DHAKA: France says Iran could face European sanctions over its recent launch of ballistic missiles.French foreign minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said sanctions would be taken ‘if necessary’, following talks in Paris with US and European counterparts, reports the BBC.Iran drew strong

DHAKA: China’s judicial authorities on Sunday said the country will continue to maintain ‘high pressure’ on corruption as authorities press on with an over three-year-old anti-graft drive.A total of 22 Chinese ex-officials at ministerial level or above, including former leader Zhou

DHAKA: Germans are set to vote in three regional elections seen as a test of support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s policy towards refugees.The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany party (AfD) is expected to make gains amid unease over Merkel’s so-called ‘open door’

DHAKA: Libya’s UN-backed Presidential Council, based in Tunis, has called on the international community to stop dealing with any rival powers within Libya.BBC reported that the council nominated a unity government last month, but recognition of the cabinet has been delayed.Libya has

DHAKA: An artist of Brazil has blindfolded a hundred statues on the streets of Rio de Janeiro in red cloths as a gesture of protest amid deepening political crisis in the country.The anonymous artist said he wanted to protect national figures from Brazil's history from seeing the shameful

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has warned White House contenders to avoid raising tensions, a day after a rally by Donald Trump was called off amid clashes.President Obama said candidates should not resort to “insults” and “certainly not violence against other Americans”,

DHAKA: The Arab League has declared the Lebanese Shia Muslim movement Hezbollah a terrorist organization, a week after a similar move by Arab Gulf states.The Arab League, dominated by Sunni Muslim countries, said the decision had been near unanimous, reports the BBC.Hezbollah is a key

DHAKA: A survivor of the Auschwitz death camp is now the world’s oldest man, the Guinness World Records organization says.Yisrael Kristal was born near Zarnow in Poland in 1903 and lived through two world wars before moving to the Israeli city of Haifa.He was 112 years and 178 days old

DHAKA: Another piece of plane debris has been discovered on the coast of Mozambique, an Australian aviation official said on Friday.The newly revealed debris, found by a South African family vacationing in the east African country, will be examined by investigators to establish if it may

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for the repatriation of peacekeeping units whose soldiers face allegations of sexual abuse.The resolution is the first passed by the Security Council to tackle sex abuse claims against peacekeepers, reports the BBC.It was

DHAKA: US Republican front-runner Donald Trump has called off a rally in Chicago on safety grounds after protests led to violent clashes.A statement from Trump's campaign said the candidate decided to cancel the event after a meeting with police.Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the

DHAKA: Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has attacked Donald Trump for saying that Islam hates America, in a televised debate in Miami.Rubio, who faces a do-or-die contest in Florida on Tuesday, said Islam had a problem with radicalisation but said that many Muslims were proud

DHAKA: A rights group says it has evidence that South Sudan government forces deliberately suffocated more than 60 men and boys in a shipping container.They then dumped the bodies in a field in Leer Town, Unity State, Amnesty International said.Researchers said they had found the remains

DHAKA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has blamed European nations for ‘unilaterally’ shutting the Balkan route for migrants.She said this had put Greece in a ‘very difficult situation’ and such decisions should be taken by the whole of the EU, reports the BBC.Austria, Slovenia,

DHAKA: It’s illegal for you to keep wild animals as pets in Brazil. But despite what the law may say, Dindim comes to live with his best friend, whom he met on the beaches of Brazil, every year since 2011.This 71-year-old retired bricklayer and part time fisherman Joao Pereira de Souza

DHAKA: North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, South Korea's military has said.It said the missiles, launched off the east coast, flew some 500km (310 miles) and fell into the water.Shortly after the launch, Pyongyang announced it ‘nullifies’ all

DHAKA: Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has named two candidates, as the country starts the process of selecting a new president.One of them, Htin Kyaw, is almost certain to be elected president by the NLD-controlled parliament, reports the BBC.The nominations confirm that

DHAKA: Brazilian prosecutors are filing charges against ex-President Lula da Silva in a money laundering investigation.Lula, however, denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated, reports the BBC.The accusations are part of a major corruption investigation at the

DHAKA: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel, defying a threat of new sanctions from the United States.The launches followed the test-firing of several missiles on

DHAKA: Millions of people across Indonesia and the Pacific have experienced a total solar eclipse, with parts of the region falling into complete darkness.The eclipse began at 06:19 local time (23:19 GMT Tuesday) as the Moon started to pass directly in front of the Sun.As the eclipse