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Trump plans to deploy National Guard in Chicago
The Trump administration has been planning for weeks to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago as part of an expanded crackdown on crime and immigration, according to reports in US media.
The Pentagon has been sketching out plans…
The most beautiful libraries around the world
Libraries hold a romanticised role in society, valued as rich sources of information and loved as avenues for entertainment and escapism.
As Vincent Phan, the Melbourne-based founder and chief executive of online community 1000 Libraries,…
Israel pounds Gaza suburbs, vows to press on
Israeli planes and tanks pounded the eastern and northern outskirts of Gaza City overnight Saturday to Sunday, destroying buildings and homes, residents said, as Israeli leaders vowed to press on with a planned offensive on the city.…
US sanctions Venezuelan gang allegedly linked to Maduro
The United States Treasury on Friday announced sanctions against a Venezuelan group which it claims is led by President Nicolas Maduro, alleging it backs leading drug cartels.
The Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)…
Taiwan votes in high-stakes recall election
Taiwanese voters turned out at schools, temples and community centres on Saturday to cast their ballots in a high-stakes recall election that could give President Lai Ching-te's party control of the parliament.
Civic groups backed by…
First-ever British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025
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First-ever British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025 celebrates Unity, Progress, and Community Cohesion The inaugural British Bangladeshi Community Summit 2025 took place successfully at the Bangladesh Centre, London,…
12 killed, 34 injured in Telangana chemical factory explosion in India
At least 12 people were killed and 34 others injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in the southern Indian state of Telangana today, according to Telangana Health Minister Damodara Raja Narasimha.
"As many as 12 people died and 34…
US not offering Iran ‘anything’: Trump
US President Donald Trump said yesterday he was not speaking to Iran and was not offering the country "anything", and he reiterated his assertion that the United States had "totally OBLITERATED" Tehran's nuclear facilities.
Trump's…
Two firefighters killed in Idaho ambush
A gunman ambushed and shot dead two firefighters responding to a forest fire in northern Idaho on Sunday, wounding one other during an hours-long incident before the suspect was found dead, the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office said.…
Iranian FM downplays quick resumption of US-Iran talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Monday ruled out a quick resumption of talks with the United States and said Tehran will first need assurances it will not be attacked again.
Araghchi, in an interview with CBS Evening News,…