DHAKA: South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir and first Vice-President Riek Machar have ordered a ceasefire after days of intense fighting in the capital, Juba. Since Thursday, more than 200 people are said to have died in clashes between the rival leaders' forces, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: UK Prime Minister David Cameron will step down Wednesday (July 13) as Theresa May will become prime minister of the UK on the day. He will step down earlier than expected. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street, Cameron said he would offer his resignation to the Queen on

DHAKA: Theresa May is set to become the UK’s next prime minister after Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the contest to become Conservative Party leader. The timing of the handover of power from David Cameron is currently being discussed, but could be within days, reports the BBC. May,

DHAKA: Dallas police chief said the man who shot dead five police officers in the city and wounded seven more was planning an even larger attack. The attacker Micah Johnson, 25, was angry with the recent killings of black men by police and wanted to kill white officers, police said.

DHAKA: North Korea’s military has threatened to take ‘physical action’ after the United States and South Korea announced that they would deploy a sophisticated missile defense system on the Korean peninsula. Seoul and Washington said on Friday that the Terminal High Altitude Area

DHAKA: Al-Shabaab fighters have attacked a Somali army base southwest of the capital, Mogadishu, killing at least 10 soldiers. The group and a military officer told the media, reports Al Jazeera. The attackers rammed a car packed with explosives before storming the base, some 50km

DHAKA: There are fears of more violence in Indian-administered Kashmir, after a policeman drowned when an angry crowd pushed his car in a river late Sunday. At least 23 people have died and many more injured in clashes over the death of a popular separatist commander, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has called on warring factions in South Sudan to end the recent fighting and prevent the spread of violence. In a unanimous statement, the council condemned the fighting “in the strongest terms” and expressed “particular shock and outrage” at

DHAKA: Protests continue to spread across US cities against the killing of black men by police, following recent deaths in Minnesota and Louisiana. Roads were blocked and missiles thrown in Minnesota, while armed New Black Panther Party members confronted police in Baton Rouge,

DHAKA: John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was ‘illegal’. Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said he would live with the ‘catastrophic decision’ for the rest of his life, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: At least eight people were killed and 200 others were wounded as Indian forces opened fire on thousands of protesters during a mass funeral for a slain rebel fighter in Kashmir. Shiv Murari Sahai, a top Indian police official told a press conference on Saturday that eight people

DHAKA: Australia's ruling conservatives have been confirmed winners in last week's general election, after opposition Labor leader Bill Shorten agreed. Shorten said that it was clear PM Malcolm Turnbull's coalition had won, adding that he had already congratulated him.

DHAKA: At least 15 people including 11 members of a family were shot dead as a series attack by gunmen in the capital of the Mexican State of Tamaulipas. Six minors were among those killed in the attacks, which took place late Friday and early Saturday in Ciudad Victoria.  However,

DHAKA: Two Russian pilots have been killed as their military helicopter was shot down by fighters of Islamic State (IS). The Syrian Mi-25 helicopter flown by Riafagat Khabibulin and Yevgeny Dolgin was brought down east of the ancient city of Palmyra on Friday. It was involved in an

DHAKA: Dallas police have given the all clear, hours after security levels were raised at their headquarters following threat.   They said that they had received an anonymous threat, two days after the deadly shooting in the city, BBC reports on Sunday (July 10). A nearby parking

DHAKA: Clashes took place in the centre of South Sudan’s capital on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the country’s independence. According to several separate sources in Juba, Friday’s fighting took place in the centre of Juba around the Presidential Palace, Al Jazeera reports

DHAKA: South Korea’s military said that North Korea has test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine but it failed in its initial flight stage. It said that the missile was launched in waters east of the Korean peninsula - the latest in a recent series of tests, BBC reports on

DHAKA: The UK is to send up to 50 additional military personnel to Afghanistan to train and advise security forces there. They will join the 450 British troops already in the country - and will aid counter-terrorism efforts and provide leadership training, reports the BBC. Officials

DHAKA: Bomb-making material, rifles, ammunition and a combat journal have been recovered from the house of the suspect in the Dallas shootings. Five police officers were killed and seven wounded in a hail of gunfire during a protest on Thursday against the shooting of black men by

DHAKA: The US has expelled two Russian diplomats in response to an attack on an American diplomat in Moscow, the state department says. Spokesman John Kirby said the two officials - who have not been named - were told to leave on 17 June. Kirby said that earlier that month, a