks ago, spent more than nine hours in the building, a Reuters witness said. A crime scene investigation team of around 10 people left the consulate after completing a…
Trump sends Pompeo to Riyadh over Khashoggi; Saudis may blame official Trump floats ‘rogue killers’ theory
Probashbangla24 online Desk : Saudi Arabia is preparing to acknowledge the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in a botched interrogation, CNN and the New York Times said on Monday, after US President Donald Trump speculated ‘rogue killers’ may be responsible. Trump dispatched Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to meet King Salman over the case that…
Afghan official says 13 killed in rally bombing
Probashbangla24 online Desk : An Afghan official says at least 13 people including civilians and security forces have been killed in a bombing at an election rally in northeastern Afghanistan. Khalil Aser, spokesman for the provincial police chief in Takhar province, says 32 others were wounded when a bomb-laden motorbike parked near the rally in Rustaq…
Saudi team arrives in Turkey for Khashoggi investigation
Probashbangla24 online Desk : A delegation from Saudi Arabia has arrived in Turkey as part of a joint investigation into the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, three Turkish sources said on Friday. A Saudi source also said a senior royal, Prince Khaled al-Faisal, visited Turkey on Thursday for talks. Later the same day Turkey…
Turkey says will search consulate where Saudi journalist vanished
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…