DHAKA: The Philippines has been hit by Super Typhoon Haima, bringing sustained winds of up to 225km/h. The storm made landfall over Cagayan in the north on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. Tens of thousands of people had been evacuated from

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump have clashed over abortion, gun rights and Russian President Vladimir Putin, in their final televised debate. The debate began at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas with Clinton vowing to uphold women’s and LGBT rights, while Trump pledged

DHAKA: Some 900 people have fled the Iraqi city of Mosul and crossed the border into Syria, the UN refugee agency says. This is the first large group of civilians confirmed to have escaped since the Iraqi government began its offensive to liberate Mosul from the so-called Islamic State

DHAKA: A 72-hour truce in conflict-ravaged Yemen is set to begin on Thursday, the UN special envoy has announced. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed said he had received assurances from all Yemeni parties for such a move, reports the BBC. Yemeni President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi’s forces

At least 19 people have died and 106 others injured after a fire broke out in a hospital in eastern India. Quoting local police, BBC reports the fire started in the dialysis ward of the SUM hospital, a private facility in the city of Bhubaneswar, Odisha state. Dozens of patients

Melania Trump has said obscene comments caught on videotape by her husband were unacceptable but did not represent the Donald Trump she knows. She said the Republican presidential nominee was guilty of “boy talk” but was egged on by host Billy Bush, reports the BBC. In the

DHAKA: At least 25 inmates have been killed in clashes between two rival factions in an overcrowded prison in northern Brazil. Seven of the dead were beheaded and six others burned to death, reports the BBC. The incident in Boa Vista, the capital of Roraima state, happened during

DHAKA: At least 25 people were killed, 69 injured when two passenger buses collided head-on in central Pakistan on Monday. The accident, which occurred on a dangerous curve in Khanpur town in Rahim Yar Khan district, was likely caused by speeding, reports the ABC news. Several

DHAKA: Former world champion Tyson Gay’s 15-year-old daughter has been killed in a shooting in the US state of Kentucky. Police in Lexington said Trinity Gay was hit in the neck during an exchange of fire between two vehicles in a restaurant car park. She was taken to hospital

DHAKA: A bridge connecting two small islands near the Indonesian resort island of Bali has collapsed, killing at least eight people. BBC reported that people were passing over the suspension bridge for a religious ceremony when the accident occurred.   The water was not deep but

DHAKA: Twenty-one schoolgirls who had been kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been reunited with their families. In an emotional ceremony in the capital Abuja, one of the girls said they had survived for 40 days without food and narrowly

A military operation to recapture the Iraqi city of Mosul from so-called Islamic State (IS) has begun, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says. The long-awaited assault from Kurdish Peshmerga, Iraqi government and allied forces is backed by the US-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq, reports

DHAKA: A giant panda believed to have been the oldest ever kept in captivity has died at the age of 38, officials say. The death of Jia Jia, whose age in human terms was more than 100 years, was announced by the Hong Kong theme park where she lived. Her condition had worsened

DHAKA: Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej died on Thursday and the crown prince wants more time to mourn his father. Former Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda is standing in as regent. Current Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha sought to reassure Thais about the succession in a TV

DHAKA: Turkish-backed rebels have captured the symbolically important Syrian town of Dabiq from the Islamic State (IS) group. The rebels took Dabiq after “IS members withdrew”, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, reports the BBC. The small northern town holds

DHAKA: Four people were killed and 14 injured when a balcony collapsed in western France when some young people were attending a housewarming party. FRANCE 24 reported that accident occurred early Sunday when a balcony on the third floor of the recently-constructed building collapsed

DHAKA: Angry Haitians looted aid trucks as the UN secretary general visited parts of the country hit by Hurricane Matthew, which killed 900 people. Ban Ki-moon said he witnessed a looting incident in Les Cayes, where he promised more aid to Haiti. He also urged countries to donate

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has accused rival Hillary Clinton of being “pumped up” during their last debate, saying they should both be tested for drugs before the next one. He also suggested the presidential race was looking like a “rigged election”, reports

DHAKA: Donald Trump on Friday called himself a ‘victim’ as more women continued to come forward on Friday accusing him of sexual assault and harassment. “As you have seen, I am a victim of one of the great political smear campaigns in the history of our country,” he said at a

DHAKA: The Arab coalition, battling Houthi fighters in Yemen, has admitted one of its warplanes had ‘wrongly targeted’ a funeral in Sanaa that killed more than 140 people, and announced disciplinary proceedings. The October 8 strike in the Yemeni capital prompted an international