DHAKA: Cowering under desks and running for their lives, this is the terrifying moment passengers were caught up in a suicide bomb attack at Brussels Airport this morning in a series of blasts that have killed at least 34 people across the city.Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes with

DHAKA: At least 28 people have been killed and dozens injured in Brussels after a series of terror attacks struck the city’s airport and a metro station near the EU headquarters.Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes with blood and ‘dismembered bodies everywhere’ after two blasts

DHAKA: A series of attacks has struck Brussels airport and the metro system, causing at least 13 deaths.Belgian media say, reports the BBC.Two blasts tore through the departures area of Zaventem airport shortly after 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT).An hour later, explosions hit Maalbeek

DHAKA: Several people have been injured and hundreds are trapped after two explosions rocked Brussels Airport.Witnesses said they ‘felt the shockwaves’ of the blasts which are believed to have centered on the American Airlines check-in desk at 8am (7am GMT), reports

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has revealed the first members of his foreign policy team.The advisers include academics and former military officers with expertise on the Middle East and energy issues, reports the BBC.Trump told the Washington Post that he would

DHAKA: Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD) party won historic elections in Myanmar in November, has been given a place in the new cabinet.Her name was on a list of 18 cabinet members submitted to parliament by President-elect Htin Kyaw.The list contains only names,

DHAKA: Cuban President Raul Castro and US President Barack Obama sparred over human rights issues including the American prison at Guantanamo Bay and Cuba’s political prisoners.At a historic news conference, Castro said if he was given a list of political prisoners, he would “release

DHAKA: North Korea has fired several short-range missiles into the waters off its east coast.South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says, reports the BBC.The launches come three days after South Korea said the north fired a medium-range missile into the sea for the first time since

DHAKA: At least 13 people have been killed after a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a Spanish motorway between the cities of Barcelona and Valencia.Most of the 57 people on board the bus were students on the Erasmus program who were returning to Barcelona after a trip to a

DHAKA: A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 has struck off the east coast of Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia’s Far East.No tsunami warnings, however, have been issued, reports bnonews.The earthquake, which struck at 6:50am local time on Monday, was centered about 235

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has reached in Cuba for a historic visit to the island and talks with its communist leader.He is the first sitting US president to visit since the 1959 revolution, which heralded decades of hostility, reports the BBC.Speaking at the reopened US embassy in

DHAKA: Five people were killed and at least 20 others were injured in a suicide bomb attack on March 19 in central Istanbul, on the busy İstiklal Avenue in Taksim.The attack happened on Balo Street in front of the local governor’s office of Beyoğlu, and a through investigation has

DHAKA: At least 19 pilgrims were killed when their bus overturned in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).A Saudi medical official said, reports Al Jazeera.Red Crescent spokesman Khaled al-Sahli said the crash took place early on Saturday on a highway linking the two Saudi holy cities of Medina

DHAKA: An explosion at a major tourist shopping area in the Turkish city of Istanbul has injured a number of people.Turkish media say, reports the BBC.Pictures showed people running away in panic, with police and ambulance vehicles rushing to the scene.The area - Istiklal Street - is

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the ‘unacceptable’ recent ballistic missile launches by North Korea.In an unanimous statement, it said the launches ‘constituted a clear violation of UN Security Council resolutions’, reports the BBC.It comes after the North

DHAKA: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has been wounded and arrested in a dramatic raid in Brussels after four months on the run.Another man arrested, Monir Ahmed Alaaj, was also on a wanted list.Quoting Belgian prosecutors, BBC reported the arrest.Three members of a family accused

DHAKA: A total of 61 people, including 55 passengers, were reportedly died as a Fly Dubai Boeing-737-800 en route from Dubai to Russia’s Rostov-on-Don, crashed at city airport missing the runway amid poor visibility on Saturday.Of the 55 passengers, four children, and six crewmembers

DHAKA: Turkey and the EU have reached a deal that European leaders hope will stop the flow of refugees to the continent.Sources at talks in Brussels told Al Jazeera.“We’re hearing from sources that have been attending the EU meetings that a major breakthrough has been reached,” Al

DHAKA: North Korea has test-fired two ballistic missiles, the latest in a series of rocket launches.US officials said the medium-range missiles, launched off the east coast, flew about 800km before falling into the water, reports the BBC.Afterwards, the US called for Pyongyang to refrain

DHAKA: The US says the Islamic State (IS) group has committed genocide against Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims.US Secretary of State John Kerry said IS was “genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology and by actions”, reports the BBC.He, however, did not say whether his