DHAKA: Eighteen people were killed and another 14 rescued after a migrant vessel capsized off the Turkish coast.The boat, which had been en route from the coastal resport of Bodrum to the Greek island of Kos, had been carrying refugees including Syrian and Iraqi nationals when it capsized

DHAKA: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi will appear in a trial court in Delhi Saturday in the National Herald case.They are likely to be accompanied by Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka and her son-in-law Robert Vadra, reports NDTV.The two are among six people -

DHAKA: A magnitude-6.2 earthquake has struck northeast of the Vanuatu chain of islands, the US Geological Survey said.The quake had a depth of 10 kilometres, it said, reports the abc.net.au.Nearby cities to the impact zone include Isangel, Port-Vila, We, Luganville and Dumbea.There were

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution outlining a peace process in Syria.The 15-member council reached rare agreement on the issue in a session in New York on Friday, reports the BBC.The resolution endorses talks between the Syrian government and opposition

DHAKA: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said there is "a pathway to a deal" on new terms for Britain's membership of the EU after talks with other leaders.Cameron set out his reform demands, which include controversial plans to curb access to benefits for migrants, at a dinner in

DHAKA: Southern Mexico was rattled by a magnitude-6.4 quake Thursday, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.The tremor was felt in the southern states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco and it prompted some tourists and residents to rush out of buildings in the colonial city of

DHAKA: Beijing authorities have issued a second pollution "red alert", little more than a week after its first ever such warning.The Chinese capital will endure dense smog from Saturday until Tuesday, the Beijing Meteorological Service said, reports the BBC.The National Meteorological

DHAKA: The Pentagon plans the transfer of 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees in the coming weeks - a move that would cut the US prison's population to 90, reports say.US media quote officials as saying Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has already told Congress about the move, reports the BBC. It

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama will sign the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 shortly after it passes through Congress on Wednesday.A White House official said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The law directs the president to prohibit foreign banks from conducting

DHAKA: The European Commission (EU) on Wednesday adopted its humanitarian aid budget of nearly €1.1 billion (around $120-crore) for 2016 as global humanitarian needs are set to reach a historic high in this year.As an initial allocation, it is the highest EU humanitarian budget for

DHAKA: Germany and several other nations are to discuss with Turkey ways of settling thousands of Syrian refugees ahead of the final EU summit of the year.Those attending the meeting will discuss a proposal to resettle Syrians straight from camps in Turkey. But German Chancellor Angela

DHAKA: The Indian Supreme Court Wednesday banned the registration of diesel cars and SUVs above 2000cc in the Delhi till March 31, in an attempt to clean up the city tackling one of its worst-ever bouts of toxic smog. The decision will not affect the common man, the top court said,

DHAKA: Malala Yousafzai has condemned a call by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the US.The Nobel Prize winner said his comments were "full of hatred" and blaming Muslims for terrorism would only "radicalise more terrorists", reports the BBC.She was

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidates are sparring over national security issues and how best to counter the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the first debate since attacks in California and Paris.A major fault line has formed between those favouring more surveillance and those

DHAKA: The global nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, has closed a 12-year-long investigation into Iran’s nuclear activities, a key step towards lifting UN sanctions.The IAEA concluded Iran conducted nuclear weapons-related research until 2003 and to a lesser extent until 2009, but found no

DHAKA: New Zealand has confirmed that the black, white and blue silver fern design won a referendum to become a possible new flag, after the final votes were counted.A second referendum will be held in March to decide whether to adopt the new flag or keep the current one, reports the

DHAKA: China, Egypt and Iran topped a list of countries jailing journalists in 2015, a year that saw a slight decline in the number of journalists behind bars worldwide.A press freedom watchdog has said, reports Al Jazeera.The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists released a

DHAKA: Controversial plans for an EU Border and Coast Guard force are to be set out as part of an EU drive to curb the record influx of migrants.The European Commission is proposing a force with a stronger mandate than the EU’s current Frontex border teams.But some governments see the

DHAKA: The chief minister of India’s capital, Delhi, has alleged that his office has been raided by the country’s federal investigation agency.Arvind Kejriwal blamed India Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the ‘raid’, calling him a ‘coward and a psychopath’, reports the

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Moscow for talks to try to bridge gaps with Russia over the political process to end Syria’s civil war.He is now in talks with foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and will later meet President Vladimir Putin, reports the BBC.The US and Russia