Qatar says US and Iranian negotiators made positive progress during indirect talks in Doha and agreed to continue discussions, while Tehran ruled out IAEA access to bombed nuclear sites and defended ongoing diplomacy.
Venezuela has announced seven days of national mourning after the death toll from the June 24 earthquakes climbed to 2,295. Rescue operations continue as thousands remain affected and temporary relief camps expand.
Donald Trump renewed his criticism of the US decision to transfer the Panama Canal to Panama, alleging China is seeking to gain control over the strategic waterway and vowing Washington would not allow it.
Kerala Chief Minister VD Satheesan said on Wednesday that the Adani Group must obtain state government's permission to transfer shares of the Vizhinjam seaport.
The neighbouring nations have exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners and fishermen in each other's custody through diplomatic channels at New Delhi and Islamabad.
Monindra Nath, Acting Secretary General of Bangladesh Hindu Buddah Christian Unity Council has confirmed the incident.
Saudi Arabia launched military strikes on the Yemeni port city of Mukalla, alleging a shipment of weapons meant for a separatist force there had arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
Zia who was born in Jalpaiguri, in present day West Bengal in 1945, turned 80 last August.
Chief Adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus, expressed deep sorrow over the death of Bangladesh's first female Prime Minister, Khaleda Zia, and said that with Begum's passing, the "country has lost an experienced and proven stateswoman.”
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence said it detected a sharp rise in Chinese military activity around the island, with a large number of Chinese aircraft and vessels operating in nearby airspace and waters amid Chinese military drills.
