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French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot reiterated France’s opposition to “any form of trade war” as he met Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Thursday. “France opposes any form of trade war and advocates dialogue on trade issues, particularly between the European Union and China,” Barrot said.

  Ansar Ahmed Ullah:     On 25 March 2025, people gathered In front of the European Parliament in Brussels to commemorate a painful history. Speakers and attendees reflected on the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh, an event that still demands recognition more than fifty years later. The rally called for justice while examining the current situation of Bangladesh and its relations ...

The Ukrainian air force said on Tuesday that Russia launched 139 drones and an Iskander-M ballistic missile during an overnight attack that injured two people and damaged storage facilities, reports AFP. The air force shot down 78 drones and 34 more did not reach their targets, it added in a statement on Telegram without specifying what happened to the remaining ...

Hamdan Ballal, one of the co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary ”No Other Land”, was beaten by Israeli settlers and detained by the Israeli military on Monday in the occupied West Bank. This incident occurred in the village of Susiya, where Ballal was living. Ballal was one of three Palestinians detained in the area, and although the Israeli military claims that ...

Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sunday called a snap election for April 28, seeking a stronger mandate as his country fights off a trade war and annexation threats from US President Donald Trump. “I’ve just requested that the governor general dissolve parliament and call an election for April 28. She has agreed,” Carney said, referring to King Charles ...

Protests erupted across multiple Turkish cities on Friday as people rallied against the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, despite the Turkish leader’s stern warning that street protests would not be tolerated, reports AP. In Istanbul, police used pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets to push back hundreds of protesters who tried to ...

The United States fell to its lowest happiness ranking ever partly due to a rise in the number of Americans eating their meals alone, an annual UN-sponsored report said Thursday. Finland ranked as the world’s happiest country for the eighth straight year in the World Happiness Report, with locals and experts thanking its grand lakes and strong welfare system for ...

At least 50 people have been killed in Khartoum over the past week due to attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), according to rescuers. The violence is escalating as fighting between the RSF and the Sudanese army for control of the capital continues. The Khartoum Emergency Response Room, a network of volunteers coordinating aid across Sudan, reported that ...

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled for a phone call on Tuesday, which is expected to be a pivotal moment in efforts to end the ongoing war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year. Both sides have expressed optimism over recent discussions between Washington and Moscow, with high-level talks seen as necessary to address the ...

At least 32 people were killed in two separate bus accidents in Mexico on Monday, according to authorities. In Oaxaca state, a bus overturned on a highway, resulting in 18 deaths. Twelve others were hospitalized with injuries. The crash occurred near the community of Santo Domingo Narro, and authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the accident. Reports ...