Rayhan Ahmed Topader: Since Israel was created in 1948 the United States has been the region’s crucial actor. US presidents have brokered peace deals, provided Israel with security guarantees and the Palestinians with reassurance that they have not been abandoned. Washington stood ready to douse a fire if the dry tinder of rage and discontent in the Holy Land burst ...

Twitter has told an undisclosed number of users their private messages may have been leaked to third-parties for more than a year.   The software “bug”, which has since been fixed, involved direct messages between users and businesses that offer customer services via Twitter.  Affected users are being notified via a message that appeared when opening the app or logging ...

Prime minister gives combative speech after EU leaders’ rejection of Chequers plan Theresa May has accused the European Union of not treating the UK with respect, in a hastily arranged Downing Street statement a day after she was humiliated at the Salzburg summit when EU leaders declared her Chequers plan would not work. A combative prime minister said she stood ...

  Theresa May’s Chequers plan was rejected by EU leaders at their Salzburg summit The UK government insists Theresa May’s Brexit proposal is a “workable, credible” deal, regardless of being rejected by EU leaders at a summit in Salzburg. Minister James Brokenshire mentioned “tough words” had been to be expected close to the tip of negotiations however the government was ...

A space official says that Russian cosmonauts will venture outside the International Space Station to inspect a section where a mysterious leak has been discovered.   The leak was spotted last month in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the station. The crew of three Americans, two Russians and a German quickly located and sealed the tiny hole that created ...

  Theresa May has urged EU leaders to focus their minds on getting a Brexit deal in the next two months, saying negotiations will not be extended. At a dinner in Salzburg, she told her 27 counterparts her priorities are maintaining economic ties and ensuring promises to Northern Ireland are kept.  There are suggestions the UK will put forward new ...

London, Sep 19 : British police are investigating a possible hate crime after a car hit pedestrians near a Muslim community center, injuring three people. Police were called early Wednesday morning to a location in northwest London.  They say the injuries are not life threatening although two people needed hospital treatment. London police say a confrontation developed between four people ...

Bangladesh’s first geostationary communication satellite Bangabandhu-1 would be handed over by the French manufacturing company Thales Alenia Space to Bangladesh Communication Satellite Company Limited (BCSCL) this month. Before the handover, Thales would run final technical test in next solar eclipse which is scheduled on September 21, said officials.   Talking to BSS today, BCSCL Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood said they ...

The EU’s negotiator wants to de-dramatise the issue of the border The EU is “ready to improve” its offer on the Irish border, Michel Barnier has said as he warned the “moment of truth” was nearing for Brexit negotiations. The EU’s negotiator said he wanted to “de-dramatise” the issue of physical checks and ensure goods arriving in Northern Ireland from ...

Here is an easy-to-understand guide to Brexit – beginning with the basics, then a look at the negotiations, followed by a selection of answers to questions we’ve been sent. What does Brexit mean?   It is a word that is used as a shorthand way of saying the UK leaving the EU – merging the words Britain and exit to ...