2022

GBNEWS24DESK// Britain, Italy and Japan said yesterday they will jointly develop a future fighter jet in a project that UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said would guarantee national security and safeguard thousands of jobs. The three…

GBNEWS24DESK// Iran was slapped with fresh sanctions yesterday after carrying out its first execution over demonstrations that have shaken the regime for nearly three months, as activists called for fresh protests. Mohsen Shekari, 23,…

GBNEWS24DESK// Chinese President Xi Jinping yesterday touted close security and energy ties with Gulf nations during summit meetings in Saudi Arabia that have highlighted tensions with Washington. On the third and final day of his…

GBNEWS24DESK// Major global rating agency Moody's has placed Bangladesh's long-held credit rating of Ba3 on review for downgrade, in a development that stands to make the country's foreign transactions and lending tougher. "The…

GBNEWS24DESK// Action star Arifin Shuvoo's "Black War", which is a sequel to his much-appreciated "Mission Extreme", dropped its teaser yesterday. The film will release in both national and international waters on January 6.…

GBNEWS24DESK// Popular K-pop group "Blackpink" has been selected as Time Magazine's 2022 'Entertainer of the Year'. They have now become the second K-pop band to have received the title, following BTS being selected in 2020. The Time…

GBNEWS24DESK// Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic described their World Cup quarter-final opponents Brazil as "terrifying" after the five-time champions thrashed South Korea 4-1 to send a clear message to their rivals. Brazil could be even…

GBNEWS24DESK// Lionel Messi's hopes of winning an elusive World Cup will come up against the tactical scheming of veteran coach Louis van Gaal as Argentina face the Netherlands in Friday's quarter-final at Lusail. Messi, 35, once…

GBNEWS24DESK// Iran carried out its first known execution Thursday over protests sparked by Mahsa Amini's death, hanging a man convicted of blocking a street and wounding a paramilitary member in what human rights activists condemned as…

GBNEWS24DESK// More than 1,000 New York Times employees went on strike at midnight Thursday in the first industrial action of its kind in more than 40 years, their union said. Journalists and other workers at the storied media outlet,…