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06

Aug

By The Press Editor

World

Donald Trump refers to Venezuela to push Iran for a deal: ‘Were set for biggest attack since World War II’

Washington: President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) warned Iran and said the United States (US) was all set conduct its "biggest attack of since World War II" but decided to halt it following a request by Tehran, reiterating that the Middle East nation must make a deal to end the over five-month long conflict between the two countries. He was speaking at an event in Las Vegas. The 80-year-old Republican leader claimed Iran has once again urged for talks, adding that Tehran respects it. Restating that the Islamic Republic cannot have a nuclear weapon, he said Iran has weakened…

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06

Aug

By The Press Editor

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Iran president’s big admission on Mojtaba Khamenei: ‘Communication with supreme leader very difficult’

Tehran: Amid reports of tensions within Iran's leadership, President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that communicating with Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has become "very difficult at the moment." Khamenei, 56, has not appeared in public since succeeding his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in a US-Israeli strike that also reportedly wounded Mojtaba Khamenei. Despite his absence from public view, Pezeshkian insisted that Khamenei continues to play a key role in directing Iran's response to the conflict. Pezeshkian on Khamenei "It is very difficult to communicate with him at the moment, but in any case, his presence…

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06

Aug

By The Press Editor

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Vishakha Rathod, wife of Rs 88 crore fraud mastermind, deported from UAE after husband’s extradition

Dubai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), with support from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), has secured the deportation of wanted fugitive Vishakha Rathod from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to India, officials said. Rathod, who was the subject of an Interpol Red Notice, was deported to India on August 3, 2026, in connection with an alleged multi-crore financial fraud case. She landed in Pune, where a Maharashtra Police team took her into custody. Vishakha is the wife of Avinash Rathod, the mastermind of the Rs 88 crore fraud in which several…

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06

Aug

By The Press Editor

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Trump’s helicopter came ‘too close’ to passengers plane this week; US authorities launch probe

Washington: An investigation has been launched by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) over an operational lapse that a helicopter carrying US President Donald Trump came 'too close' to a passenger aircraft over Washington earlier this week, according to various reports by America media outlets. The incident likely happened on Tuesday afternoon when the Marine One, the helicopter carrying Trump, came within less than a mile of a passenger plane, which was in the air around the same following a delay. However, officials have cited that there was no immediate threat of a direct collision. White House spokesperson Kush Desai has…

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06

Aug

By The Press Editor

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Iran, Oman close to deal on Hormuz shipping route. Can it lead to a peace agreement with US?

Tehran: Iran and Oman have agreed to a deal for transiting of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, but Tehran has reiterated that the reopening would depend on "certain parties", apparently referring to the United States (US) which maintains that the strategic waterway must remain open for all merchant vessels. Hormuz remains under Iran's de facto control since the conflict in the Middle East began on February 28, but its foreign ministry spokesperson, Esmail Baghaei, has said a draft deal is all set to be signed with Oman, even as the US maintains that an agreement to reopen the Strait…

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05

Aug

By The Press Editor

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Miscreants attempt to set fire to Shakib Al Hasan’s house after he attended Sheikh Hasina’s press conference

New Delhi: Unidentified people attempted to set fire to former Bangladesh captain and ex-lawmaker Shakib Al Hasan's house in Magura, police said. The incident occurred a little after the former Bangladesh skipper attended a media interaction addressed by ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The interaction was hosted by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of South Asia in New Delhi. The Daily Star reported that the incident took place around 9:00 PM, quoting Md Abdullah Al Mamun, officer-in-charge of Magura Sadar Police Station. "Several miscreants threw brick chips at the house and vandalised windows. They also tried to set the house on…

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05

Aug

By The Press Editor

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Sheikh Hasina’s son says Bangladesh has become another Pakistan on India’s eastern border

Dhaka: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's son Sajeeb Wazed on Wednesday said that what should concern New Delhi most is that Bangladesh has become another Pakistan on India's eastern border and raised concerns over the role of foreign intelligence agencies in Bangladesh. Addressing an event hosted by the Foreign Correspondents' Club (FCC) of South Asia in Delhi, Wazed also questioned the death toll reported in connection with the July-August 2024 protests in Bangladesh. He pointed the pointing to differences between figures cited by the United Nations and those cited by the previous administration headed by Muhammad Yunus. Bangladesh today is a failed state:…

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05

Aug

By The Press Editor

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China blacklists six US firms, tightens drone exports in retaliation to fresh American tariffs

Beijing: China has announced a fresh round of retaliatory measures against the United States, escalating tensions between the world's two largest economies. In response to the latest US trade sanctions, Beijing has imposed sanctions on six American companies, tightened export controls on drones and launched a series of additional trade-related actions targeting Washington. The measures were unveiled on Wednesday after the United States introduced another round of tariffs on China and more than 50 other countries as part of President Donald Trump's broader trade strategy. The US administration has argued that the tariffs are aimed at correcting trade imbalances that…

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05

Aug

By The Press Editor

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‘Watched my Bangladesh suffer, 2024 uprising was not a student protest’: Sheikh Hasina in audio address

New Delhi: In a virtual interaction with the media in Delhi, former Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina said she speaks as someone who has spent her life with the people of Bangladesh and was forced away from her country, but she was never separated from the people of Bangladesh. “I speak as someone who has spent her life with the people of Bangladesh and was forced away from my country, but I was never separated from my people..." She added that for the last two years, she watched her beloved Bangladesh suffer and this is not the Bangladesh she has built,…

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05

Aug

By The Press Editor

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Dubai rocked by 7 blasts in 20 minutes as US-Iran conflict rages on | VIDEO

Dubai: Multiple explosions and thick smoke were reported at Dubai's Jebel Ali industrial zone and port early Wednesday, with Emirati authorities confirming at least seven blasts over a 20-minute period but not disclosing the cause amid the ongoing conflict in the Gulf. Witnesses reported heavy smoke rising from the area, while NASA thermal imagery indicated a fire at a warehouse near the port that is used for fuel storage and transfer, Iran's Mehr news agency reported. The exact cause of the incident remains unclear. Some Iraqi media outlets claimed the explosions were the result of a missile attack launched from…

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