DHAKA: At least 6,500 migrants were rescues off Libya making it one of the biggest rescues of its kind till now. Quoting Italy coastguard officials BBC said some 40 coordinated rescue missions were operated about 20 kilometers off the Libyan town of Sabratha on Monday. Over 1,000

DHAKA: Eighteen people were killed in the Iraqi town of Ain al-Tamer, southwest of Baghdad, by five attackers armed with suicide vests, rifles and grenades. A member of the local council and a source at the provincial health directorate confirmed the death toll in the attack. It

DHAKA: The West Bengal Legislative Assembly on Monday (August 29) passed a resolution changing the name of the State to Bengal in English and Bangla in Bengali. Despite the Trinamool Congress government trying hard to arrive at a consensus of all political parties on the issue, the

DHAKA: A team of six people have accomplished their year-long living in complete isolation as Mars simulation program by NASA. Hawaii hosted the program in a dome since August 15 last year. A group of six people have lived without fresh food, air and privacy, BBC reports. Experts

DHAKA: At least 40 people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a military facility in the southern Yemen city of Aden, officials say. A training camp, or compound used by the pro-government Popular Resistance militia, was hit, reports say. The attack comes amid a fresh push to

DHAKA: Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have lifted a curfew in many parts of the Muslim-majority valley after more than 50 days. Curfew was imposed after an upsurge of violence since 9 July. The protests were sparked by the killing of a popular militant leader Burhan

DHAKA: Germany’s vice-chancellor has warned the future of the EU could be in doubt if the UK’s exit is handled badly. Sigmar Gabriel said the EU would go “down the drain” if other states followed Britain’s lead and that the UK could not keep the “nice things” about Europe

DHAKA: A ceasefire has come into effect in Colombia between the main leftist rebel group and the government, ending one of the world’s longest insurgencies. The ceasefire at midnight local time (05:00 GMT Monday) came after four years of peace talks in Cuba between the Farc and the

DHAKA: A temporary ban has been placed on Queen Victoria’s weeding coronet to prevent it from being sold abroad. The sapphire and diamond coronet was designed by Prince Albert for their 1840 weeding, BBC reports. The ban was commissioned when the owner applied for an export

DHAKA: Germany expects up to 300,000 migrants to arrive in the country, according to the head of Germany’s Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. Frank-Juergen Weise told the Bild am Sonntag paper (in German) his office would struggle if more people came. But he said he was

DHAKA: Turkey has suffered its first loss of life in an intensifying campaign in northern Syria. The military said a soldier was killed when Kurdish fighters fired on tanks. Kurdish media say three tanks were destroyed. Turkish armor crossed the border earlier this week in an

DHAKA: The US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has said he will develop a tracking system to help authorities control immigration. Speaking on the campaign trail in Iowa, he outlined what he called an “entry-exit” program, which would track those who overstay their

DHAKA: A probe flown by the US space agency Nasa has made its first close approach to the planet Jupiter since going into orbit in July. Juno was commanded to pass just 4,200km above the cloud tops of the gas giant on Saturday (August 27). No previous spacecraft has got so close to

DHAKA: A fire in a warehouse at a Moscow printing works killed at least 16 people on Saturday morning (August 27). An Emergencies Ministry official told this to the media, reports the Jerusalem Post. “Sixteen bodies were found in a room, four injured were brought to hospitals in

DHAKA: About 30 French mayors have been urged to follow a court ruling which overturned a controversial burkini ban in a resort town. France’s top administrative court suspended the ban in Villeneuve-Loubet on Friday on civil liberties grounds, reports the BBC. However, a number

DHAKA: China has joined the 14 other members of the UN Security Council in strongly condemning North Korea for test-firing ballistic missiles. The Security Council issued a unanimous statement, agreeing to take “significant measures” in response to the latest series of launches,

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has expanded a national monument off Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine reserve. The White House says, reports the BBC. His announcement on Friday quadruples in size a monument originally created by President George W Bush in 2006.

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry says he and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov “have achieved clarity on the path forward” in Syria, but have “narrow issues” to resolve. The two held talks in Geneva to try to find a way of reviving a cessation of hostilities that

DHAKA: A day of national mourning has begun in Italy for the almost 300 people who died when a powerful earthquake hit mountainous central regions. Prime Minister Matteo Renzi is due to attend state funerals for victims from Arquata, one of the worst-hit towns. A state of emergency

DHAKA: France's highest administrative court has suspended a ban on full-body “burkini” swimsuits that was imposed in a town on the Mediterranean coast. The ban in Villeneuve-Loubet “seriously and clearly illegally breached fundamental freedoms to come and go, freedom of