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September 27, 2019 5:48 PM

UN launches probe into Venezuela rights abuses

<span style="color: #222222;">The United Nations Human Rights Council today voted to send a team of investigators to probe alleged violations, including extra-judicial executions and torture, in crisis-wracked Venezuela.<br />'' <br /&am...

September 27, 2019 5:33 PM

Iran nuclear deal: EU nations warn Tehran over breaches

Britain, France and Germany have warned Iran against any further breaches of the international nuclear deal signed in 2015.<br />'' <br />'' The three European Union signatories to the deal have said in New York yesterday that they would trigger a spec...

September 27, 2019 2:37 PM

Thousands in New Zealand join 2nd wave of climate change protests

<span style="color: #222222;">In New Zealand, tens of thousands of people marched as part of a second wave of worldwide protests demanding swift action on climate change. The protests were inspired by Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, who spoke to world leaders this we...

September 27, 2019 2:36 PM

North Korea urges Trump to make bold move to revive diplomacy

<span style="color: #222222;">North Korea said it wants American President Donald Trump to make a "wise option and bold decision" to produce a breakthrough in stalled nuclear diplomacy. This marks an escalation of pressure on the United State...

September 27, 2019 1:38 PM

News of scrapping of Tk 500, 1000 notes a rumour: Bank of Bangladesh

Bank of Bangladesh has strongly denied the news spreading on social media and some news media in Bangladesh that the government is scrapping Tk 500 and Tk 1000 notes as misleading and false. <br />''<br />''In a press release on Thursday t...

September 27, 2019 1:29 PM

Indonesia earthquake death toll rises to 23

<span style="color: #222222;">In Indonesia, the death toll from a powerful earthquake that rocked the remote Maluku islands has risen to 23. More than 15,000 people were also evacuated to shelters.<br />''<br />''&lt...

September 27, 2019 1:07 PM

Six killed in Nigeria by land mine planted by suspected jihadists

In Nigeria, six people were killed when their car hit a land mine in northeast Nigeria's conflict-torn Borno state. The explosive was suspected to have been planted by jihadists targeting military patrols outside Kamuya village, southwestern Borno. <br />''<br /&a...

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