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Friday, 21 February, 2025

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US, Saudi Arabia reaffirm commitment to Gaza ceasefire and regional security

The United States and Saudi Arabia have reaffirmed their commitment to a ceasefire in Gaza and efforts to secure the release of hostages, including American citizens. Talks also focused on regional stability, economic ties, and defense cooperation, according to a press statement. The US...

US delivers 'heavy' bombs to Israel after Biden's delay

A shipment of heavy U.S.-made bombs arrived in Israel overnight, coinciding with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubios first visit to the country, Israels Defense Ministry announced Sunday. A shipment of heavy aerial bombs recently released by the U.S. government was received and unloaded...

Fire breaks out at building in capital’s Islambag

A fire broke out at a building in the Islambag area of the capital on Saturday afternoon. According to the fire service, the fire began at 3:17 pm. Eight firefighting units are on the scene and working to control the fire. The cause of the fire is still unknown, added the fire service....

Israel to free 369 Palestinian prisoners in Saturday swap: NGO

Israel is to free 369 Palestinian inmates on Saturday in the sixth exchange of prisoners for hostages of theGazaceasefire, the Palestinian Prisoners Club advocacy group said. A total of 36 prisoners serving life sentences are expected to be released in the sixth swap -- 24 of them will be...

California’s insurer of last resort runs out of money for Los Angeles fire claims

Californias last-resort home insurance plan has exhausted its funds amid a surge of claims from the devastating Los Angeles fires and will receive a $1 billion bailout, state regulators announced Tuesday. The financial rescue follows two of the most destructive wildfires in state history, which...

'Gaza ceasefire will end if Hamas doesn’t free hostages by Saturday'

Israels prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Hamas it will end the ceasefire in Gaza and resume intense fighting if the Palestinian group does not return our hostages by Saturday noon. Netanyahu said he had ordered Israeli forces to amass inside and around Gaza in response to Hamass...

Hamas to halt hostage releases, jeopardizing Gaza ceasefire

Hamas on Monday announced it would stop releasing Israeli hostages until further notice over what the Palestinian militant group called Israeli violations of a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, raising the risk of reigniting the conflict. Hamas was to release more Israeli hostages on Saturday in...

41 killed as bus catches fire after collision with truck in Mexico

A traffic accident involving a bus in southern Mexico, which took place in the early hours of Saturday morning, killed 41 people, the government of Tabasco state said in a statement, adding that recovery work was still ongoing, reports Reuters. The bus, which was carrying 48 people, collided...

Released Thai hostages return to Bangkok after being held for over a year in Gaza

Five Thai workers released after being held hostage for over a year in Gaza arrived in Bangkok on Sunday. Sarusak Rumnao(32), Watchara Sriaoun(33), Sathian Suwannakham(35), Pongsak Thaenna(36), and Bannawat Saethao(27), were freedon January 30 as part of an exchange arrangement. They were...

Erdogan welcomes EU decision to suspend Syria sanctions

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed the European Unions decision to suspend sanctions on Syria, emphasizing the importance of fully lifting them in the future. In a phone call with French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday, he also underscored the need to maintain the cease-fire in Gaza, the...

Russian spy ship catches fire off Syria, drifts out of control

A Russian spy ship caught fire off Syrias coast on Jan. 23, temporarily drifting out of control with flames and thick black smoke rising from its smokestack, military officials said. A radio transmission intercepted by a NATO vessel captured a mans urgent instructions: Warship on your course. I am...

Tofail Ahmed’s house torched in Bhola

Local people vandalized and set fire to the house of former Member of Parliament for the Bhola-1 constituency Tofail Ahmed. A protest procession of about 300 people reached Tofail Ahmeds residence at 12.45 am, where protesters first carried out acts of vandalism before setting the house on fire....

Hamas hails ‘heroic’ anti-Israeli operation in West Bank

Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has hailed as heroic the retaliatory operation carried out against Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, where the occupying regime has intensified its raids after the Gaza ceasefire. On Tuesday, two Israeli occupation troopers were killed and six...

Turkey slams 'inhumane' US proposal to relocate Gazans

Speaking in Qatar on Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan condemned the U.S. proposal to forcibly relocate Palestinians from Gaza, calling it inhumane. He expressed Turkeys strong opposition to the idea, which was first suggested by former U.S. President Donald Trump, and reiterated Turkeys...

Indonesia's Baznas sets target of Rp750 billion for Gaza reconstruction

Indonesias National Alms Agency (Baznas) is aiming to raise Rp750 billion (US$46 million) in charitable funds to help rebuild essential public infrastructure in Gaza, including hospitals, schools, and mosques. Baznas Head for National Digital Transformation, Nadratuzzaman Hosen, stated that an...

Israel to release 110 Palestinians in exchange for 3 captives

Israel is set to release 110 Palestinian prisoners, including 30 minors, in exchange for three Israeli captives as the third phase of the prisoner swap under the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement, Press TV reported. In a statement on Wednesday, the...

Israel continues to attack Palestinians despite ceasefire

The Israeli military continues to violate the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are returning to their homes in northern Gaza, Press TV reported. Israeli tanks opened fire on some Gazans in the vicinity of Gaza Citys al-Zaytoun neighborhood on Tuesday....

Bangladesh reports 26,659 fire incidents, 140 deaths in 2024

Bangladesh has witnessed 26,659 incidents of fire last year in which 140 people, including two firefighters, were killed and 341 others injured. On an average 73 fire incidents took place per day across the country in 2024. The fire mostly originated from electric short circuit, burning pieces...

Firefighters seek 'upper hand' as blaze hits rural Australia

Firefighters were scrambling Tuesday to control a blaze tearing through rural southeastern Australia, as stranded locals were warned it was too late to leave if they had not already fled. The bushfire in a western area of Victoria state has burned through 65,000 hectares -- 160,000 acres, or...

Man saves 11 lives in Bolu hotel fire by tying bedsheets together

A harrowing tale of survival has emerged from the recent fire at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Kartalkaya, Bolu, where a retired gymnastics coach, 67-year-old Fatih Guller, displayed extraordinary bravery to save 11 lives, including those of his own family. His quick thinking and calm under pressure,...

4 Indian nationals arrested with firearm in Nepal

Kanchanpur police arrested four Indian nationals in possession of a pistol from Ward 6 of Bhimdatta Municipality on Wednesday night. The suspects were intercepted near Mahendranagar market while traveling in a vehicle with an Indian registration plate, reports Kathmandu Post. The arrested...

Net tightening around those DCs, SPs

The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has initiated an investigation into allegations of fraud, abuse of power, and irregularities during the 2018 Eleventh National Assembly elections. The investigation will focus on key figures such as District Commissioners (DC), Superintendents of Police (SP),...

Thousands evacuated as new fire ignites near Los Angeles

A new fast-moving wildfire has erupted in Los Angeles County of the United States, prompting tens of thousands to evacuate a region already reeling from the most destructive fires in its history. The Hughes fire ignited about 45 miles northwest of the city of Los Angeles on Wednesday afternoon,...

Nine detained over Turkey ski resort fire that killed 76

Turkey has detained nine people, including the owner of the hotel, in connection with a deadly fire that claimed the lives of 76 people and injured dozens at a ski resort in western Turkey. The Voice of America cites the Reuters that confirmed the development quoting countrys Interior Minister...

Four Israeli women to be released in return for 200 Palestinians

Israel is expected to release 200 Palestinians in exchange for four female Israeli soldiers, a Hamas media official said, Press TV reported. The announcement was made on Tuesday by Nader Fakhouri, an official with the Prisoners Media Office affiliated with Hamas. Fakhouri said, The second...

10 dead in hotel fire at ski resort in Turkey

AP reported a fire at a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey on Tuesday killed at least at least 10 people and hospitalized 32 others. The fire broke out at around 3:30 am in the restaurant of the 12-story Grand Kartal hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province, officials and...

Israeli snipers kill two Palestinian children despite ceasefire

Israeli gunfire has killed two Palestinian children and injured several others in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, despite a ceasefire currently in effect between Israel and Hamas. Zakaria Hamid Yahya Barbakh was fatally shot on Monday near al-Awda Square in southern areas of Rafah city,...

Next hostages will be released on Saturday as scheduled: Hamas

Hamas said on Monday it would next release hostages held in Gaza on Saturday, after an official with the Palestinian militant group had said they would be released a day later than expected. Hamas is set to release the more than 90 hostages over the coming weeks as part of a complex ceasefire...