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European Union leaders engaged in a first skirmish on Tuesday over who should become the next chief of the European Commission, giving themselves a short deadline to agree on the bloc’s top jobs and a target...

Following the Senate approves the legislation last Thursday by a vote of 85-8, the House Democratic lawmakers had planned to win brisk, unanimous endorsement of the bill on a voice vote and send it to Trump...

Regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia hosts Islamic, Arab and Gulf summits this week as tensions between Iran and the US raise fears of military escalation. The three summits in Makkah, Islam’s holiest city, allow US ally Riyadh...

A 180-member strong contingent of female police of Bangladesh Police left Dhaka for joining the UN peacekeeping mission in Dr Congo by a chartered aircraft of the United Nations (UN) in the early hours of Today....

Clashes between inmates killed 15 people at a jail in Amazonas state in northern Brazil on Sunday, the regional prison authority said. The clashes broke out around 11:00 am (1500 GMT) during visiting hours at the...

In 12th DW Global Media Forum 2019, More than 2,000 media professionals and decision-makers representing the various profession and society from 140 countries will discuss “Shifting powers” on May 27-28, 2019. Germany’s Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier...

Ameesha Chauhan, a survivor of the Everest “traffic jam” who is in hospital recovering from frostbite, said climbers without basic skills should be barred to prevent a recurrence of this year’s deadly season on the world’s...

People from all walks of life today paid rich tributes to national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam on the occasion of his 120th birth anniversary. To mark the day, different organizations and cultural bodies in line with...

President of India Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Narendra Modi as Prime Minister after the landslide victory of BJP- led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the recently concluded India’s national election. Modi was appointed as the...

U.S. President Donald Trump, declaring a national emergency because of tensions with Iran, swept aside objections from Congress on Friday to complete the sale of over $8 billion worth of weapons to Saudi Arabia, the United...