Countries around the world voiced fear of a Middle East conflagration after the United States and Israel carried out strikes on Iran yesterday, triggering retaliation from Tehran, which targeted US bases in the region.

Airlines suspended flights across the Middle East yesterday, including to and from the world’s busiest travel hub, Dubai, after the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran, plunging the region into a renewed military confrontation.

At least 20 people were killed when a Bolivian military cargo plane carrying banknotes crashed while landing near the capital city, La Paz, police said Friday, as crowds attempted to loot the site.

Ahead of the US attack on Iran, President Donald Trump received briefings that not only delivered blunt assessments about the risk of major US casualties but also touted the prospect of a generational shift in the Middle East in favour of US interests, a US official told Reuters.

Leftist Senator Bernie Sanders slammed Trump for triggering 'an illegal, premeditated and unconstitutional war'

Many returnees spent Tk 45-70 lakh through brokers

Residents heard multiple blast‑like sounds, which were believed to be interceptions, and were advised by authorities to stay indoors.

It is the second time in under a year that Israelis undertake the wartime routine

Explosions reported over cities across the region, including in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and Jordan

Retaliatory strikes expose structural tensions that could destabilise South Asia for years

The US military has named the operation "EPIC FURY," the Pentagon said on X

The former president gave closed-door testimony about his relationship with the late sex offender

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers had said on Friday they were willing to negotiate after Pakistan bombed their forces in major cities

Pentagon labels Anthropic a supply-chain risk, affecting defense contractors

Kim's daughter Ju Ae has long been seen as the next in line to rule the secretive, nuclear-armed state, and took part in a string of recent high-profile outings, including this week's military parade marking the closing stages of North Korea's key party congress

Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghan forces killed 55 Pakistani soldiers and captured several others, while putting the death toll among Afghan troops at 13

The Ministry of Defense said it would launch an investigation into the crash

Israeli attacks killed five people in Gaza on Thursday night, the territory’s health officials said, and the Israeli military said it killed a Palestinian who posed a threat to its forces in the south of the enclave.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he had a productive meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday, discussing issues including housing and student detentions by federal immigration authorities.

The United States authorised the departure of non-emergency embassy staff and their families from Israel yesterday, as it threatened strikes on Iran and pressed its biggest military build-up in the Middle East in decades.