AFP: Swiss commodities giant Glencore said Wednesday it would close one of Australia's biggest copper mines as it reaches the end of its life after 60 years in operation. Glencore told the 1,200 workers at the underground copper mine at Mount Isa in northwest Queensland t ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Russia has asked the United Nations Security Council to vote Monday (16 October) on a draft resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict that calls for a humanitarian ceasefire and condemns violence against civilians and all acts of terrorism. Russia's Deputy UN Ambassa ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: A Guatemalan appeals court on Friday overturned a six-year prison sentence handed down in June to the founder of one of the country's top newspapers, though his legal ordeal is not yet over. Jose Ruben Zamora Marroquin, founder of El Periodico, which was often critical ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Tens of thousands of protesters rallied across the Middle East and in parts of Asia, Europe and the United States on Friday in support of Palestinians and condemnation of Israel as it intensified its strikes on Gaza in retaliation for Hamas assaults. Jewish communi ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: US top diplomat Antony Blinken is telling Middle Eastern leaders there can be "no more business as usual" with Palestinian militant group Hamas, he said on Friday as he tours Arab states in the aftermath of Saturday's attacks in southern Israel. Secretary of Stat ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: New Zealanders go to the polls yesterday in a general election that could see Prime Minister Chris Hipkins continue Labour's reign for another three years or a shift to the conservatives led by Christopher Luxon. Labour Party leader Hipkins, 45, and National Part ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Calls for a humanitarian corridor or an escape route for Palestinians from Gaza as a conflict between Israel and the Palestinian fighters group Hamas has escalated have drawn a blunt reaction from Arab neighbours. Egypt, the only Arab state to share a border with ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: The Palestinian United Nations envoy appealed to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres yesterday to do more to stop a "crime against humanity" by Israel, which has warned nearly half of the population of the Gaza Strip to relocate as it plans an assault. "He has ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: More than 1 million Palestinians in northern Gaza faced an Israeli deadline on Saturday to flee south, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had only just begun to retaliate for last week's Hamas rampage across southern Israel. US President Joe Biden sa ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Weak economic growth and high interest on the country's huge debt are the main problems facing Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after her first year in power, an anniversary marked by an abrupt announcement she was leaving her long-time partner. Meloni's coali ...বিস্তারিত