ISIL fighters in Iraq launched a series of suicide bomb attacks in the city of Fallujah and an oasis town south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 14 people and wounding dozens. The attacks came as Iraqi forces and their allies continue fighting ISIL in the northern city of Mosul,

US President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will try to “normalize US-Russia ties”, the Kremlin has said, following a phone conversation between the two. Putin wished Trump “success in implementing the election program,” reports the BBC. Trump, who

DHAKA: Gale and heavy rain in the South Island of New Zealand are impeding the airlift of hundreds of people still stranded after Monday’s powerful earthquake. Dozens of helicopters are being drafted in to move residents and tourists from the seaside town of Kaikoura, reports the

DHAKA: According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2016 looks poised to be the warmest year on record globally. With data from just the first nine months, scientists are 90 percent certain that 2016 will pass the mark set by 2015. Temperatures from January to September

DHAKA: Skywatchers are preparing for the latest ‘supermoon’ as Earth’s satellite makes its closest approach since 1948. The UK’s best chance to see it will be on Monday evening, with the moon set to rise at 16:43 GMT in Edinburgh and at 16:44 GMT in London. To observers, it

DHAKA: Seven Pakistani soldiers have been killed by Indian shelling in disputed Kashmir. The Pakistani military said the troops died in ‘unprovoked’ firing overnight in the Bhimber sector on the Line of Control (LoC). There was no immediate response from India. It is thought to

DHAKA: The Myanmar army says it shot dead at least 25 people in Rohingya Muslim villages in restive Rakhine state on Sunday. It said the people killed had been armed with machetes and wooden clubs, reports the BBC. On Saturday, the army launched attacks with helicopter gunships on

Donald Trump on Sunday told his supporters to stop harassing minorities, in his first televised sit-down interview since becoming President-elect. “I am so saddened to hear that,” Trump told CBS’ Lesley Stahl on “60 Minutes” when she said Latinos and Muslims are facing

US President-elect Donald Trump has awarded key roles in his incoming team to a top Republican party official and a conservative media chief. Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), will be his chief of staff. In this role, he will set the tone for the

An earthquake measuring 6.1 in magnitude has hit New Zealand’s South Island, hours after at least two people were killed by an initial quake. The new tremor struck about 13:45 pm local time (00:45 GMT) at a depth of 10km (6 miles), northeast of Christchurch, reports the BBC. A

DHAKA: A tsunami has hit after an earthquake struck New Zealand’s South Island. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.8 quake hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT on Sunday), some 95km from Christchurch. The tsunami arrived in the north-eastern coast about two hours later.

DHAKA: A powerful earthquake has struck New Zealand’s South Island. Tsunami alert has been issued following the quake. The US Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.4 quake hit just after midnight (11:02 GMT on Sunday), some 95km from Christchurch, reports the BBC. Christchurch is

DHAKA: France’s state of emergency imposed after last year’s terror attacks in Paris is likely to be extended. France Prime Minister Manuel Valls has told the BBC. He said the measures were needed to “protect our democracy”. Valls was speaking on the first anniversary of

DHAKA: The Colombian government and the Farc rebel group have announced a new peace agreement, six weeks after the original deal was rejected in a popular vote. The two sides, which have been holding talks in Cuba for four years, said the revised plan incorporated proposals from the

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has blamed her defeat in the US presidential election on interventions by the FBI director. James Comey’s announcement of a new inquiry into her use of email while secretary of state shortly before Election Day had stopped her campaign’s momentum, Clinton

DHAKA: Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans have taken to the streets of Seoul to demand the resignation of scandal-hit President Park Geun-hye, in one of the largest anti-government protests in decades. On the back of official appeals for calm, police deployed around 25,000 officers

DHAKA: A Taliban suicide bomber dressed as a laborer blew himself up at the NATO airbase at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul, killing four Americans and wounding at least 17 people. Two US military service members and two US contractors were killed on Saturday, and 16 other US

DHAKA: An explosion at a remote Sufi Muslim shrine in the Pakistani region of Balochistan has killed 52 people and injured more than 100. Emergency services struggled to reach the Shah Noorani shrine in Kuzdar, reports the BBC. Worshippers were performing dhamal - a trance-like

DHAKA: At least three people were killed and 13 others injured in an explosion rocked Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Saturday (November 12). “It is not clear what caused the explosion or the nationality of the victims, the district governor of Bagram,” Haji Shokoor told CNN.

DHAKA: So-called Islamic State (IS) shot dead 40 civilians on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after accusing them of treason, the United Nations says. Their bodies were then hung from electricity poles in several districts reports the BBC. A man was also reportedly shot