May 2021

GBNEWS24 DESK// Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei yesterday called Israel "not a country, but a terrorist base" and urged Muslim nations to fight it, as they mark an annual day of pro-Palestinian rallies. "Israel is not a…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Former Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed was in a "critical" condition yesterday following an assassination attempt, doctors said. Nasheed, 53, the Maldives' first democratically elected president and now the speaker…

GBNEWS24 DESK// SNP wants to hold 2nd independence vote by 2023 UK PM Johnson says he won't allow another referendum Scotland's main pro-independence party enjoyed early successes yesterday in crucial Scottish…

GBNEWS24 DESK// The State Department said Friday it is allowing non-essential diplomats and the families of all American staff at the US Embassy in Kathmandu to leave Nepal at government expense due a surge in coronavirus cases. The…

GBNEWS24 DESK// BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's doctors said she can be taken abroad once she becomes consistently stable. With  oxygen support, her oxygen saturation level remains 100 percent and she  needs one litre of oxygen an hour,…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Tennis players Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka picked up the Laureus Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year awards on Thursday with football star Mo Salah and Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton also recognised.…

GBNEWS24 DESK// British officials could declare one of the new coronavirus strains first found in India a "variant of concern", the BBC and Guardian reported on Friday, due to evidence that it spreads more quickly than the original…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan begins a two-day visit on Friday to Saudi Arabia, a traditionally close ally said. Khan, invited by Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will discuss bilateral relations…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Firefighters in London were tackling a blaze at a 19-storey block of flats in the east of the city on Friday, with parts of the 8th, 9th and 10th floors all on fire, the Fire Brigade said. The service said around 100…

GBNEWS24 DESK// Australia is likely to remain shut to visitors until late 2022, the country's trade and tourism minister said Friday, as another global coronavirus surge smashed hopes of a quick reopening. Minister Dan Tehan…