World news

Blast rocks Iran, leaders rally in show of defiance

Deadly explosions rocked Tehran close to a pro-government rally attended by top officials Friday, as Israel and Iran unleashed fresh strikes in a war that has ignited the Middle East

US bombs ‘military targets’ on Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island

President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States had heavily bombed military targets on Iran’s oil hub Kharg Island and the US Navy would soon begin escorting tankers

Condolence motions on war crimes convicts decried

Different political and cultural organisations on Friday protested against the 13th Jatiya Sangsad’s adoption of the condolence motion on war crimes convicts related to the country’s 1971 war of independence.

War likely to worsen repression in Iran: UN probe

The war in the Middle East is likely to result in worsening institutionalised repression of Iranian citizens, UN-mandated investigators probing rights abuses in Iran said Wednesday. The United Nations’ Independent

Iran grants safe passage to Bangladeshi oil, LNG vessels in Strait of Hormuz

Iran has agreed to grant safe passage to Bangladeshi oil and LNG vessels travelling through the Strait of Hormuz, offering relief as escalating tensions in the Middle East threaten global

Iran targets fuel facilities, sending oil soaring again

Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Gulf energy targets on Thursday, hours after two oil tankers were hit, sending crude prices soaring again despite record reserve releases. The

Iran’s new supreme leader ‘safe and sound’, says president’s son

Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is ‘safe and sound’ despite reports of an injury during the war with Israel and the United States, said the son of the Iranian

Iran carries out strikes on US, Israeli targets

Iran has launched new strikes on Israeli and American targets in the Middle East, state broadcaster IRIB said on Wednesday. The barrage was ‘the most intense and heaviest since the