DHAKA: A huge wildfire has forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people from Fort McMurray - nearly all the residents of the Canadian city. The blaze has destroyed a number of homes, dropping ash on the streets of the city in the province of Alberta, reports the BBC. Fleeing

DHAKA: Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican presidential nominee following a decisive victory in the Indiana primary and the decision by Ted Cruz to drop out of the race. Though Trump has not formally secured the 1,237 delegates he needs to win the nomination -- and likely

DHAKA: Ted Cruz has announced he is ending his campaign for the US Republican presidential nomination, after losing heavily to Donald Trump in the Indiana primary. Trump, a New York businessman who is unpopular with many in his own party, is almost certain to be the nominee, reports

DHAKA: Solar Impulse, the zero-fuel aeroplane, has flown the first leg across the continental United States in its attempt to fly around the world. It left Mountain View, California, at dawn on Monday and landed 16 hours later in Goodyear, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: The European Commission will grant Turkey conditional approval for visa-free travel within the EU’s Schengen area. The move is part of a deal in which Turkey has agreed to take back migrants who have crossed the Aegean to Greece, reports the BBC. But Turkey must still meet

DHAKA: The bodies of two American climbers have been found in a glacier in the Himalayas, 16 years after they were killed by a huge avalanche. World-renowned mountaineer Alex Lowe had been climbing the 8,013-m Shishapangma peak in Tibet in October 1999 with cameraman David Bridges when

DHAKA:  Some six people have died in the fires and thousands of people are battling deadly forest fires in India's northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Fire burned more than 1,900 hectares of forest, BBC reports on Monday (May 2). The fires broke out a month ago, but

DHAKA: Donald Trump has compared the US’s trade deficit with China, which he regularly laments and vows to tackle as president, to rape. Trump has frequently accused China of manipulating its currency to make its exports more competitive on the global market and has claimed that

DHAKA: At least 4 people were killed and several others injured after crude bombs exploded in Malda district of West Bengal in India late on Sunday night. The incident happened at Baishnab Nagar in the district, reports NDTV. A massive police team reached the location and is

DHAKA: Supporters of a Shia Muslim cleric have set up camp outside parliament in Baghdad, after thousands stormed the Green Zone secure area. For the first time in weeks of protests they broke into the area, home to embassies and government buildings, BBC reports on Sunday (MAY 1). 

DHAKA: Some thirteen people have been died after a helicopter crashed in west of the Norwegian city of Bergen. Eleven of them on board were Norwegian; one was British and another one Italian.  A major rescue operation was launched but ended within hours of the crash, BBC reports on

DHAKA: An air strike hit a clinic in a rebel-held district of Aleppo on Friday, the civil defense said, the second time this week a medical facility in Syria’s second city has been hit. The strike on the Al-Marja neighborhood wounded several people, including at least one nurse, the

DHAKA: A helicopter has crashed near the Norwegian city of Bergen with at least 14 people on board, and there are reports of people in the sea. Rescue officials told local media that the helicopter had been ‘totally destroyed’, reports the BBC. Photos from the scene showed thick

DHAKA: African leaders are to meet in Kenya to discuss how to save the continent’s elephants from extinction. The inaugural summit of the so-called Giants Club will be led by the Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, reports the BBC. As well as heads of state, the conservation group

DHAKA: North Korea has imprisoned a US man to 10 years of hard labour for spying.  The sentenced man was identified as Kim Dong-chul, a 62-year-old naturalized US citizen born in South Korea, who was arrested last October, BBC reports on Friday (April 29). Kim had made an apparent

DHAKA: US presidential hopeful Ted Cruz has been called “Lucifer in the flesh” by the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner. Boehner, a fellow Republican, has also reportedly said he will not vote for Cruz if he becomes the nominee, reports the BBC. Their

DHAKA: The UN says the situation in Syria’s city of Aleppo is catastrophic, after dozens of people were killed in attacks on targets including a hospital.   Air strikes on and around the Medecins Sans Frontieres-backed al-Quds hospital killed at least 27 people, while more than

DHAKA: North Korea has test fired a mid-range ballistic missile which crashed a few seconds after launch. South Korean military officials say, reports the BBC. It is thought to be the second test of the North's new Musudan missile. An attempt earlier this month also failed.

DHAKA: Billionaire Elon Musk is planning to send his Dragon spacecraft to Mars as early as 2018. Musk has long targeted a trip to Mars and has previously said he can get humans to the red planet by 2026. His company, SpaceX, is planning ‘Red Dragon’ missions to Mars to test

DHAKA: The US has returned an ancient Buddhist stone sculpture stolen in the 1980s, to Pakistan. The piece, depicting Buddha’s footprints alongside religious symbols, was stolen from the Swat Valley and eventually smuggled into the US. A Japanese antiques dealer who brought it to