10 Bangladeshis were arrested in a raid at the railway station in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern Indian state of Odisha.

On Sunday (March 9) morning, members of the Special Task Force of the Crime Prevention Branch of the Odisha Police arrested the Bangladeshis. Among the arrested are six men, three women and a child.

The state police said that the Bangladeshis entered India illegally. No valid documents were found with them. They were staying at the Bhubaneswar railway station for the last few days. At that time, the STF seized seven mobile phones and Bangladeshi currency from the infiltrator Bangladeshis.

Multiple sources in the Odisha Police said that the arrested Bangladeshis entered India illegally through the India-Bangladesh border in Assam's Dhubri district. Later, they reached Odisha from there. No valid documents were found with them.

The Bangladeshis were staying illegally at the Bhubaneswar railway station for a few days. They were later arrested in a raid based on a tip-off. Legal action against them is under process, Odisha Police said. 

India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said that India always wants to maintain good relations with Bangladesh.

He said this in an exclusive interview with the country's news agency Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) on Saturday (March 8).

Rajnath Singh said, India always wants to maintain good relations with its neighbors and Bangladesh is also our neighbor. We always try to maintain good relations with our neighbors. Because (former Prime Minister) Atal Bihari Vajpayee used to say, we can change our friends; not our neighbors. Therefore, we want to maintain good relations with Bangladesh.

After the fall of the Awami League government, there have been allegations of the rise of Islamic extremists in Bangladesh. Dr. Yunus's interim government has relaxed mandatory security clearance for Pakistani nationals. As a result, India alleges that many notorious terrorists, who had earlier fled to Pakistan, are easily returning to Bangladesh. India is concerned about this issue because such policy changes could increase security risks in South Asia. New Delhi has repeatedly expressed concern about the law and order situation in Bangladesh during the current interim government. Indian External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal expressed concern about the recent situation in Bangladesh at the weekly press briefing in New Delhi on Friday.

At least 41 people have been killed in clashes between fighters loyal to former President Bashar al-Assad who fled rebel attacks in Syria and security forces loyal to the country's current administration.

The British media outlet BBC reported this information on Friday (March 7).

The BBC reported that Syrian security forces loyal to the new government in Damascus clashed with remnants of the ousted Assad government in a coastal area in the northwest of the country.

The number of government soldiers among the dead was 13. A curfew has been imposed in the area following the clashes in the country's Latakia province.

At least 13 soldiers were killed in clashes near a Russian-controlled air base in Latakia province, state TV reported. A curfew was later clamped there until Friday morning. This is the most violent attack on forces loyal to the Islamist government in Syria since the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December last year.

Clashes continue in the coastal region, the heartland of the Alawite community and a stronghold of the Assad family. Alawite activists said their community has been subjected to violence and attacks since Assad's fall, especially in remote areas of Homs and Latakia.

Syrian state news agency SANA said government forces were advancing on the town of Jableh with a large military buildup following the clashes.

Earlier on Thursday night, the Syria-based Step news agency reported that pro-government forces had killed about 70 former government fighters loyal to Assad and captured more than 25 fighters in and around Jableh.

However, AFP news agency, citing observers, said 28 gunmen loyal to Assad had been killed in the clashes. It was also reported that government forces were using helicopters to attack targets. The BBC could not independently verify these figures.

Syrian Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Hassan Abdul Ghani issued a warning to Assad loyalists via state media.

He said that thousands of people have decided to surrender their weapons and return to their families, while others are insisting on fleeing to protect murderers and criminals and facing death. Now the choice is theirs, lay down your weapons or face the inevitable consequences.

Latakia province has become a major security challenge for Syria's interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa. He is also facing resistance in the south of the country. Clashes have also occurred there in recent days between security forces.

Tensions are rising over the US and European positions on the Ukraine issue. In the meantime, about 20 countries including Canada, France and the UK are also discussing the possibility of sending a ‘peacekeeping force’ to Ukraine. However, Russia sees such a move as a ‘direct military attack’.

On Thursday (March 6), European leaders united with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels, Belgium. They told Zelensky that Europe is stronger than Russia. They are ready to defend Ukraine.

According to a live report by the UK-based Sunday Times, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said at the Brussels conference that Europe is stronger than Russia militarily, economically and strategically. We just need to strengthen this belief.

A new military plan also proposes deploying 120 European fighter jets in western Ukraine. Known as ‘Sky Shield’, the plan would block enemy cruise missiles and drones over Ukraine’s Kiev, Odessa and Lviv regions. However, it would remain outside the scope of NATO.

The proposed plan is similar to the attempt to create a ‘no-fly zone’ in Ukrainian airspace at the beginning of the war, but this time the emphasis is on implementing it.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that about 20 countries are interested in forming a ‘Coalition of the Willing’. This alliance would provide security assistance to Ukraine.

A British government spokesman said, ‘Europe and the UK should come together to help Ukraine and we are implementing it.

Meanwhile, Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair said that his country is ready to send troops to Ukraine. He said, ‘Canada is interested in participating in a peacekeeping force led by the UK and France. However, security conditions need to be discussed.

The Trump administration announced on Wednesday that the US will no longer provide intelligence to Ukraine. However, France has come forward in this regard. The country is providing military intelligence to Ukraine.

French Defense Minister Sebastian Lecornu said, our intelligence system is independent. We are providing Ukraine with the necessary information.

Meanwhile, Russia has reacted strongly to the plan to deploy peacekeeping forces in Ukraine. The country's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that Moscow would view any European peacekeeping force sent to Ukraine as a "direct military attack."

He said, this would be tantamount to NATO openly engaging in war against Russia, which we will never accept.