DHAKA: The Iraqi army says it has recaptured all of eastern Mosul from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group. Counter-terror chief Talib Shaghati told reporters the army had taken control of the eastern bank of the Tigris river, which divides the city, reports the BBC. Government

DHAKA: The US government has given half a billion dollars to the UN's Green Climate Fund, just three days before Donald Trump takes office. Barack Obama's outgoing administration announced the contribution of $500m (£406m; €468m) on Tuesday, bringing the total funds to date

DHAKA: French President Francois Hollande has brushed off stinging criticism of Germany's liberal migrant policy by US President-elect Donald Trump. “[Europe] has no need for outside advice to tell it what it has to do,” Hollande said. Trump had accused German Chancellor

US President Barack Obama has commuted Chelsea Manning’s sentence for leaking documents to Wikileaks in 2010. The 29-year-old transgender US Army private, born Bradley Manning, will be freed on 17 May instead of her scheduled 2045 release, reports the BBC. She was sentenced to 35

DHAKA: Eugene A Cernan, the last astronaut to leave his footprints on the surface of the moon, has died, NASA said Monday. The retired United States Navy captain was 82. His family confirmed the news in a statement Monday, saying he died following “ongoing health issues”,

DHAKA: At least eight police officers have been killed and three wounded in an attack on a security checkpoint in Egypt's New Valley province in the Western Desert, according to the interior ministry. The attack on Monday occurred at around 8:15pm local time (18:15 GMT) in Naqb

DHAKA: Turkish police have arrested the main suspect in the New Year's Eve attack on an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul after a huge manhunt. Abdulkadir Masharipov is believed to have mounted the assault on the Reina club which left 39 people dead, reports the BBC. The Uzbek

DHAKA: At least five people were killed early Monday (January 16) in a shooting at a nightclub in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, a popular beach resort near Cancun, where a music festival was being held. Twelve people were injured, according to, reports Foxnews. The shooting unfolded at

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel made “one very catastrophic mistake” by admitting more than one million migrants. He said Merkel was by far Europe’s most important leader, and that the EU had become a vehicle for Germany. Trump was

DHAKA: A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 32 people, most of them on the ground, say officials. The Boeing 747 crashed amid fog into homes near Manas airport, about 25km (15 miles) north of the capital, Bishkek, the Kyrgyz government

DHAKA: A major international conference to try to kick-start peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is being held in the French capital, Paris. Delegates from 70 nations are expected to reaffirm support for a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: About 100 migrant passengers are missing in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat sank off the coast of Libya. The boat sank between Libya and Italy, about 30 miles (50km) from the Libyan coast, reports the BBC. The Italian coastguard, which is conducting a search, said

DHAKA: Inmates have seized control of the largest prison in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Natal. Police say at least 10 prisoners have been killed at the Alcacuz jail, reports the BBC. Many others are thought to have been killed in fighting between rival gangs at the prison in

DHAKA: Trump told the Wall Street Journal that newly-imposed sanctions on Russia would remain “at least for a period of time” but could then be lifted. He also said the One China policy, in which the US no longer acknowledges Taiwan, was up for negotiation. Meanwhile, a US

DHAKA: Australian Health Minister Sussan Ley has resigned after using a taxpayer-funded trip to purchase an apartment on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he had accepted Ley’s resignation on Friday (January 13). Entitlements scandals have engulfed

DHAKA: An icy storm has been lashing parts of western Europe, causing power cuts in many homes, felling trees and disrupting some rail services. In France power cuts affected more than 237,000 homes as the storm swept across Normandy and regions north of Paris. In Dieppe, on the

DHAKA: Donald Trump has promised to issue a report within 90 days on allegations of Russian hacking during the US presidential election campaign. In a series of tweets, the president-elect called the claims “made up facts by sleazebag political operatives”. US intelligence

DHAKA: Workers from an Indian government department have protested against a decision to replace Mahatma Gandhi in their official calendar with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Staff at the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) said that they were ‘pained’ by the

DHAKA: President Barack Obama has awarded an emotional and surprised Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor. Obama praised his vice-president for his “faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and your lifetime of service”. The

DHAKA: The US should block access to islands built by China in contested waters of the South China Sea. Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state Rex Tillerson made the comments, which are likely to hike tensions with Beijing, at his confirmation hearing. Beijing has been