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Death of Queen Elizabeth II: Bangladesh announces 3-day state mourning

Shawdesh Desk: Bangladesh has announced three-day state mourning at the death of Queen Elizabeth II, the UK’s longest-serving monarch. Cabinet Division issued a notification in this regard on Friday. From

Quad nations warn against ‘change by force’ with eyes on China

Shawdesh desk: Leaders of Japan, India, Australia and the United States warned Tuesday against attempts to “change the status quo by force” as concerns grow about whether China could invade

Biden, Putin to hold phone call on Thursday: W.House

Shawdesh Desk: US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin will speak by phone Thursday on “a range of topics,” the White House said Wednesday, as preparations are made

Biden vows to help ‘rebuild’ Gaza, insists on two-state solution

Shawdesh desk: President Joe Biden on Friday pledged to help organize efforts to rebuild Gaza and said creating a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the “only answer” to the conflict. Biden also said

Prince Philip leaves hospital after 28 days

Shawdesh dEsk: The Duke of Edinburgh has left hospital in central London after a month under the care of medical staff. Prince Philip, 99, was admitted to King Edward VII’s

Pfizer and AZ Covid jabs ‘highly effective’ in elderly: UK study

Shawdesh Desk: The Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines have been “highly effective” in reducing coronavirus infections and severe illness among elderly people in Britain, with a more than 80 percent reduction

Shamima loses fight to restore UK citizenship

Shawdesh Desk: Shamima Begum, who fled Britain as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State in Syria, has failed to restore her British citizenship after the Supreme Court ruled she had

Biden raises election meddling with Putin in first phone call

Shawdesh Desk: US President Joe Biden has warned Russian leader Vladimir Putin about election meddling in their first call as counterparts, the White House says. The conversation included a discussion