DHAKA: North Korea is suspected of carrying out its fifth nuclear test, after an ‘artificial’ magnitude 5.3 earthquake was detected close to its test site. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency quoted unnamed South Korean officials as saying it was highly likely to have been a nuclear

DHAKA: Syria’s main opposition bloc has put forward a plan for a political transition and a ceasefire to end more than five years of civil war in the country. The High Negotiations Committee (HNC) said on Wednesday that the proposed process would start with six months of negotiations

DHAKA: Donald Trump has showered Vladimir Putin with praise as he and rival Hillary Clinton took pointed questions from military veterans. The Republican presidential nominee told the forum the Russian president “has been a leader far more than our president (Obama) has been’,

DHAKA: Turkish president said that he and US force were ready to drive the Islamic State from their Syrian strong hold Raqqa. Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told the BBC that US president Barack Obama ahs backed the idea when the two met at G20 summit in China. “Obama

DHAKA: A new study suggested that shipping routes in Artic are going to be open up significantly by this century even with a reduction in CO2 emission. A group of researchers have studied how these routes will be more accessible given the influence of warmer temperature of sea-ice.

Syrian government forces have been accused of dropping barrel bombs containing chlorine from helicopters on a suburb of Aleppo, injuring 80 people. Volunteer emergency workers say people suffered breathing difficulties after an attack on the Sukari area, reports the BBC. The reports

DHAKA: European Space Agency’s (ESA) lost comet lander Philae has been found. The little robot has been spotted from recently send images from Rosetta probe. ESA officials confirming the matter told BBC that ‘It’s as clear as day’ about Philae’s identity. Philae was

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has cancelled his meeting with his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte who earlier called him ‘son of a whore’. Duterte was responding on Obama’s promise to raise the recent extra-judicial drug related killings in their scheduled meeting. US

The UN’s human rights chief has launched a scathing attack on Western populist politicians, branding them “demagogues and political fantasists”. Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein singled out Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders, saying he used bigotry as a political weapon. He also said

DHAKA: New generation pro-democracy activists have won seats on Hong Kong’s Legislative Council (LegCo). The young leaders want greater autonomy and changes to the way Hong Kong is governed by China. Voter turnout reached a record high of 58%, reports the BBC. Among those elected

DHAKA: South Korea’s Joint Chief of Staff said they have fired at least three missiles on Monday morning (local time). The missiles were fired from areas around Hwangju country, in North Hwanghae province, towards the Sea of Japan, a state from the top South Korean official said,

DHAKA: Votes are still being counted in Hong Kong after its first major election since the 2014 pro-democracy protests. The announcement of full results was delayed by several hours because of the highest turnout since the handover to China in 1997. But with some results coming in

DHAKA: Syrian rebels backed by Turkish military have cleared a strip of land bordering from all ‘terrorist organization’ bordering Turkey. Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim made the announcement about Ankara's military successes in a televised speech on Sunday, reports the

DHAKA: Mother Teresa, revered for her work with the poor in India, has been proclaimed a saint by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican. Tens of thousands of pilgrims had flocked to St Peter’s Square for the Mass and canonization, reports the BBC. Two miraculous cures of the

DHAKA: At least 35 people were killed when a bus collided with an oil tanker in southern part of Afghanistan on Sunday morning (September 04). Many of the victims including women and children were beyond recognition as the collision instantly generated a huge blast and fire devoured

DHAKA: Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain needs to be prepared to face some difficult time ahead of them due to their leave from European Union. In the first television appearance since her office taking she warned that Brexit will not be ‘plain sailing’ for England, reports

DHAKA: Voters in a north-east German state are due to go to the polls in a vote seen as a test of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policies towards migrants and refugees. The anti-migrant and anti-Islam Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) could get more votes than Mrs Merkel’s CDU in

DHAKA: A subdued Donald Trump on Saturday (September 3) directly addressed a largely African-American audience for the first time as a presidential candidate, delivering a warmly received message of unity that focused on fixing economic hardship in the black community. Trump spoke to

DHAKA: Voting has started in the first major elections in Hong Kong since pro-democracy protests in 2014. The main parties competing are divided by their stances on the territory’s relationship with Beijing, reports the BBC. Voters will choose 35 lawmakers based on geographical

DHAKA: China’s top legislature has ratified the Paris global climate agreement, state news agency Xinhua reports. The country is the world’s largest emitter of harmful CO2 emissions, which cause climate change. China and the US are expected to jointly announce ratification at a