DHAKA: John Hinckley Jr, the man who tried to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan, is to be released from a psychiatric hospital next month after 35 years. Reagan and three others were injured in the shooting outside a hotel in Washington in March 1981. Hinckley was found not

DHAKA: A car bomb has exploded in a predominantly Kurdish town in northern Syria, killing at least 50 people and wounding dozens. Syrian state TV said the car blew up on the western edge of the town of Qamishli, near the Turkish border on Wednesday, reports Al Jazeera. The Islamic

DHAKA: An Australian teenager who has become the face of a juvenile detention scandal has apologized for his crimes. Images of Dylan Voller cuffed to a mechanical restraint chair drew widespread condemnation after they were aired on Australian television, BBC reports on Wednesday (July

DHAKA: Democrat Hillary Clinton has become the first woman to be nominated for president by any major US party. She reached the milestone in a roll call vote from all 50 states at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), BBC reports on Wednesday (July 27). Hillary Clinton's

DHAKA: A massive process to dismiss diplomats with suspected Gülenist sympathies from the Turkish foreign ministry began early on July 26 following the failed coup attempt. Notifications have been sent to dozens of diplomats, including two ambassadors, upon the instruction of foreign

DHAKA: When it comes to height, Dutch men and Latvian women tower over all other nationalities, a study reveals. The average Dutchman is now 183cm (6ft) tall, while the average Latvian woman reaches 170cm (5ft 7in). The research, published in the journal eLife, has tracked growth

DHAKA: Two attackers seized hostages in a church near the Normandy city of Rouen in France on Tuesday, killing one hostage by slitting their throat before being killed by police, a security official said. The identities of the attackers and motive for the attack are unclear, according

DHAKA: Nineteen residents have been killed in a knife attack at a care centre for people with mental disabilities in Japan. Quoting officials, BBC reports such attacks are extremely rare in the country. The incident in Sagamihara, west of Tokyo, is the worst mass killing since the

DHAKA: A 25-year-old Israeli woman has been allegedly gang raped in a moving car in India’s Himachal Pradesh state. Police said the woman mistook the car for a taxi and boarded it on Sunday morning in the popular town of Manali to go to a neighboring district. There were six men

DHAKA: Two people have been killed and up to 16 more injured after a shooting at a nightclub in the Florida city of Fort Myers, police say. Officers are at the nightclub, which was reportedly hosting a party for teenagers. Victims have not been identified. Police have detained one

DHAKA: Iranian authorities have destroyed 100,000 satellite dishes and receivers as part of a widespread crackdown against illegal devices they say ‘deviate morality and culture’. General Mohammad Reza Naghdi, the head of Iran’s Basij militia, oversaw the destruction ceremony in

DHAKA: Turkish authorities issued warrants for the detention of 42 journalists on Monday, private broadcaster NTV reported. Well known commentator and former parliamentarian Nazli Ilicak was among those for whom a warrant was issued, NTV said, reports Al Jazeera. Turkish authorities

DHAKA: Fire crews in California are struggling to contain a wildfire that has destroyed 18 homes and threatens hundreds of others in mountains north of Los Angeles. The fire covers more than 22,000 acres and residents of about 1,500 homes near Santa Clarita have been evacuated. A

DHAKA: Police in Munich said that they have arrested a 16-year-old Afghan who killed nine people at a Munich shopping centre on Friday. This Afghan teen is friend of David Ali Sonboly, Police said that the teenager is under investigation for failing to report the attacker's plans,

DHAKA: A failed shelter seeker from Syria killed himself and injured 12 other people after setting off a bomb near an open-air music festival in the German city of Ansbach. Bavaria's interior minister said that the 27-year-old man detonated a backpack device after being refused

DHAKA: Nepal’s embattled Prime Minister K P Oli resigned on Sunday ahead of a no-confidence vote, plunging the country into a fresh political turmoil after crippling Madhesi protests in 2015 against the new Constitution. Oli, who became prime minister last October heading Nepal’s

DHAKA: Floods in north and central China have killed at least 150 people, with scores missing and hundreds of thousands forced from homes, officials say. Hebei and Henan provinces are the worst hit by the flash floods and landslides. At least 114 people have been killed in Hebei,

DHAKA: The zero-fuel aeroplane, Solar Impulse, has left the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on the last leg of its global tour. The aircraft should take about 48 hours to reach Abu Dhabi, UEA - the place it began the circumnavigation in March 2015. Pilot Bertrand Piccard is at the controls

DHAKA: Prosecutors will be urged to seek tougher sentences for people committing hate crimes, following a rise in incidents after the EU referendum. A £2.4m fund will also be set up for security measures at places of worship, reports the BBC. A rise in reported hate crimes

DHAKA: Turkey's elite presidential guard to be disbanded after nearly 300 of its members were detained following last week's failed coup. Prime Minister Binali Yildirim told a TV channel that there was ‘no need’ for the regiment, BBC reports on Sunday (July 24). Earlier,