International

November 26, 2023 10:55 AM

South Korea, China, Japan top diplomats seek to boost trilateral cooperation

While China and the United States have been mending frayed ties, including a summit this month between Presidents Xi Jinping and Joe Biden, Beijing is concerned that Washington and its key regional allies are strengthening their three-way partnership. Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul had agreed to hold s...

November 26, 2023 9:40 AM

First batch of humanitarian aid supplies since temporary truce reaches Gaza

The supplies carried by the convoy of three trucks that arrived in Gaza City are part of humanitarian aid supplies entering the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Crossing from Egypt since the temporary ceasefire took effect on Friday. This batch of aid supplies mainly include rice, sugar, flour an...

November 25, 2023 7:55 PM

Iran says it facilitated Friday’s release of 10 Thai hostages

Iran facilitated Friday's release of 10 Thai hostages from Gaza, providing a list of names to Palestinian group Hamas after a request to do so by Thailand's Foreign Ministry and parliamentary speaker, Iran's embassy in Thailand said on social media on Saturday. "This request was ac...

November 25, 2023 4:39 PM

Indian engineer, his wife killed in Bangladesh road accident

An engineer from India, working at a Khulna-Mongla port rail line project in Bangladesh, and his wife were killed in a car accident at Taltala in Satkhira district of Khulna division on Saturday morning.  The deceased were identified as Asim Kumar Biswas, 45, and Chhobi Biswas, 42, of Siliguri, ...

November 25, 2023 4:34 PM

Chinese military holds training drills near Myanmar border after convoy fire

China's military will begin "combat training activities" from Saturday on its side of the border with Myanmar, it said on social media, a day after a convoy of trucks carrying goods into the neighbouring Southeast Asian nation went up in flames. The incident, which Myanmar state media called...

November 25, 2023 4:08 PM

Indian engineer, his wife killed in Bangladesh road accident

An engineer from India, working at a Khulna-Mongla port rail line project in Bangladesh, and his wife were killed in a car accident at Taltala in Satkhira district of Khulna division on Saturday morning.  The deceased were identified as Asim Kumar Biswas, 45, and Chhobi Biswas, 42, of Siliguri, ...

November 25, 2023 3:01 PM

Humanitarian aid begins to enter Gaza as pause takes effect

Humanitarian aid has begun to enter Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing since a truce came into effect Friday. Under mediation by Qatar and Egypt, Hamas and Israel on Wednesday reached a four-day humanitarian cease-fire agreement, starting from Friday. According to the agreement, 130,000 li...