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DHAKA: The death toll caused by air pollution in Tehran has increased from 150 to 180 people per day.Mehdi Chamran, Tehran City Council chairman, said on Tuesday, Tehran Times publishes this report Wednesday.Chamran said that the shutdown of the schools and sand-producing factories to
DHAKA: Nigeria’s military killed and quickly buried the bodies of at least 300 Shia Muslims in an unjustified attack in the northern Zaria city.Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said, reports the BBC.The bodies were buried without family members’ permission, it added.The army denies
DHAKA: An explosion near a plane at Sabiha Gokcen airport in the Turkish city of Istanbul has killed a woman cleaner.The woman who died was reportedly working on a Pegasus airlines plane overnight when the blast took place.A colleague who was with her was wounded.The cause of the
DHAKA: At least 200 civilians have been killed in Russian air strikes in Syria, an Amnesty International report says, quoting witnesses and activists.The human rights group accused Russia of using cluster munitions and unguided bombs on civilian areas, and said such attacks could
DHAKA: A man buried in rubble for more than 60 hours after a landslide hit Shenzhen in China has been pulled out alive, state media says.The landslide, which struck early on Sunday, engulfed more than 30 buildings in an industrial district.At least one person is dead and more than 70
DHAKA: Russia will begin building two nuclear reactors in Iran next week, a top Iranian atomic energy official said Tuesday.The news comes a year after Tehran signed a contract with Moscow to construct a further two reactors at the existing Russian-built Bushehr power plant in southern
DHAKA: The Greek parliament voted in a resolution recognizing the state of Palestine on Tuesday making it the latest European legislative body to recognize Palestine statehood.The voting took place during a special parliamentary session attended by Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian
DHAKA: At least nine pupils have been killed by a mortar shell that hit a girls’ school in the Syrian northeastern city of Deir Ezzor, according to state media and a monitoring group.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights confirmed the death of the female pupils and said 20 others were
DHAKA: Ten people were killed as a small plane of the Border Security Force (BSF) crashed near the Delhi airport this morning.All on board, including three BSF officers and seven technicians, were killed, reports NDTV.The plane, a Super King aircraft, was flying to Ranchi. The crash took
DHAKA: At least three people were killed after a small plane of the Border Security Force (BSF) crashed into a wall near the Delhi airport in India on Tuesday morning.Ten people, including three BSF officers, were on the plane, a Super King aircraft flying to Ranchi, reports NDTV.The
DHAKA: Guatemalan authorities reportedly detained 33 undocumented migrants from Nepal and Bangladesh who were found being transported in a bus on the outskirts of the capital and presumed to be trying to make it to the United States.The group, all men, was arrested on Sunday in the east
DHAKA: Rescuers have pulled out the first body from the Shenzhen landslide in China, as signs emerge that several survivors are trapped alive in the rubble.Quoting Xinhua the BBC said the body was dug out early on Tuesday.The massive landslide engulfed 33 buildings in an industrial
DHAKA: A group of Kenyan Muslims travelling on a bus ambushed by Islamist gunmen protected Christian passengers by refusing to be split into groups, according to eyewitnesses.A local governor told Kenyan media that they told the militants “to kill them together or leave them alone”.At
DHAKA: Spain's ruling Popular Party won the most votes in Sunday's national election but was short of a majority in parliament to run government, according to results.Negotiations to form a coalition government could likely take weeks, reports the usatoday.comWith 99.6% of the vote
DHAKA: The centre of another district in the southern Afghan province of Helmand has fallen to the Taliban, officials say.The militants are reported to have taken over the police headquarters in Sangin, with fighting continuing in other parts of the district, reports the BBC.Earlier, the
DHAKA: Hundreds of rescue workers are looking for survivors after a landslide hit 33 buildings in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.Seven people were pulled from the rubble with minor injuries but 91 people are still missing, according to state television.Authorities said 900 people
DHAKA: The youngest convict in the notorious 2012 Delhi gang rape case has been released from a correctional centre.His lawyer has told the BBC.Legal challenges failed to prevent the release. The victim’s parents were among those detained later at a rally.The rapist, who cannot be named
DHAKA: An emergency landing of an Air France flight from Mauritius to Paris in Kenya was caused by a false bomb alert.The airline’s chief says, reports the BBC.Frederic Gagey told a news conference that the suspected package turned out to have been made of paper and a timer.The pilots
DHAKA: Some 22 buildings have collapsed in a landslide at an industrial park in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen.About 900 people have been evacuated, with four people pulled alive from rubble with minor or no injuries, the local government said.No fatalities have been
DHAKA: The number of Kurdish fighters killed during a large-scale military offensive in Turkey's restive southeast has jumped to 102.A security source said on Sunday as the operation entered its fifth day.At least two soldiers and five civilians have also been killed in the clashes, the