DHAKA: Libya’s rival governments have reached a ‘consensus’ on the main elements of a political agreement.A UN special envoy has told reporters, according to Al Jazeera.Bernardino Leon said in Skhirat, Morocco, on Sunday that the two sides were able to ‘overcome their

DHAKA: Clashes have erupted after a number of Israeli soldiers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.Police and witnesses said, reports Al Jazeera.The Israeli security personnel used tear gas as they entered the compound to arrest what they called Palestinian ‘stone

DHAKA: This is a great month for eclipses and kicking it off right is the partial solar eclipse happening this Sunday, September 13.It will be visible only from South Africa, Antarctica and locations in Indian and Atlantic Oceans.It's the last solar eclipse of the year, and the next won't

DHAKA: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called on the European Union to give Syria’s neighbors €3bn ($3.4bn) in financial aid to help those displaced by the civil war.Orban said supporting Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan with such a package would end the mass migration to

DHAKA: Over 80 people died and nearly 100 were injured as a powerful gas cylinder explosion ripped through a restaurant near Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh in India on Saturday.According to senior police officials, gelatine sticks used in mining stored in a house next to the restaurant

DHAKA: A massive construction crane crashed in the Grand Mosque in stormy weather on Friday evening, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi authorities said.The tragedy occurred as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered from all over the world for the annual Hajj

DHAKA: Footage has emerged of migrants being thrown bags of food at a Hungarian camp near the border with Serbia.An Austrian woman who shot the video said the migrants were being treated like "animals" and called for European states to open their borders, reports BBC.The emergency

DHAKA: In the 14 years since the 9/11 attacks, the face of terrorism has changed out of recognition. To many experts, the threat of Islamist terror is in some ways greater and in some ways diminished. It is geographically more diverse and organizationally more divided, and leverages

DHAKA: Twelve of 13 men accused of planting bombs on Mumbai's local trains that killed 189 people nine years ago, have been convicted. They will be sentenced on Monday next. One man has been acquitted, reports NDTV. Here is your 10-point cheat-sheet to this big story: Seven blasts had

DHAKA: At least 30 people have died in clashes in the Turkish city of Cizre since a military operation began there last week, Turkey's interior ministry says.The ministry says most of the dead were Kurdish militants but the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) says 20 civilians

DHAKA: Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has confirmed that the country’s ‘humanitarian’ flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as humanitarian aid - after the US and NATO warned Moscow over its involvement in the Syrian conflict.‘Russian planes are sending to

DHAKA: Scientists have discovered a new human-like species in a burial chamber deep in a cave system in South Africa.The discovery of 15 partial skeletons is the largest single discovery of its type in Africa, reports the BBC.The researchers claim that the discovery will change ideas

DHAKA: The Indian government has covered up hundreds of cases of human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture and enforced disappearances in the disputed territory of Kashmir.A new report has alleged, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Thursday.Jammu Kashmir Coalition

DHAKA: The US and Nato have expressed concern over reports that Russia is increasing its military presence in Syria.Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said if confirmed, Russia’s involvement would not help to solve the conflict.Separately on Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry

DHAKA: Hungary's army has begun exercises to prepare for a possible future role in guarding the southern border to try to stem the influx of migrants.Budapest plans to send soldiers to help police at the border where thousands of migrants arrive from Serbia every day, reports BBC.A new

DHAKA: The head of the pro-Kurdish opposition HDP has accused the ruling AKP of orchestrating nationalist attacks and pushing Turkey towards civil war.No-one has been killed, but Selahattin Demirtas said ‘we are facing a campaign of lynching’, reports the BBC.Violence between the army

DHAKA: Myanmar President Thein Sein has made his first public appearance since the start of a campaign for November 8 general elections, meeting leaders of ethnic armed groups for ceasefire talks.At the opening of the talks in the capital Naypyitaw on Wednesday, Thein Sein stressed the

DHAKA: Queen Elizabeth II becomes Britain’s longest-reigning monarch later when she passes the record set by her great-great-grandmother Queen Victoria.The Queen will have reigned for 63 years and seven months - calculated at 23,226 days, 16 hours and approximately 30 minutes at about

DHAKA: A crowd has attacked the headquarters of Turkey’s pro-Kurdish HDP party, amid rising violence between Turkish forces and the militant Kurdish PKK group.Pictures from the scene appeared to show the HDP building in the capital, Ankara, on fire.Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has

DHAKA: Australia has said it will take in more Syrian refugees, amid pressure to do more to help people displaced by violence in the Middle East.Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Wednesday said Australia would accept 12,000 Syrian refugees from persecuted minorities.That is on top of the