ইরানকে যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ‘ধ্বংস’ করে দিচ্ছে বলে আবারও হুঁশিয়ারি দিয়েছেন মার্কিন প্রেসিডেন্ট ডোনাল্ড ট্রাম্প। হোয়াইট হাউসে সাংবাদিকদের তিনি বলেন, ‘আমরা তাদের (ইরান) নিশ্চিহ্ন করে দিচ্ছি। আমি এটা করতে চাই না—কিন্তু আমরা তাদের ধ্বংস করছি।’ট্রাম্প বলেন, ‘তাদের (ইরান) কোনো সেতু থাকবে না, কোনো বিদ্যুৎকেন্দ্র থাকবে না। তাদের কিছুই থাকবে না। আমি আর বিস্তারিত বলব না, কারণ আরও ...more

World food prices climbed in March to their highest level since September last year and could rise further if the West Asia conflict that pushed up energy prices continues, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said on Friday."Price rises since the conflict began have been modest, driven mainly by higher oil prices and ...more

An earthquake in Afghanistan has killed eight members of the same family when their home collapsed in the Gosfand Dara area of Kabul province.Health Ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman said on Saturday that a child aged around two years old was the only survivor. Afghanistan’s disaster management agency said the boy was injured.The 5.8-magnitude quake struck ...more

China and Pakistan yesterday (31 March) called for an immediate end to the US-Israeli war on Iran in the Middle East, and for peace talks as soon as possible, as they agreed to boost their cooperation on Tehran.The two countries outlined a joint initiative "for restoring peace and stability in the Gulf and Middle East ...more

President Donald Trump has said the United States could stop attacking Iran within two to three weeks and that a deal is not necessary to end a war that has disrupted energy supplies and shaken the global economy.His comments came as Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Abbas Araghchi told Al Jazeera on Tuesday that no ...more

Kuwait's civil aviation authority said Wednesday that the Gulf state's international airport had come under an Iranian drone attack that led to "a large fire" at fuel tanks."Kuwait International Airport has been subjected to blatant attacks by drones launched by Iran and the armed factions it supports," the official Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) quoted the ...more

Argentina has designated Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation, its presidential office said in a statement on Tuesday, following a push from the Trump administration for allies to do so.Argentina attributed the measure to the IRGC's backing for Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which it blames for the deadliest bombing in the South American ...more

Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was elected a vice-president by the lower house on Tuesday, a parliament official said, with the coup leader edging closer to becoming president and maintaining his rule."Senior General Min Aung Hlaing got 247 votes," of 260 cast by MPs, a parliament official announced according to a live broadcast of ...more

Iran fired missiles across the Middle East on Tuesday as its capital was hit by fresh explosions, after US President Donald Trump threatened the country's key oil export hub, power stations and desalination plants.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump's partner in attacking Iran, said more than half of his military aims had been achieved, but ...more

 A Russian oil tanker was set to deliver the first crude shipment to Cuba since January on Tuesday after Washington gave the crisis-hit island a reprieve from an effective fuel blockade.The Anatoly Kolodkin, a tanker under US sanctions, was on its way to the port of Matanzas, east of Havana, with 730,000 barrels of crude.US ...more