DHAKA: Some 40,000 migrants could arrive in Germany over the next two days, officials say - double the number who entered the country last weekend.Most are expected to arrive in the southern city of Munich but there are concerns about how the region will cope with another large

DHAKA: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has accepted Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb’s resignation of the cabinet.A statement from the presidency has said, reports Al Jazeera.Sisi told the cabinet to remain in a caretaker role until a new cabinet was formed, according to

DHAKA: An intense explosion has taken place in Pakistan’s Punjab provincial home minister Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada’s political office leaving seven people dead, police have confirmed.The impact of the blast caused a roof collapse of the building and shattered windows in nearby

DHAKA: A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli forces after stabbing a border policeman at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.The army and Palestinian medics have said, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Sunday.Israeli police on Saturday said the man stabbed a border police

DHAKA: Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan chief Lt Gen Hamid Gul, who played a key role in fomenting the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and was a close associate of jihadi leaders such as Hafiz Saeed, has died at the age of 79. Gul headed the powerful spy agency during

DHAKA: Tension continued to remain high on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir of India this morning. Continued firing and shelling by Pakistani troops overnight killed a 40-year-old woman in the Balakote sector, NDTV reported.In total, six civilians have been killed and nine injured

DHAKA: Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of residents within a 3km radius of the Tianjin blast site over fears of chemical contamination.The evacuations came after an apparent change in wind direction, and as police confirmed the highly toxic chemical sodium cyanide was

DHAKA: At least 40 migrants have died on a boat in the southern Mediterranean, Italian authorities have reported.The Italian navy wrote on Twitter on Saturday that it was involved in a rescue operation to try and save the other migrants on board, reports Al Jazeera.It was initially

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed ‘profound grief’ for his country’s aggression during World War II, and vowed to ‘never again repeat the devastation of war’.‘I bow my head deeply before the souls of all those who perished both at home and abroad. I

DHAKA: Eurozone finance ministers have agreed on a new bailout deal for Greece after Athens backed the plan.European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the deal sent a message "loud and clear" - Greece will stay in the eurozone, reports bbc.comThe agreement demands tax rises

DHAKA: Eighty-five people are now known to have been killed in giant explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin on Wednesday, local officials say.At least 21 firefighters are among the dead, with another 721 people injured after the blasts at a warehouse storing hazardous materials, BBC

DHAKA: Greece's parliament has backed draft terms for a third bailout in five years after talks that lasted through the night and well into the morning.The proposed deal involves tax rises and spending cuts in return for a bailout of about €85bn (£61bn, $95bn).Greece Prime Minister

DHAKA: At least 13 people have been killed in a road accident in Jahrkhand of India after the bus they were travelling in collided with a truck in Saraikela Kharsawan district.A number of others injured in the accident have been admitted to a hospital in Jamshedpur, reports NDTV. The bus

DHAKA: Fires are still burning at the site of two massive explosions in the Chinese city of Tianjin, some 36 hours after the blasts.A team of military chemical experts is testing for toxic gases at the scene and rescuers have been ordered to wear protective clothing, state media said.At

DHAKA: At least 44 people are now known to have died, and more than 500 injured, following two major explosions in China's northern port city of Tianjin, reports BBC.Twelve firefighters were among the dead, China’s official Xinhua news agency said as it reported a doubling of the death

AtDHAKA: least 52 people have been killed and 200 others injured in a massive truck bomb attack in Baghdad.Police and sources have told Al Jazeera.The attack on Thursday morning took place in a crowded vegetable market in Sadr City, a Shia district in the northeast of the Iraqi capital.Al

DHAKA: Massive explosions, equivalent to three and 21 tons of TNT, hit China’s northern city of Tianjin, leaving at least 17 people dead and over 400 injured Wednesday night.Quoting Chinese state media, BBC reported the blasts happened in a warehouse storing “dangerous and chemical

DHAKA: More than 60 people have been killed and scores injured in army and rebel attacks in different locations in Syria, activists said, hours before a visit to the Syrian capital by Iran’s foreign minister.Army artillery shelling and air strikes on Wednesday targeting Douma, 10-km

DHAKA: South Korea’s government says it is monitoring reports that North Korea’s vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was killed in May on the orders of Kim Jong-un.Choe was executed after he ‘expressed discomfort against the young leader’s forestation policy’, South Korea’s Yonhap news

DHAKA: A northern California wildfire has more than doubled in size since Monday despite cooler temperatures and higher humidity.The Jerusalem Valley fire erupted on Sunday near the community of Lower Lake, reports bbc.com.It has burned nearly 19 square miles, according to the California