DHAKA: A magnitude 6.2 earthquake has struck central Italy, leaving at least six people dead and others trapped under rubble of collapsed buildings. The quake hit at 7:36 (Bangladesh time), 76 km (47 miles) southeast of the city of Perugia, at the very shallow depth of 10km (six

DHAKA: The aid agency Oxfam has accused UK ministers of “denial and disarray” over an agreement to sell arms to Saudi Arabia, which could be used in Yemen. The Saudi-backed Yemeni government is fighting against Shia rebels. The UK government has faced repeated calls to ban

DHAKA: A powerful typhoon is on course for a direct hit on Tokyo, with nearly 400 flights grounded due to heavy rain and strong winds. Typhoon Mindulle was expected to make landfall at about Monday noon, moving upwards from the Japanese capital to the northern Tohoku region, according

DHAKA: At least 50 people were killed and 73 others wounded, in a blast at a wedding ceremony late on August 20 in southeastern Turkey, the Gaziantep Governor’s Office has said, with the president implying that the perpetrator was likely the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria. The

DHAKA: The Philippine government and communist rebels have reached a truce, ahead of the resumption of peace talks in Norway, and just a week after President Rodrigo Duterte abruptly called off a unilateral ceasefire. The restoration of the government’s ceasefire would take effect on

DHAKA: A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has begun the trial of 215 members of an armed group accused of killing hundreds of civilians in and around Beni town in the country’s northeast. Prosecutor Kumbo Ngoma said eighty accused members of the Allied Democratic

DHAKA: The murder of Hande Kader, a transgender woman, has caused an outcry in Turkey’s biggest city Istanbul. Turkey remains conservative on LGBTI (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex) issues, but on Sunday (August 21) activists will stage a rare protest in Istanbul,

DHAKA: At least 30 people were killed and 94 injured in an explosion at an outdoor wedding party in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep. The region’s governor confirmed the matter, reports the BBC.   The Turkish government has called it a “terror attack” and suggested it

DHAKA: American fighter planes have been scrambled to the Syrian city of Hassakeh to protect US special forces on the ground from Syrian government aerial attacks. The US military says, reports the BBC. The Pentagon said the Syrian planes were leaving as its jets arrived. People

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has made a direct appeal to African-American voters, saying “What do you have to lose?” Trump told a nearly all-white audience in Michigan that black voters “are living in poverty” and their “schools are no good”,

DHAKA: Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort has resigned. Quoting Trump’s announcement on Friday, Washington Post reports the matter. Trump said: “This morning Paul Manafort offered, and I accepted, his resignation from the campaign”. “I am very appreciative

DHAKA: A German earthquake monitoring centre said a 7.3 magnitude quake has occurred in the South Atlantic. The Potsdam-based German Research Centre for Geosciences, or GFZ, said the quake struck the South Georgia Island Region at a depth of about 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) early

DHAKA: Sharp kite strings have killed three people in India in different places on Thursday (August 18). A 4-year-old boy had his throat slit while he was looking out of a car's sunroof and a 22-year-old man received a lethal cut on his neck while riding a motorbike on August 15,

DHAKA: Mexico’s National Human Rights Commission said 22 people were executed by federal police during a confrontation on a ranch in the western state of Michoacan last year. The commission had investigated the clash, which took place at a ranch in the town of Tanhuato in May 2015.

DHAKA: A senior North Korean diplomat based in London has defected to South Korea, becoming one of the highest Northern officials to do so. The South Korean government said, reports Al Jazeera. Thae Yong Ho, minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, has arrived in South Korea

DHAKA: Three people, including two children, have died after their throats were slit by glass-coated strings used for flying kites on India’s Independence Day. Saanchi Goyal, 3, and Harry, 4, were looking out through the sunroof of their cars in different parts of Delhi when sharp

DHAKA: A Malaysian oil tanker carrying 900,000 litres of diesel has been hijacked and taken to Indonesian waters, Malaysian maritime officials say. The MT Vier Harmoni was reportedly sailing from Tanjung Pelepas port in Malaysia on Monday when it was seized, reports the BBC. The

DHAKA: Elderly Germans may have to keep working until the age of 69 if a Bundesbank proposal is adopted. It says Berlin should consider raising the retirement age to that level by 2060, from around 65 at the moment. The central bank says that otherwise the country may struggle to

DHAKA: An air strike has hit a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in northern Yemen, killing at least 11 people, the medical charity says. Another 19 people were injured in the attack in Abs, in Hajjah province, believed to have been carried out by the Saudi-led coalition

DHAKA: The US says it has sent 15 Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United Arab Emirates - the largest single transfer during President Barack Obama’s administration. The Pentagon says the transfer of 12 Yemeni nationals and three Afghans brings the total number of prisoners down to 61