International

GBNEWS24DESK// The United States announced on Tuesday $26 million in new humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and elsewhere in that region of Asia. Around one million members of the mostly Muslim Rohingya community…

GBNEWS24DESK// Bangladesh has endorsed the US nominee Ajay Banga for the position of World Bank Group President, in the context of the long-standing friendship and cooperation between Bangladesh and the US. "Bangladesh believes that…

GBNEWS24DESK// Archaeologists say they have uncovered a "unique" cache of well-preserved spices, from strands of saffron to peppercorns and ginger, on the wreck of a royal ship that sunk off Sweden's Baltic coast more than 500 years ago.…

GBNEWS24DESK// The United Nations announced yesterday that it had taken a significant step towards trying to fill a key gap in the fight against climate change: standardised, real-time tracking of greenhouse gases. The UN's World…

GBNEWS24DESK// Donald Trump dramatically raised the stakes of the 2024 election Saturday as he warned he was the only candidate who could save America from "warmonger" Democrats and the "zealots and fools" of the mainstream Republican…

GBNEWS24DESK// Hundreds of Tunisians rallied yesterday in defiance of a protest ban, demanding the release of more than 20 prominent figures opposed to the president who were arrested in recent weeks. President Kais Saied sacked the…

GBNEWS24DESK// US President Joe Biden had a skin lesion removed from his chest in February that was a basal cell carcinoma - a common form of skin cancer - and no further treatment is needed, White House physician Kevin O'Connor said on…

GBNEWS24DESK// A massive earthquake and aftershocks in February caused an estimated $5.1 billion in direct physical damage in Syria, the World Bank has said. The earthquake that struck on February 6 hit Turkey and Syria, devastating…

GBNEWS24DESK// A court in Belarus on Friday sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner and human rights activist Ales Bialiatski to 10 years in prison for financing protests and other crimes, in a case that rights groups say was politically…

GBNEWS24DESK// Storms producing tornadoes and heavy rains rolled through parts of the southern US on Friday, killing at least seven people and leaving over 1 million customers without power, authorities said. The National Weather…