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

DHAKA: At least 13 migrants have died after their dinghy collided with a ferry, the Turkish Coastguard says.The accident happened off the Turkish coast, close to the port of Canakkale. The boat was reportedly on its way to the Greek island of Lesbos.Dogan news agency said 46 people were

DHAKA: Members of the al-Kassam Brigades, Gaza ruling Hamas’s armed wing, captured an Israeli drone which fell near Beit Lahia in the strip on Saturday night.Press TV reports, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report on Sunday.No official statement has been made.According to the report,

DHAKA: Dubai has announced a three-day mourning period after the 33-year-old son of the Gulf emirate’s ruler passed away.The UAE’s official state news agency WAM said on Saturday, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Sunday.Sheikh Rashid, son of the Prime Minister and Vice-President of

DHAKA: Nepal is due to formally adopt its new constitution, drawn up after years of political wrangling.The constitution will see the Himalayan nation become a secular, federal republic with seven states.However, it has been opposed by some groups who want Nepal to be a Hindu nation.

DHAKA: Nine kabaddi players from Odisha were killed and 15 others were seriously injured after a mini-truck in which they were travelling fell off a bridge on Saturday evening near Surapalli in Sundargarh district.The incident occurred around 4:30 pm on Saturday when the team from

DHAKA: Austria saw the arrival of at least 10,000 migrants on Saturday, amid bitter rows among EU nations on how to handle the growing crisis.The migrants were initially sent into Hungary by Croatia, which said it was unable to cope with the 20,000 who had arrived since Wednesday.Hungary

DHAKA: Voting is due to begin in Greece's general election with opinion polls indicating a tight race between the left-wing incumbent Syriza party and the conservative New Democracy.The snap election, Greece's fifth in six years, was called after Syriza lost its parliamentary majority in

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has said Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad has to go but the timing of his departure should be decided through negotiations.Speaking after talks with British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond in London on Saturday, Kerry called on Russia and Iran

DHAKA: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani appeared to try to quell American concerns over the recent signing of a nuclear deal with the Islamic Republic, where hardliners chant ‘death to America’ and ‘death to Israel’.In a preview of an interview set to air Sunday on CBS’s ‘60

DHAKA: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi kept his finance, investment and interior ministers in a new government sworn in on Saturday, state news agency MENA reported, as he tries to rebuild an economy battered by Islamist militant violence.Sisi named former head of the state oil

DHAKA: The African Union says it has suspended Burkina Faso and will impose sanctions on coup leaders if they do not restore the interim government and release its senior officials.The AU statement, issued on Friday, followed a meeting of the Peace and Security Council in Addis Ababa,

DHAKA: Israeli fighter jets have struck two national security bases and an empty field in the Gaza Strip, after rockets were earlier fired into southern Israel from the besieged territory.One air strike targeted a national security base east of the Jabalia refugee camp, in the north of

DHAKA: Hungarian authorities have seized a train bringing refugees into the country from Croatia, disarming 40 police on board and detaining the driver after more than 4,000 refugees arrived across their border.The head of the Hungarian disaster unit has said, reports Al Jazeera.Gyorgy

DHAKA: Japan’s parliament has voted to allow the military to fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War Two 70 years ago.A vote on the new law was delayed for several hours as the opposition tried to stop the measure coming into force, reports the BBC.Outside,

DHAKA: US and Russian defence ministers have held their first talks in more than a year, to discuss the conflict in Syria.The phone call follows signs that Moscow is taking a more active role in the conflict, and American concern over the extent of the plans.Meanwhile, four Russian