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

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