DHAKA: At least 22 people have been killed and 70 wounded in twin bombings near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, officials say. The attack took place during rush hour, as staffs were leaving the parliament complex, reports the BBC. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the

DHAKA: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the bombing of eastern Aleppo, which his forces recaptured from rebels last month, was justified. "This is the price sometimes, but at the end, the people are liberated from the terrorists,” he said. The UN says air strikes by the

Iran’s ex-President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a dominant figure in the country’s politics since the 1980s, has died at the age of 82. Rafsanjani, president from 1989 to 1997, suffered a heart attack, reports the BBC. He played a pivotal role in the 1979 revolution but later in

DHAKA: Icy temperatures across Europe have left more than 20 people dead and blanketed even the Greek islands and southern Italy in snow. Italy saw ferries and flights cancelled and schools in the south are expected to close on Monday. Turkey has also been badly affected. The

DHAKA: Suicide bomb attack that police and medics said killed 13 people at a vegetable market in eastern Baghdad on Sunday (January 08). The group said in an online statement that a suicide car bomber had detonated his explosives in the Jamila area, reports The Jerusalem Post. BDST:

DHAKA: A suspected terrorist has rammed a lorry into a group of soldiers in Jerusalem, killing four people, Israeli police say. Medics said three women and one man were killed and 15 people were injured, reports the BBC. “It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack,” a police

DHAKA: At least 12 people have been killed and 50 wounded in a car bomb blast in eastern Baghdad, police and medics say. The explosion hit the mainly Shia district of Jamila on Sunday, reports Al-jazeera. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast. A series of

DHAKA: At least 12 people have died and many villages been submerged after heavy rains caused severe flooding in southern Thailand. Hundreds of thousands of people have been affected with water levels reaching “roof-high” in some areas, Thailand's interior ministry said,

DHAKA: At least 43 people have been killed in a car bomb blast in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz, near the Turkish border, reports say. The explosion occurred outside a courthouse in the town, some just 7km (four miles) from the Turkish frontier, reports the BBC. Azaz has

DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin sought to help Donald Trump win the 2016 presidential election, a US intelligence report says. The unclassified report says the Russian leader “ordered” a campaign aimed at influencing the election, reports the BBC. Moscow has not

Five people have been shot dead by a gunman at Fort Lauderdale airport in Florida, officials say. It happened at the baggage claim area in Terminal 2, just before 1300 local time (1800 GMT), the airport confirmed. Eight people were injured. The gunman, believed to be an Iraq war

DHAKA: Russia is starting to withdraw forces from Syria and its aircraft carrier group will be the first to leave, the Russian armed forces chief says. The announcement comes days after Russia and Turkey negotiated a ceasefire in Syria which is largely holding, according to the UN,

DHAKA: At least 33 prisoners have been killed in a prison in northern Brazil, just days after 56 died during a jail riot in a neighbouring state. The local secretary of justice, Uziel Castro, told the BBC he blamed the deaths in the prison in the state of Roraima on a drug gang. He

DHAKA: An iceberg expected to be one of the 10 largest ever recorded is ready to break away from Antarctica, scientists say. A long-running rift in the Larsen C ice shelf grew suddenly in December and now just 20km of ice is keeping the 5,000 sq km piece from floating away. Larsen C

The US intelligence chief has promised to explain why Russia allegedly meddled in the US presidential election. Director of National Intelligence General James Clapper said Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the hack of Democratic Party emails, and the motive will be revealed

DHAKA: Two attackers, a policeman and a court worker have been killed in a car bomb and gun assault on a courthouse in the Turkish city of Izmir, state media say. A number of people were reportedly wounded in the explosion, reports the BBC. Images showed two cars ablaze and the body

US Intelligence officials are increasingly dismayed about President-elect Donald Trump’s tweets and continued public attacks against them, describing his conduct as distressing, officials told CNN Wednesday. “Nobody wants to get off on the wrong foot with the new boss. We’re

Senior diplomat Sir Tim Barrow has been appointed the UK’s new ambassador to the EU, replacing Sir Ivan Rogers. Downing Street described the former ambassador to Moscow, who will now play a key role in the UK's Brexit talks, as a “seasoned and tough negotiator”, reports the

US President Barack Obama has urged fellow Democrats to fight for his healthcare bill, as the incoming Trump team vowed to make a repeal of the law a priority. In a two-hour private meeting Obama sought to rally members of his party, as Republicans took their first steps to dismantle

DHAKA: A commission set up by Myanmar's government says it has so far found no evidence of genocide against Rohingya Muslims in Rakhine state. In its interim report, the commission also said there was not enough evidence to support widespread rape allegations, reports the BBC.