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France-Spain Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations

By BPN News Desk
Wildfires sweeping through southwestern France and central Spain have forced more than 166,000 people to leave their homes and holiday destinations. Later official estimates indicated the number of people evacuated or placed under protective restrictions had crossed 200,000 as fires continued to spread. France Wildfires Force Mass Evacuations More than 140,000 people were
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Bangladesh President Shahabuddin Resigns

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Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin has resigned midway through his five-year term, bringing an early end to the tenure of one of the last senior officials associated with ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina. Mohammed Shahabuddin Resigns as President Shahabuddin submitted his signed resignation to Parliament Speaker Hafiz Uddin Ahmad following the latter’s early
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Ukraine Claims Strikes on Russian Defence Targets

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his country’s forces struck a major Russian defence enterprise in Kirov and a separate oil facility located nearly 1,350 kilometres from Ukraine. Ukraine Claims Strike on Kirov Defence Plant Zelenskyy said the Kirov facility supplied components for Russian aircraft and missile systems used in attacks against Ukrainian
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Iran Claims Drone Attacks on US Regional Bases

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Iran’s military has claimed that it launched a new wave of drone attacks against facilities used by American forces in Bahrain and Jordan as regional hostilities continue to widen. Iran Claims Drone Attacks on US Bases The Iranian army said drones targeted Sheikh Isa Air Base in Bahrain, striking storage facilities, aircraft hangars and maintenance […]
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Canada Warns of Response to Trump’s 50% Tariffs

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has intensified trade negotiations with the United States while warning that Ottawa could retaliate if President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariffs take effect on August 19. Canada Intensifies US Trade Talks Carney said Canada would continue pursuing a comprehensive trade agreement before the tariff deadline. However, he maintained that
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Trump Links Saudi Nuclear Deal to Abraham Accords

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US President Donald Trump has made a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia conditional on Riyadh joining the Abraham Accords and establishing diplomatic relations with Israel. Trump Sets Abraham Accords Condition Trump said the nuclear agreement was “totally subject” to Saudi Arabia joining the US-backed Abraham Accords. The White House subsequently
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China’s Gravity-1 Launches Nine Satellites

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China has successfully launched nine satellites aboard the Gravity-1 commercial rocket from a sea-based platform off Shanghai, completing the vehicle’s third orbital mission. Gravity-1 Rocket Launches From Sea The solid-propellant rocket lifted off at 10.54 am Beijing time on July 22 from a launch service vessel positioned in the East China Sea. All nine satellites […]
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US Imposes 10% Tariff on Indian Imports

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The United States has imposed a 10% additional tariff on imports from India under a Section 301 investigation concerning the enforcement of bans on goods produced using forced labour. US Imposes 10% Tariff on India The new duty applies to India and 16 other economies that have introduced complete or partial restrictions on forced-labour imports […]
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India Rejects Pakistan’s Kashmir Remarks

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India has rejected remarks by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Jammu and Kashmir and the Indus Waters Treaty, describing them as baseless and unwarranted. India Rejects Pakistan’s Kashmir Remarks Dar raised the Kashmir issue while addressing the 33rd ASEAN Regional Forum ministerial meeting in Manila. He described the dispute as […]