DHAKA: At least 310 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca.Officials in Saudi Arabia say, reports the BBC.Another 450 people were injured in the incident at Mina, which occurred as two million pilgrims were taking part

DHAKA: At least 220 people taking part in the Hajj pilgrimage have been killed in a stampede near the Islamic holy city of Mecca.Officials in Saudi Arabia say, reports the BBC.Another 450 people were injured in the incident at Mina, between Mount Arafat and Mecca's Grand Mosque.The

DHAKA: At least 29 people attending Eid prayers were killed Thursday when a bomb went off inside a crowded mosque in the Yemeni capital.Officials fear the death toll from the attack at the Al Bilaili in Sanaa will rise because dozens of worshipers suffered severe injuries.No one

RIYADH: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is set to celebrate Eid ul-Azha, the festival of sacrifice, on Thursday. Thousands of Muslims will start for Eidgah just after the Fajr prayers. The Eid congregations in the country will begin around 6:00am, sources said.Prayers will also be held in

DHAKA: Chinese President Xi Jinping has sought to reassure US business leaders, in a wide-ranging speech covering China’s economic reforms and cyber crime.Speaking in Seattle at the start of his state visit to the US, Xi said foreign firms were welcome in China, and that Beijing would

DHAKA: Pope Francis has called for further action on climate change saying that it was ‘a critical moment of history’, on the first day of his visit to the US.Speaking to a crowd of more than 11,000 people on the White House South Lawn, the pontiff said the problem could ‘no longer

DHAKA: Burkina Faso’s interim President Michel Kafando, who was taken hostage during a coup a week ago, said he was back in power and had restored a civilian transitional government.‘I have returned to work,’ he said in a brief speech to journalists at the foreign ministry in the

DHAKA: Pope Francis has begun his tour of the US, where he is expected to greet millions of American Catholics and address thorny issues like climate change and income inequality.US President Barack Obama welcomed the pope as he landed on Tuesday - a rare honor for a foreign dignitary,

DHAKA: Burkina Faso coup leaders have agreed to return to their barracks and said they would restore the deposed president to power, signing a deal with the army that apparently defuses a tense standoff sparked by last week’s coup.The breakthrough came on Tuesday night after marathon

DHAKA: More than 700,000 women and girls are being held in prisons around the world.The number has risen 50% since 2000, outstripping the growth among men, the study from the London-based Institute for Criminal Policy Research said, reports the BBC.Just three countries - the US, China and

DHAKA: Ever wondered who holds the key of the sacred Kaaba, which is considered the house of God by around 1.6 billion Muslims around the world?The Al Shaibi family from Saudi Arabia have been the key keepers of the Kaaba for more than 16 centuries - before Islam and until this day.The

DHAKA: Chinese President Xi Jinping reached Seattle at the start of his first state visit to the US.The China premier Xi will spend three days meeting business and technology leaders in Seattle, before heading to Washington for talks with President Barack Obama, reports the BBC.Cyber

DHAKA: A young Palestinian woman shot and wounded by Israeli troops after she reportedly attempted to stab a soldier at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank has died.Sources have told Al Jazeera.The woman, named as a 19-year-old university student, was wounded at the checkpoint near the

DHAKA: Egypt has evicted and demolished the homes of 3,200 families in the Sinai peninsula in violation of international law.Human Rights Watch says, reports the BBC.The military has been razing homes along the border with the Gaza Strip to create a ‘buffer zone’ and eliminate

DHAKA: Burkina Faso coup leaders have released the country’s prime minister, Yacouba Isaac Zida, from custody.Al Jazeera has learnt, as the army and the elite presidential guard continued surrender talks.The prime minister was detained alongside the country’s president and an unknown

DHAKA: Hungary's PM has said Europe's borders are threatened by migration, at the start of a week of intense diplomatic activity on the crisis.Viktor Orban said migrants were "breaking the doors" and that a united stance was required, BBC reported. Ministers from Poland, Hungary, the

DHAKA: Greece’s leftwing leader Alexis Tsipras has emerged triumphant from a snap general election after securing a dramatic victory over his conservative rival, despite a turbulent first term in office.There had been predictions that the race was too close to call after he accepted a

DHAKA: At least 13 migrants, including children, have died after their dinghy and a ferry collided off Turkey, the coastguard there says.The accident happened close to the port of Canakkale. The boat was on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos, BBC reported.In a second incident, Greece's

DHAKA: BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya has died of a heart attack in Kolkata on Sunday.He was 75 years old.Dalmiya is survived by his wife, his son Abhishek and a daughter, reports NDTV.Dalmiya had complained of chest pain and breathing troubles at around 9:00pm on Thursday night.He was

DHAKA: Nepal has adopted a new constitution aimed at bolstering its transformation from a Hindu monarchy to a secular democracy, as violent protests raged against some of the terms of the charter.Firecrackers went off on Sunday in celebration in Kathmandu and President Ram Baran Yadav