Around 150 countries have agreed to limit the use of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) greenhouse gases in a bid to protect the Earth’s climate. Used in refrigeration and air conditioning, HFCs play a growing role in driving up global temperatures, reports the BBC. Under the deal, developed

DHAKA: At least 12 members of Egypt’s security forces have been killed and eight injured in an attack on a checkpoint in North Sinai province. Medical and security sources confirmed the matter to media. The attack on Friday (October 14) took place at 40km from the town of Bir

DHAKA: Thousands of Thai mourners are lining the streets of Bangkok, hoping to see the body of King Bhumibol Adulyadej as it moved from a hospital to a temple in the Grand Palace. The world’s longest-reigning monarch died on October 13 aged 88, sparking a national outpouring of

DHAKA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has extended a ceasefire with Farc rebels until the end of the year to give more time to save a peace deal. The accord, signed with the left-wing rebel group last month, was narrowly rejected in a national referendum, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Donald Trump has rejected a slew of accusations of sexual misconduct, telling supporters in Florida they are “totally and absolutely false”. The Republican presidential nominee said the women making the allegations were “horrible liars” and the media was colluding with

At least 10 people were killed and nine others injured in South Korea after their bus caught fire on a highway, officials said Friday. The Washington Post reported that twenty people, including the driver, were on the bus when it smashed into the guardrail and caught fire on an

DHAKA: Thailand’s revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has died at age 88, says a palace statement. King Bhumibol, the ninth king of the 234-year-old Chakri dynasty, died at the Siriraj Hospital in the capital Bangkok, reports scmp.com. Prior to his death Bhumibol had held the title of

DHAKA: Thousands of Colombians have taken part in marches to demand that a peace deal signed by the government and Farc rebels be upheld. In the capital, Bogota, families of victims were given white flowers by well-wishers to symbolize peace, reports the BBC. The agreement, reached

DHAKA: Two women have told the New York Times that Donald Trump touched them inappropriately, but the Republican candidate’s campaign denies the report. One woman said the White House hopeful grabbed her breasts and attempted to put his hand up her skirt on a flight three decades

The US and Russia have announced that they will resume talks on Syria, which broke down earlier this month. Washington broke off all negotiations with Moscow nine days ago amid extreme tension over failure to secure a truce. But Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will now

The health of Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world’s longest reigning monarch, has “overall not yet stabilized”. The palace announced that the king was in an unstable condition after receiving haemodialysis treatment, reports the BBC. King Bhumibol, 88, is widely

DHAKA: Hong Kong rebel lawmakers swore, shouted, banged drums and railed against “tyranny” October 12 when they took their oaths of office in the city’s parliament, as calls grow for a split from Beijing. The chaotic first meeting of the new term of the Legislative Council

US President Barack Obama has blasted Donald Trump’s recent remarks about women, saying they would be intolerable even for someone applying for a job at a 7-Eleven convenience store. At a rally supporting Hillary Clinton, Obama also urged senior Republicans to formally withdraw their

Republican nominee Donald Trump has ripped into House Speaker Paul Ryan as a “weak and ineffective” leader. He also said Republicans were coming at him “from all sides” and their disloyalty was harder to fight than the Democrats, reports the BBC. Paul Ryan is the latest

DHAKA: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a planned visit to France amid a row over Syria. He had been due to meet French President Francois Hollande and open a new Orthodox church later this month. But after France’s government said talks would be confined to Syria

DHAKA: A top Pakistani journalist said he has been barred from leaving the country, after he reported a row between military and government officials. Cyril Almeida said on Twitter that he had been told his name was on the “exit control list”, a border control system. The row

DHAKA: WikiLeaks Monday morning posted an additional 2,000 emails that appear to be from the account of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta. This is the second hack in four days from WikiLeaks, which claims it has a trove of more than 50,000 emails from Podesta.

DHAKA: House Speaker Paul Ryan dealt his own party’s presidential nominee a withering blow Monday, telling fellow Republicans he will no longer defend Donald Trump and will instead use the next 29 days to focus on preserving his party’s hold on Congress. “The speaker is going to

DHAKA: Air Arabia, the Middle East and North Africa’s first and largest low-cost carrier, has secured the third spot in a list of top 50 global airlines compiled by UK-based ‘Airfinance Journal’. ‘The Airline Top 50’ report evaluated the performance of 137 airlines based on a

DHAKA: Thousands of Yemenis have taken to the streets of the capital, Sanaa, to protest after an air strike killed more than 140 people at a wake on Saturday. Demonstrators gathered outside the UN headquarters demanding an international investigation into the strike, blamed on the