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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday reiterated that Türkiye will not be drawn into the war sparked by US-Israeli attacks on Iran, following the interception of a third ballistic missile that entered Turkish airspace. Speaking in Istanbul, Erdogan said Türkiye is acting with “great caution in face of plots, traps, provocations aimed at dragging our country into war,” adding ...

The US embassy in Baghdad was hit by an attack on Saturday following strikes that killed two members of a powerful Iran-backed group in the capital, security sources said. Iraq, long a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran, was quickly dragged into the Middle East war triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. A ...

North Korea fired about 10 unidentified ballistic missiles toward the sea of Japan Saturday, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, days after Pyongyang warned of “terrible consequences” over South Korea-US military drills. Pyongyang recently dashed hopes of a diplomatic thaw with South Korea, Washington’s security ally, describing its latest peace efforts as a “clumsy, deceptive farce”. Seoul’s military detected ...

Two drones fell near a major southern Iraqi oil field, two oil ministry officials told AFP on Friday, as the war in the Middle East causes unprecedented upheaval in the sector, reports AFP. “Two drones hit communications towers near the Majnoon oil field, without causing casualties or material damage,” one official told AFP. The oil field had already paused operations ...

Air strikes targeting the Iranian capital continued on Thursday as the conflict involving the United States, Israel and Iran entered its 14th day, further escalating tensions across the region. Explosions were reported across Tehran as air raids struck several locations in and around the capital. Additional attacks were also reported in other Iranian cities, including Kashan, Isfahan, Qom and Arak, ...

A Bangladeshi national was among four airport staff injured after two drones fell near the vicinity of Dubai International Airport (DXB) on Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed. According to Dubai authorities, the incident left one Bangladeshi, two Ghanaian nationals and one Indian national injured, reports Gulf News. The Bangladeshi and the two Ghanaians sustained minor injuries while the Indian national suffered ...

The number of people displaced in Lebanon due to intensifying Israeli attacks has risen sharply. Speaking to reporters in Geneva from Beirut, the UN refugee agency’s representative in Lebanon said more than 100,000 people were newly displaced across the country within the past 24 hours. Karolina Lindholm Billing said that, as of now, over 667,000 people in Lebanon have registered ...

Ansar Ahmed Ullah: Bangladesh joined countries across the Commonwealth on Monday, 9 March to celebrate Commonwealth Day with cultural events, school activities and faith-based servic Observed on the second Monday of March each year, Commonwealth Day brings together the 56 member states of the Commonwealth, representing nearly a third of the world’s population, in a shared moment of reflection and ...

Iranian state television early Monday announced that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the country’s late supreme leader, has been appointed as his successor. Mojtaba had long been viewed as a potential candidate for the position, even before his father was killed in an Israeli strike at the outset of the ongoing war. Despite his influence, he has never held an ...

Iran struck Gulf infrastructure on Sunday, hitting fuel tanks at Kuwait’s international airport and damaging a desalination plant in Bahrain as Tehran pressed its missile and drone campaign against its neighbours into a second week. Two border guards were also killed “while performing their national duty”, Kuwait’s interior ministry said without elaborating on the circumstances. Neighbouring countries have borne much ...