DHAKA: Hundreds of migrants are feared to have died in a new migrant tragedy in the Mediterranean. Italian President Sergio Mattarella said on April 18, reports hurriyetdailynews.com. Unconfirmed media reports earlier on the same day spoke of up to 400 victims from boats that

DHAKA: South Korea has detected signs that the North is preparing for a fifth nuclear test, President Park Geun-hye said. She did not elaborate on what the signs were, but ordered the military to be prepared, Yonhap news agency said, reports the BBC. It comes after reports in local

DHAKA: At least 272 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,500 people injured after Ecuador was hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades. Some 10,000 troops and 3,500 police are being deployed in the affected areas, as rescue operations continue, reports the BBC. The

DHAKA: Brazil’s lower house has voted to start prosecution proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff over charges of manipulating government accounts. The “yes” camp comfortably won the required two-thirds majority, after a lengthy session in the capital, reports BBC. The

DHAKA: At least 246 people have been confirmed dead and more than 1,500 people injured after Ecuador was hit by its most powerful earthquake in decades. Some 10,000 troops and 3,500 police are being deployed in the affected areas, as rescue operations continue, reports the BBC. The

DHAKA: A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Ecuador has killed at least 77 people and injured more than 500. The country’s Vice-President Jorge Glas says, reports the BBC. The quake struck at 18:58 local time on Saturday (23:58 GMT) near the northern coastal town of Muisne.

DHAKA: A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake has killed at least 41 people in Ecuador, Vice-President Jorge Glas says. A state of emergency was declared in six provinces and the National Guard has been mobilized, reports the BBC. The quake, near the coastal town of Muisne, destroyed a

DHAKA: Gunmen from South Sudan have killed at least 140 civilians, including women and children, in a raid in Ethiopia's Gambela region.   The Ethiopian government has said, reports Al Jazeera. Getachew Reda, Ethiopia’s communications minister, said on Saturday that

DHAKA: At least 28 people have died in a magnitude-7.8 earthquake that was centered near the coast of Ecuador, the country's vice president, Jorge Glas, told the nation in a televised address. Glas said a state of emergency was now in effect and added that preventative evacuations

DHAKA: The European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has held the highest-level talks between the EU and Iran in more than a decade. Mogherini is leading a delegation of seven EU commissioners for the discussions, which follow on from last year’s historic nuclear deal

DHAKA: Pope Francis has taken 12 Syrian migrants back with him to the Vatican after visiting a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. The three families, including six children, are all Muslim and had their homes bombed during the Syrian war, reports the BBC. The Vatican said in a

DHAKA: Two powerful earthquakes a day apart shook southwestern Japan, killing at least 29 people, trapping many others beneath flattened homes and sending thousands of residents to seek refuge in gymnasiums and hotel lobbies. The exact number of casualties remained unclear as rescue

DHAKA: Pope Francis is due to visit the Greek island of Lesbos to show support for refugees trying to reach Europe.   The Pope, who will be met by Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew, will visit a camp for more than 3,000 people who are awaiting either processing of asylum claims or

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir has said funds found in Malaysian PM Najib Razak’s personal account were a donation, say Malaysian state media. Last year, the Wall Street Journal accused Najib of corruption, claiming that the $681m had come from troubled state

DHAKA: Vladimir Putin has apologized for erroneously claiming that German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung was owned by the US bank Goldman Sachs. The Russian president made the remark in a televised phone-in on Thursday, the BBC publishes this report on Friday. It concerned who was

DHAKA: North Korea conducted a missile test off its east coast on Friday morning, but the launch appears to have failed, say US and South Korean officials. The rocket has not yet been identified but is suspected to have been a previously untested ‘Musudan’ medium-range ballistic

DHAKA: At least nine people have died and more than 250 are injured after a powerful earthquake hit southern Japan, toppling buildings and cutting power supplies. Officials say more people could be trapped under collapsed buildings, reports the BBC. Thousands fled their homes and

DHAKA: At least 18 people have been killed by a crane which collapsed in high winds in China's Guangdong province. An official in Dongguan City told the Xinhua state news agency that the crane had toppled onto a two storey building made of shipping containers, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: A video released by Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram seem some of the schoolgirls kidnapped two years ago from the town of Chibok. The video, probably filmed in December, was sent to the Nigerian government and shows 15 girls in black robes identifying themselves as pupils

DHAKA: Panama police have raided the headquarters of the law firm Mossack Fonseca at the centre of a massive data leak. Prosecutors said the operation had been carried out at the offices of Mossack Fonseca in Panama City ‘without incident or interference’. The leaked “Panama