DHAKA: A plane powered entirely by the sun is flying to New York City. The Solar Impulse 2 has taken off from Lehigh Valley, 87 miles west of the ‘Big Apple’, on a journey that should take only a few hours, reports the BBC. The flight will mark the completion of the

DHAKA: Libyan forces say they have re-taken control of the port in the city of Sirte, after fierce fighting against militants from so-called Islamic State (IS). Sirte is the most significant IS stronghold outside Iraq and Syria. Earlier this week warplanes bombed IS positions in

DHAKA: Leaving the EU poses a ‘key risk’ to British science, a group of 13 Nobel prize-winning scientists have warned. The group, which includes Peter Higgs, who predicted the existence of the Higgs boson particle and geneticist Sir Paul Nurse, say the loss of EU funding would put

DHAKA: A court in Delhi has sentenced five men to life imprisonment for the 2014 gang rape of a Danish woman in the city. The 52-year-old tourist was robbed and raped at knife point in January 2014, BBC reports on Friday (June 10). Nine people, including three minors, were arrested

DHAKA: French President Francois Hollande has warned against attempts to disrupt Euro 2016 with strike action, on the eve of the football tournament. France has been in the grip of industrial action, mainly over reforms to labour law, and a train strike could affect Friday's

DHAKA: The former vice-president of the Maldives has been convicted over a plot to assassinate the current president. President Abdulla Yameen narrowly escaped injury when a blast struck the boat he was using to return home from the airport last September. His then-deputy Ahmed

DHAKA: New pieces of debris have been found in Madagascar by a man searching for parts of missing flight MH370. Blaine Gibson, who has already found possible debris in Mozambique, made the latest discovery on the east coast of Madagascar, reports the BBC. One of the parts resembles

DHAKA: President Obama has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic Party presidential nominee. His endorsement came after meeting Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders who has been battling Clinton for the nomination, reports the BBC. Speaking in a video tweeted out by

DHAKA: Muslims have traveled from all over the world to Louisville, Kentucky, to attend a traditional Muslim prayer service for Muhammad Ali, the record-setting world heavyweight champion, who passed away last week. More than 14,000 people bought tickets for Thursday's service in

DHAKA: Sir John Major and Tony Blair warned a vote to leave the EU will ‘jeopardize the unity’ of the UK as they campaigned together in Northern Ireland. They suggested a Leave vote may re-open Scotland’s independence issue and put Northern Ireland’s ‘future at risk’ by

DHAKA: Microsoft founder Bill Gates has launched a campaign to help extremely poor families in sub-Saharan Africa by giving them chickens. The billionaire and philanthropist says raising and selling the birds can be efficient to tackle extreme poverty, reports the BBC. He has

DHAKA: Italian prosecutors are investigating whether the wrong man was extradited to Italy in a major operation against people-smuggling. Mered Medhanie is thought to be at the heart of a ring trafficking migrants from Africa to Europe, BBC reports on Thursday (June 9). A

DHAKA: Somali Islamist militant group al-Shabab said that it has killed more than 110 Ethiopian soldiers in an attack on an African Union base in central Somalia. Residents in Halgan told that they had heard a huge bang followed by a heavy exchange of gunfire, BBC reports on Thursday

DHAKA: By next May, none of Singapore’s public servants will have access to the internet while at work. The city-state, which prides itself on strong law and order, is cutting off online access for government workers from about 100,000 computers. Quoting the Straits Times, CNN

DHAKA: Two Palestinian gunmen killed four people and wounded six others after opening fire at a popular open-air shopping and restaurant area of central Tel Aviv, capital city of Israel. Quoting authorities, BBC reports the matter. The attacks took place in two locations in Sarona

DHAKA: At least 15 people are reported to have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of air strikes on rebel-held areas in the Syrian city of Aleppo. One of the strikes hit near the Bayan hospital in the eastern Shaar district, activists and a monitoring group said, reports the

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has backed India’s entry into the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCG) and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). India’s entry into these groups will give it easier access to technology for research and advancement, reports the BBC. President Obama

DHAKA: Euroskepticism is on the rise across Europe, new research has suggested, with little more than two weeks to go before Britons decide whether to remain within the EU. Nonetheless, the Pew Research Center report found that a slim majority - a median of 51% - of respondents across

DHAKA: Non-EU migrants illegally entering an EU state in the Schengen zone should not face detention on those grounds. The European Court of Justice says, reports the BBC. Migrants staying illegally should instead be returned to the country from which they came under the so-called

DHAKA: An EgyptAir plane flying from Cairo to Beijing has been forced to make an emergency landing in Uzbekistan due to a bomb threat. All 118 passengers and 17 crew on board the Airbus A330-220 were checked out at Urgench International Airport, in the east of the country, BBC reports