DHAKA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in St Petersburg hoping to ‘reset’ ties with Russia in talks with President Vladimir Putin. It is Erdogan’s first foreign visit since an attempted coup last month. Relations between the two countries were plunged into

DHAKA: An open letter signed by 50 Republican national security experts has warned that nominee Donald Trump “would be the most reckless president” in US history. The group, which includes the former CIA director Michael Hayden, said Trump “lacks the character, values and

DHAKA: Two foreign professors, one from the US and one from Australia, have been kidnapped early on Sunday evening in the Afghan capital Kabul. The two men worked for the American University of Afghanistan, and were on their way to their guesthouse when gunmen attacked their vehicle.

DHAKA: Japan's Emperor Akihito has strongly indicated that he wanted to step down, saying he feared his age will make it difficult to fulfill his duties. The revered 82-year-old emperor's comments came in only his second-ever televised address to the public, BBC reports on

DHAKA: The death toll in a loud explosion inside the Civil Hospital in Quetta on Monday (August 8) rose to 53. Besides, more than 30 people were injured in the attack. “The blast occurred after a number of lawyers and some journalists had gathered at the hospital following the

DHAKA: At least 30 people were killed and over 30 others injured in an explosion inside a Civil Hospital in Quetta of Pakistan on Monday (August 8). Quoting Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti, the dawn.com reports the matter. The blast followed the killing of former president

DHAKA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has told a vast rally in Istanbul that he would approve the return of the death penalty if it was backed by parliament and the public. He was speaking to a crowd of at least a million who had gathered in Turkey’s biggest city, reports the

DHAKA: At least 38 people were killed in Mexico landslides triggered by Tropical Storm Earl. Quoting the officials the telegraph.co.uk reports the matter. The report also said a new storm threatened the country’s Pacific coast. A total of 28 died, including 15 minors, in

DHAKA: At least 15 people have died overnight as storms caused Skopje, the capital of Macedonia, to flood. Their bodies were found before 8:30 local time (06:30 GMT) on Sunday, an official said. Six people are still missing, reports BBC. Some of the victims drowned in their cars.

DHAKA: More than 200 Hamas-affiliated Palestinian prisoners have halted their hunger strike after reaching a deal with Israeli prison authorities to end body searches and improve prison conditions. The Gaza-based Prisoner’s Media Office said. The group published what it said was

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has criticized vigilantes who portray themselves as protectors of cows - an animal considered sacred by Hindus. Modi, a Hindu nationalist, said such people made him ‘angry’, and any such attacks must be investigated, reports the BBC. He

DHAKA: Rebel factions in Syria say they have broken a weeks-long government siege of Aleppo, amid scenes of rejoicing in the crucial northern city. Sources close to government forces denied that they had been pushed aside and said they had driven the rebels back from an artillery base,

DHAKA: People across Thailand are voting in a referendum on a new constitution, written by a military-appointed committee. The military threw out the old constitution when it took power in 2014, after months of political instability and sporadic violence. It says that if approved,

DHAKA: People across Thailand are voting in a referendum on a new constitution, written by a military-appointed committee. The military threw out the old constitution when it took power in 2014, after months of political instability and sporadic violence. It says that if approved,

DHAKA: A man charged with the murder of a US tourist in a knife attack in London's Russell Square has been remanded in custody.   Zakaria Bulhan (19), of south-west London, has been charged with the murder of Darlene Horton (64), and the attempted murder of five other people.

DHAKA: In an op-ed written for the New York Times, former CIA Director Michael Morell denounced Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and deemed him a threat to US national security should he be voted into office. “The character traits he (Trump) has exhibited during the

DHAKA: South Sudan’s government has agreed to let in a new international protection force to try to save a peace deal. Ethnic clashes last month left at least 300 people dead and threatened to revive a civil war that has killed tens of thousands. A 12,000-strong UN mission in

DHAKA: A US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters has taken ‘almost complete control’ of a strategically important Syrian city held by so-called Islamic State (IS), activists say. Manbij is situated at an intersection of roads just south of the Turkish border. It has been

DHAKA: Hundreds of Palestinians in Israeli prisons have declared a hunger strike, in a new wave of protest that Palestinian officials said was expected to grow. Some of the hunger strikers accused Israeli prison guards of ‘harassment’ while others refused food in solidarity with

DHAKA: A fire during a birthday party at a bar in the northern French city of Rouen has killed at least 13 people and injured six. Quoting French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve BBC reports that the blaze in the Cuba Libre bar began in the basement room around midnight on Saturday.