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Russia conducts test launch of ‘advanced’ ICBM

Shawdesh desk: Russia has conducted what it said was the successful test launch of an “advanced” intercontinental ballistic missile, weeks after it suspended participation in its last remaining nuclear arms

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Document leak poses ‘serious’ security risk: US

Shawdesh desk: The leak of highly sensitive United States documents — many of them related to the Ukraine conflict — presents a ‘very serious’ risk to US national security, the

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Dharla likely to meet Teesta’s fate

The Dharla and a few other rivers flowing from India into Bangladesh are set to meet the fate of the Teesta following the West Bengal government’s arbitrary decision to withdraw

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Youth interviewed in DW documentary on RAB arrested in case filed in 2021

Shawdesh Desk: Members of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Sunday night arrested a youth who was interviewed and quoted in a recent Deutsche Welle -Netra News documentary on elite force

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At least 22 people killed by rebels in eastern Congo: Mayor

At least 22 civilians were killed by extremist rebels in eastern Congo – the group’s second large-scale deadly attack of the week, local authorities said Saturday. Fighters with the Allied

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Hundreds of thousands without power in Canada after ice storm

Shawdesh desk: Hundreds of thousands of homes in eastern Canada remained without power Friday, two days after an ice storm killed three people and caused widespread property damage, particularly in

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Taiwan facing ‘authoritarian expansionism’ from China: Tsai

Shawdesh desk: Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen said on Saturday the self-ruled island faced ‘continued authoritarian expansionism’, after China announced three days of military drills. ‘In recent years we have faced

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Israeli PM mobilises police, army reserves after deadly attacks

Shawdesh desk: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu mobilised police and army reserves on Friday after separate attacks killed three people, including an Italian tourist, in the West Bank and Tel Aviv,

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