1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (14+ words) Five key issues to know about the planned Iran-US talks in Islamabad'Newagebd. net...

6+ hour, 17+ min ago  (376+ words) A vessel of the state-owned Bangladesh Shipping Corporation, Banglar Joyjatra, was denied permission to pass through the Strait of Hormuz despite a ceasefire in the Middle East has taken effect since early Wednesday, leaving it stranded near the strategic chokepoint....

9+ hour, 2+ min ago  (306+ words) Israel has approved the establishment of 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, according to Israeli media reports and the watchdog Peace Now, which said the decision was taken "secretly" in early April. "The security cabinet secretly decided to establish…...

9+ hour, 12+ min ago  (245+ words) Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial will resume on Sunday, the Jerusalem District Court confirmed, after emergency restrictions imposed during the conflict with Iran were lifted. A court statement on Thursday said that "the return to work of the…...

9+ hour, 6+ min ago  (286+ words) Iran's parliament speaker on Friday set a ceasefire in Lebanon and the "release of Iran's blocked assets' as pre-conditions for the start of negotiations with the United States. "Two of the measures mutually agreed upon between the parties have yet…...

6+ hour, 7+ min ago  (265+ words) Politicians, academics and former student leaders on Friday called on opposition parties to unite and launch a movement to compel the Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led government to scrap what they described as an "unequal" trade deal signed with the United States…...

8+ hour, 57+ min ago  (145+ words) US president Donald Trump said Friday that US warships are being reloaded with weaponry to strike Iran if talks in Pakistan fail to produce a deal, in an interview with the New York Post. "We have a reset going. We're…...

8+ hour, 57+ min ago  (651+ words) Democrats are clashing this week over the influence of pro-Israel lobbying on American "politics and the US ally's military actions in the Middle East at a key strategy gathering ahead of November's midterm elections. Attendees at the three-day Democratic National…...

9+ hour, 2+ min ago  (327+ words) The United Nations warned Friday that food insecurity was on the rise in Lebanon, with prices surging and supply chains disrupted as Israel has continued military strikes on the country. The UN's World Food Programme said the entire food system…...

11+ hour, 55+ min ago  (96+ words) Newagebd. net US vice-president JD Vance said Friday he hoped for a "positive" outcome as he departed Washington for US-Iran peace talks being held in Pakistan. "We"re going to try to have a positive negotiation," he told reporters before…...