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

DHAKA: China has said G7 nations should ‘stop making irresponsible remarks’ after foreign ministers released a statement on maritime territorial disputes. The ministers, meeting in Japan, said they opposed ‘any intimidating coercive or provocative unilateral actions’ that could

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidate of the USA Donald Trump has described as “rigged” the way the US state of Colorado picks its presidential nominee. His rival Ted Cruz swept the board in that state, where delegates are selected by senior party activists, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has suffered a blow to her hopes of staving off impeachment proceedings, after a committee voted they should go ahead. The 65-member congressional committee voted 38 to 27 to recommend impeachment over claims she manipulated government

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has said failing to prepare for the aftermath of the ousting of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi was the worst mistake of his presidency. Obama was answering a series of questions on the highs and lows of his time in office on Fox News, reports Al