DHAKA: Former Australia PM Tony Abbott has said Europe should follow Australia and close its borders to migrants fleeing Middle Eastern conflicts.Abbott made the comments in London, where he was speaking at the second annual Margaret Thatcher lecture, reports the BBC.He said "misguided

DHAKA: At least 120,000 people have been displaced in Syria this month because of fighting.UN humanitarian officials said, reports Al Jazeera.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday that the people fled their homes in Aleppo, Hama and Idlib governorates

DHAKA: Rescuers have rushed to deliver relief aid to victims of a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing more than 330 people, so far, over a wide swath of mostly mountainous terrain.Quoting Pakistani media, Al Jazeera on Tuesday reports that

DHAKA: A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Afghanistan and has been felt in a large area from northern India to Pakistan with scores of people killed across the region.The US Geological Survey (USGS) put the epicentre of Monday’s quake near Jarm in Afghanistan’s

DHAKA: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas on Monday, leaving at least 130 dead and scores injured due to building collapses, landslides and stampedes.The earthquake struck the country at 2:09pm (local time) on Monday, reports Dawn.The

DHAKA: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas, on Monday, leaving at least 71 dead and scores injured due to roof and building collapses.The earthquake struck the country at 2:09pm (local time) on Monday.Forty minutes after the first

DHAKA: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas, on Monday, leaving at least 52 dead and scores injured due to roof and building collapses.Forty minutes after the first earthquake, an aftershock of 4.8 magnitude was reported in the same

DHAKA: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas, on Monday, leaving at least 24 dead and scores injured due to roof and building collapses.Forty minutes after the first earthquake, an aftershock of 4.8 magnitude was reported in the same

DHAKA: A 7.7 magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Pakistan and was felt in Afghanistan and India Monday afternoon.‘The tremors continued for 30 to 40 seconds,’ Al Jazeera reports.No casualties have been reported yet.Dawn reports “tremors have been felt in major cities,

DHAKA: An Indian woman stranded in Pakistan for a decade has returned to India.Geeta arrived in Delhi on Monday morning, days after she identified her family in photos sent from across the border.Geeta, who has speech and hearing impairments, was about 11 when she is believed to have

DHAKA: The Supreme Court in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has confirmed the death sentence against Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a leader of anti-government protests.One of his brothers said.‘After the confirmation of Sheikh Nimr’s death sentence by the Court of Appeal and then the

DHAKA: The Joint Rescue Coordination Centre in Victoria says at least four people have died after a whale-watching vessel sank off the coast of Tofino, B.C., Sunday.The centre says 27 people were on board the tour vessel when it sank west of Vargas Island, reports the CBCNEWS.Paramedics

DHAKA: Poland's conservative opposition Law and Justice party has won parliamentary elections.Exit polls suggest it has enough seats to govern alone, with an anticipated 39% of the vote, bbc.com reported.Its eurosceptic leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski has claimed victory, and the outgoing Prime

DHAKA: Another 100,000 spaces in refugee welcome centres will be created under a deal agreed by European leaders at an emergency summit in Brussels.The heads of 11 EU states and three non-EU countries met to discuss how to handle growing number of migrants, reports the BBC.More than 9,000

DHAKA: European Union and Balkan leaders are holding emergency talks on Europe’s refugee crisis amid threats from three frontline states to close their borders if northern EU countries stop accepting refugees.The summit on Sunday, called by European Commission President Jean-Claude

DHAKA: At least 12 people died when a fire broke out in a packed karaoke parlour in the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.Police say, reports the BBC.Panicked people smashed windows to flee as black smoke spread through the Inul Vizta building in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi

DHAKA: The United States says that Israel and Jordan have agreed on steps, including 24-hour video surveillance, to try and help end weeks of violence over a Jerusalem site holy to Jews, Christians and Muslims.Protests against Israel’s ongoing occupation broke out last month amid

DHAKA: Poland votes in a general election on Sunday with implications beyond its borders.While not standing himself, Jaroslaw Kaczynski’s conservative, eurosceptic Law and Justice Party is tipped to win, though perhaps not with an outright majority, reports the euronews.Its candidate

DHAKA: Israel and Jordan have agreed on moves aimed at reducing tensions surrounding a prominent holy site in Jerusalem, US Secretary of State John Kerry says.Issues relating to the complex have been at the centre of fresh violence between Israelis and Palestinians, reports the BBC.Kerry

DHAKA: Direct flights between Ukraine and Russia will stop on Sunday, as new sanctions initiated by Kiev come into effect.The BBC reports that Moscow first called Kiev's ban on Russian airlines “madness”, then announced that it would mirror the move.Ukraine now says flights will end