AFP:The famously talented winemakers of Mirdita, high in the mountains of northern Albania, have never been so worried. Rising temperatures, hail, and disease have taken their toll on the unique local grapes that make the region's delicate red wines and floral rakis which a ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters:The World Food Programme yesterday called the recent Afghanistan earthquakes a 'disaster on top of a disaster,' urging the international community to provide humanitarian aid to the war-torn nation. Limited aid makes relief work difficult after earthquakes and after ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: The presidents of Iran and Syria have urged Islamic countries to reach agreement on a position in support of Palestinians, a news agency linked to Iran's top security agency, Nournews, reported yesterday. "Islamic and Arab countries as well all free people of the ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Israel's military said it was conducting a "large-scale strike" on targets belonging to Hamas in Gaza on Thursday, but gave no details, as Israel formed an emergency unity government, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sitting in a war cabinet with cen ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Palestinian group Hamas claimed yesterday to have released an Israeli woman and her two children it said had been detained during fighting with Israeli forces, but Israeli television networks rejected the announcement. The Israeli army when contacted said it was chec ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters: Israel's military indicated yesterday that it would not publish the number of interceptions of Palestinian rockets that it has carried out in the Gaza war, citing concern that such information would help Hamas. "I'm not going to tell the enemy the number of our i ...বিস্তারিত
Reuters:The European Union backtracked in disarray on Monday on an announcement that aid to Palestinians had been suspended in response to the attack on Israel by Hamas after EU countries complained the bloc's executive had overstepped the mark. The confusion began after Ol ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Palestinian group Hamas is not open to negotiating a prisoner exchange with Israel during hostilities, a member of the militants' political office in Doha said Monday. Potential talks on the fate of as many as 150 individuals held by Hamas gained greater urgency as the ...বিস্তারিত
Times of Isreal: The Israel Defense Forces said it had finally regained control over its suddenly porous border with the Gaza Strip Tuesday morning, some 72 hours after Hamas terrorists blew through sections of the barrier and launched an invasion that saw over 1,000 Israeli ...বিস্তারিত
AFP: Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler told Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas he was working to prevent "an expansion" of conflict after the surprise Hamas attack on Israel, Saudi state media said early yesterday. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman also told Abbas the Gulf kin ...বিস্তারিত