DHAKA: Police in China’s north-western region of Xinjiang are asking some residents to provide DNA samples and other biological data when applying for travel documents. People in the multi-ethnic area of Yili will have to provide the samples before being allowed to go abroad, reports

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama will not be there at a memorial to the late boxer Muhammad Ali on Friday. Ali died last Friday at the age of 74 in hospital in Phoenix, Arizona. World leaders will be among thousands attending Friday's procession and memorial service in

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has thanked her supporters for helping her to reach a historic moment for women the Democratic nomination for president. She told cheering crowds at a rally in New York that ‘Thanks to you, we've reached a milestone’, BBC reports on Wednesday (June 8).

DHAKA: North Korea appears to have reactivated its nuclear capacity again at Yongbyon. The Yongbyon site processes spent fuel from power stations and has been the source of plutonium for North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, BBC reports on Tuesday (June 7). The reactor was shut

DHAKA: For Agness Jonathan, every day is a gamble with her children's lives. Simple questions like whether they should go to school carry an unimaginable risk of death and dismemberment to satisfy a barbaric demand, CNN reports on Tuesday (June 8). This is because her daughters

DHAKA: At least 11 people have been killed by a blast which targeted a police bus in central Istanbul, officials say. The remote-controlled device was reportedly detonated as the vehicle passed through the busy Vezneciler district at the morning rush hour. No group has yet said it

DHAKA: Philippine boxing hero Manny Pacquiao has led his country’s tribute to Muhammad Ali, whose death brought back fond memories of the October 1975 ‘Thrilla in Manila’ fight between Ali and Joe Frazier. ‘We lost a giant,’ Pacquiao, a newly elected senator, said on his

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has clinched the Democratic Party nomination for US President after reaching the required number of delegates. Quoting a report of news agency AP, BBC reports the matter. Clinton acquired over 2,383 delegates the number needed to make her the presumptive

DHAKA: At least 17 people, including 11 ‘extremists’, were killed during a series of attacks in oil-rich Kazakhstan, an increasingly authoritarian ex-Soviet nation that has largely avoided violence by religious zealots. Kazakhstan officials said Monday, reports Al Jazeera.

DHAKA: A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has found five men guilty for the 2014 gang rape of a Danish woman. The 51-year-old tourist was robbed and raped at knife point on 14 January. Nine people, including three minors, were arrested for the crime. One of the accused died in

DHAKA: At least 14 people, including six children, have been killed in a bus crash in southern Turkey on Monday (June 6). At least 26 others are reported to have been injured in the accident, which occurred in the city of Osmaniye as the bus was returning from a school trip. The

DHAKA: Tributes have been paid to a celebrated Indian body-builder, Manohar Aich, who has died in the city of Kolkata (Calcutta), aged 104. Aich died of age-related ‘complications’ on Sunday, his family said. He is survived by four children, reports the BBC. Aich was the first

DHAKA: A veteran US photojournalist and a translator have been killed in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. David Gilkey of National Public Radio (NPR) and Zabihullah Tamanna were travelling with the Afghan army when they came under fire and their vehicle was hit by a shell, NPR

DHAKA: Muslims in Singapore will usher in the holy month of Ramadan on Monday (Jun 6), kicking off a month of fasting during daylight hours and prayers with fellow believers around the world. Announcing the date, the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) noted that according to

DHAKA: A huge procession and funeral will be held for Muhammad Ali on Friday to ‘allow anyone that is there from the world to say goodbye’, his family says. The funeral will be in Ali’s home city of Louisville, Kentucky. ex-president Bill Clinton will deliver a eulogy, reports

DHAKA: At least 14 people went missing and a child was dead after a leisure boat capsized on a large lake in southwestern China during strong winds. The incident occurred on Saturday afternoon in Sichuan province on Bailong Lake, a man-made lake that translates as ‘White Dragon’

DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed and over 30 were injured as a luxury bus veered off into a ditch after colliding with two cars on Pune-Mumbai expressway early Sunday (June 5). The bus was traveling from Satara to Mumbai when it rammed into a Swift Desire and Toyota Innova that

DHAKA: Boxing legend Muhammad Ali died of ‘septic shock due to unspecified natural causes’. The three-time world heavyweight champion, one of the world's greatest sporting figures died on Friday night at a hospital in Phoenix, Arizona, BBC reports on Sunday (June 5). The

DHAKA: Switzerland will vote on whether to set up a guaranteed basic income for every citizen, becoming the first country to hold such a vote. The proposal calls for adults to be paid an unconditional income of 2,500 Swiss francs (£1,755; $2,555) a month, whether they work or not, BBC

DHAKA: Syrian troops have crossed into Raqqa province, nearing the capital of so-called Islamic State (IS), activists say. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said heavy Russian air strikes had helped the offensive. There is no Syrian or Russian confirmation, reports the