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DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has vowed she will never give up as she hit the campaign trail again following a three-day rest after being diagnosed with pneumonia. Speaking at a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Democratic nominee said her time off was a gift, allowing her to reflect
DHAKA: A witness in a Senate hearing on the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines has testified that he was a member of a death squad in the home city of President Rodrigo Duterte. Moreover, the then mayor himself ordered the killings of crime and drug suspects as well as the
DHAKA: Serious Brexit talks between United Kingdom and rest of the European Union (EU) countries could take as long as twelve months, a former European Council president predicted. Herman Van Rompuy has predicted the time of the talks at the end of 2017 during a talk with BBC. He
At least six people were killed and over 150 injured as a cargo train collided with a passenger train in Pakistan’s Multan on Wednesday morning (September 15). Quoting a Multan police officer Dr. Rizwan, Dunya News reports four compartments of the passenger train, Awami Express, were
Typhoon Meranti has landed in China after battering Taiwan with its strongest storm in 21 years. The super typhoon, with gusts of up to 227km/h (141 mph), killed one person and left half a million homes without power in Taiwan, reports the BBC. It made landfall near China's
DHAKA: One of Japan’s most active volcanoes is due for a major eruption within the next 30 years, said scientists who have studied a build-up of magma there. The Sakurajima volcano on Japan’s Kyushu island poses a “growing threat”, researchers at the University of Bristol said.
DHAKA: Indonesia’s highest Islamic authority has said it is a sin for people to deliberately burn forests to clear the land for growing crops. Illegal slash-and-burn farming has devastated large areas of Indonesia and causes air pollution which affects countries around the region.
DHAKA: European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said European Union (EU) is in need of a military headquarters to work towards a common military force. Lack of such ‘permanent structure’ has been resulted in to money waste in missions. His annual state of the union
In a formal announcement, cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday (September 14). Sidhu had resigned as a member of the Rajya Sabha on July 18 and there had been speculations that he may join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)
DHAKA: The US has flown two supersonic B-1B Lancer strategic bombers over South Korea in a show of force, just days after North Korea carried out its fifth nuclear test. The two bombers conducted a low-altitude flight over an air base located some 77km (48 miles) from the border
DHAKA: Aid agencies have warned that North Korea is facing a humanitarian disaster after tens of thousands of people were displaced by flooding. The UN and the International Red Cross said the government has reported 133 deaths with nearly 400 people missing and homes and crops
DHAKA: A curfew has been imposed across Indian-administered Kashmir as Muslims across the country celebrate Eid. Fresh violence on Tuesday left one protester dead and at least 22 others were injured as security forces blocked roads to several important mosques. Mobile and data
DHAKA: Three Syrian men have been arrested in Germany on suspicion of being sent by so-called Islamic State (IS) to launch attacks. The men - aged 17, 18 and 26 - were detained after a series of pre-dawn raids in the states of Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony on Tuesday (September
Hillary Clinton has said in a telephone interview that she is feeling "so much better", a day after being taken ill at a 9/11 commemoration. She also said she had not disclosed a recent pneumonia diagnosis because "I just didn't think it was going to be that big a deal", reports
DHAKA: Five new pieces of debris that could belong to the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 have been found in Madagascar. Two fragments appear to show burn marks, which if confirmed would be the first time such marks have been found, reports the BBC. MH370, flying from Kuala
DHAKA: An Indian woman has said that she and her 14-year-old cousin were gang raped and two relatives murdered, after being accused of being Muslims who ate beef. The woman, 20, told the BBC that four men carried out the attack in northern Haryana state two weeks ago. She denied
DHAKA: South Korean officials have said North Korea could be ready to conduct another nuclear test at any time. The North conducted its fifth underground nuclear test on Friday, thought to be its most powerful yet, reports the BBC. A defense ministry spokesman said there was still
DHAKA: Services are being held across the United States and the world to mark 15 years since the 11 September attacks. Six moments of silence are being held in New York City, to mark the times four hijacked planes crashed and the two World Trade Center towers fell. Presidential
DHAKA: A magnitude 5.7 earthquake has killed at least 13 people and injured 203 in northern Tanzania, the authorities say. The quake struck close to the border with Uganda and Rwanda near Lake Victoria. Images posted on social media showed significant damage to buildings in Bukoba,
DHAKA: US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has regretted her decision of calling half of her republican opponent Donald Trump’s supporters ‘deplorable’ people. However, she did not refrain from launching a fierce attack on her competitor and vowed to combat ‘bigotry and