Voters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with FARC rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.24 percent voting against it. The deal was signed last week by President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC leader Timoleon Jimenez after nearly four years of negotiations. But it

DHAKA: More than 70 people have been injured, four seriously, in an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak near the southern Spanish city of Malaga. The blast happened in a cafe in the town of Velez-Malaga at about 17:00 GMT during a local festival, the BBC reports. Local

DHAKA: At least 50 people were killed and scores injured in stampede at a festival in Ethiopia's Oromia region after security forces fired tear gas and shots to disperse a protest. “As a result of the chaos, lives were lost and several of the injured were taken to hospital,”

DHAKA: Russian and Syrian air raids on the rebel-held eastern half of the city of Aleppo have forced the closure of the largest hospital in the area and killed two people, a medical charity says. The Syrian American Medical Society, which supports the hospital, said it had been struck

Hungary is set to vote in a referendum on whether to accept mandatory EU quotas for relocating migrants. Right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban opposes plans to relocate a total of 160,000 migrants across the bloc, reports the BBC. Under the scheme, announced after last year’s

DHAKA: Hurricane Matthew has weakened slightly as it moves towards Jamaica, but is still packing winds of up to 250km/h, strong enough to wreck houses, forecasters say. It is now a category four storm, the US National Hurricane Center says, after earlier reaching the top category five

DHAKA: The United States and South Korea are destined to ‘pay the price’ for their decision to deploy an advanced missile defense system+ which will inevitably prompt a ‘counter attack’+. China’s top newspaper said on Saturday, reports The Times of India. Tension on the

Thirteen people have been confirmed dead in two landslides after a major typhoon lashed southeastern China, with the prospect of the toll rising further as rescue crews continued Saturday to search for 20 missing people. The landslides in Zhejiang province on Wednesday, south of the

DHAKA: Pakistan on Friday officially announced the postponement of a three-day SAARC summit at Islamabad in November owing to India’s decision to abstain from the regional event. “Pakistan remains committed to hosting the 19th SAARC Summit at Islamabad at the earliest so that the

DHAKA: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has appeared to compare himself with Adolf Hitler, saying he would be “happy to slaughter” millions of drug addicts just like Nazi Germany killed three million Jews. “Hitler massacred three million Jews… there’s three million drug

Dozens of world leaders are gathering in Israel to pay tributes to Shimon Peres, one of the country's founding fathers, who died on Wednesday aged 93. Peres' state funeral will be held in Jerusalem later on Friday, reports the BBC. A massive security operation in preparation

India’s army says it has carried out “surgical strikes” against suspected militants along the de-facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir. The operation was aimed at preventing attacks being planned by Pakistan-based militants, a senior army official said, reports the BBC. He

DHAKA: A commuter train has crashed into a rail station in New Jersey of US. Emergency crews are arriving on the scene in Hoboken on Thursday morning (September 29). Photos from the scene show a damaged New Jersey Transit rail car inside the station, surrounded by debris. There

DHAKA: It will be “impossible” for Brexit talks to result in a deal that gives Britons more rights than others outside the EU. Italy’s PM Matteo Renzi told the BBC. Matteo Renzi warned that leaving the EU would be a “very difficult process” - but the problems could be

DHAKA: Thousands of people are expected to pay their final respects to former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres, who died at the age of 93. His coffin will lie in state in front of the parliament building in Jerusalem throughout Thursday (September 29). US President

DHAKA: President Obama has said Congress made a ‘mistake’ by overriding his veto and pushing through a bill that allows legal action against Saudi Arabia over the 9/11 attacks. He said the bill would set a “dangerous precedent” for individuals around the world to sue the US

DHAKA: The eighth edition of India-Russia Joint Military Exercise ‘INDRA-2016’ has begun in the Ussiriysk District in Vladivostok of Russia. Main focus of this edition of the joint exercise is on ‘Counter-Terrorism Operations in semi mountainous and jungle terrain under United

DHAKA: Taiwan has been hit by a third typhoon in two weeks, a powerful storm that killed at least four people and injured hundreds of others. This time the eye of the typhoon Megi passed directly over the middle of the island, from east to west, starting its journey at Hualien City,

The presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was watched by 84 million people on US TV, breaking a previous record set 36 years ago. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan's debate in 1980 drew 80.6 million viewers, reports the BBC. The viewing figures only count

The former Israeli Prime Minister and president, Shimon Peres, has died aged 93. He suffered a stroke two weeks ago and his condition improved before a sudden deterioration on Tuesday, reports the BBC. Peres, who was one of the last of a generation of Israeli politicians present at