DHAKA: Thirteen people were killed on Sunday morning (July 30) as a van carrying the passengers caught on fire after hitting a gas pipeline in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports DAWN quoting rescue officials. The van was travelling from Rawalpindi to Peshawar when it collided

DHAKA: At least ten civilians have lost their lives and dozens sustained injuries in a string of airstrikes led by United States against ISIS in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, reports PressTV. Local sources told Syria’s official news agency SANA that the aerial attacks

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump has named General John Kelly, who currently heads the Department of Homeland Security, as his next chief of staff. The announcement, made on Twitter on Friday afternoon (July 28), removes Reince Priebus from the role. The embattled former chief of

DHAKA: Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him from office, reports BBC. The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Sharif's

DHAKA: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been disqualified from office by the country's Supreme Court and will be required to step down, reports CNN. The court ruled Sharif has been dishonest to parliament and to the judicial system and is no longer deemed fit for the

DHAKA: Dozens of people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, military, reports AFP quoting medical and humanitarian sources. "The death toll keeps mounting," said one source involved in dealing with the aftermath of

DHAKA: Wildfires in south-eastern France have forced the evacuation of 10,000 people overnight, officials say. Hundreds of firefighters have been deployed to battle the fires near Bormes-les-Mimoses, in the country's Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: The worst-ever outbreak of dengue fever has killed nearly 300 people in Sri Lanka, with aid agencies warning against further spread of the mosquito-borne viral disease. The Sri Lanka Red Cross Society and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies said

DHAKA: Ram Nath Kovind has been sworn in as India’s 14th President replacing Pranab Mukherjee. He was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice JS Khehar in the central hall of Parliament.  At the occasion attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former PMs Manmohan Singh

DHAKA: A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Monday (July 24), officials said, shattering a period of relative calm in Pakistan's second-largest city. The blast wrought carnage near the Lahore Technology Park in

DHAKA: The Taliban have killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens more in a suicide bomb attack against a bus carrying government employees in the Afghan capital Kabul, reports The Gurdian. The attack happened in the western part of the city during rush hour, and mainly killed

DHAKA: Eight people have been found dead inside a trailer truck parked outside a Walmart store in San Antonio, in the US state of Texas, police officials say. Twenty others were in critical or serious condition, with some believed to be suffering heatstroke or dehydration, and taken to

DHAKA: White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has quit, reportedly in protest at an organizational shake-up, reports BBC. Spicer stepped down because he was unhappy with President Donald Trump's appointment of a new communications director, according to reports. Combative Wall

DHAKA: Three Palestinians in Jerusalem and three Israelis at West Bank settlement were killed in the separate attacks as Israeli-Palestinian rivalry mounted over the holy al-Aqsa mosque, reports The Gurdian.  A Palestinian entered a home in the Israeli settlement of Halamish in the

DHAKA: The United States is to ban its citizens from travelling to North Korea, according to two agencies that operate tours there. Koryo Tours and Young Pioneer Tours said the ban would be announced on 27 July to come into effect 30 days later, reports the BBC. They were informed

DHAKA: A Saudi prince was arrested after a video that appeared to show him assaulting a bloodied man stoked outrage online, reports Reuters quoting Saudi police. The clip, apparently filmed by the attacker, shows a Yemeni driver berated for parking in front of the man's house and

DHAKA: At least 28 were killed and 13 others injured after a private bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge at Khanetri, 125 kms from Shimla.  The bus was on its way from Reckong Peo (Kinnaur) to Solan, reports the Indian Express. Deputy Commissioner Shimla, Rohan

DHAKA: Controversial Islamic preacher and televangelist Zakir Naik's passport has been revoked after his consistent failure to present himself before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection to alleged terror-funding cases. The Regional Passport Office in Mumbai has

DHAKA: The Trump administration will offer an extra 15,000 temporary, seasonal work visas this budget year, reports The USA Today. The extra H-2B visas are for seasonal, non-agriculture workers for jobs at a variety of businesses, including resorts. The extra visas will be available to

At least 18 people were killed and as many remained missing in floods in China’s northeastern Jilin province, officials said on Monday (July 17). Heavy rains in the central and eastern parts of the province on Thursday and Friday left the region inundated, reports The Hindu. The