DHAKA: Croatia has closed seven of its eight road border crossings with Serbia following a huge influx of migrants.Officials in Zagreb said they had no choice after more than 10,000 people entered the country a day after Hungary fenced off its border with Serbia.Meanwhile, Slovenia said

DHAKA: Fighters belonging to the Pakistani Taliban have stormed an air force station near Peshawar in Pakistan's northwest, resulting in a firefight with security forces and the deaths of at least 43 people, sources say.ISPR, the Pakistan military's media wing, said at least 21 security

DHAKA: Amid chaotic scenes in Croatia, crowds of migrants briefly broke through riot police lines at the border with Serbia.People waiting for hours in blazing heat at Tavornik grew frustrated, though the situation is quieter now, reports the BBC.Croatia is struggling to deal with at

DHAKA: At least 170 people have been killed after an oil tanker exploded in South Sudan.Officials say, reports the BBC.The tanker had veered off the road in Maridi, Western Equatoria state, and local residents were siphoning off the fuel when the vehicle exploded, they said.At least 50

DHAKA: The military in Burkina Faso has taken to the airwaves to declare it now controls the country, confirming that a coup has taken place - just weeks before national elections.In the announcement aired early on Thursday on national television and radio, the statement said that the

DHAKA: A magnitude 8.3 earthquake has struck off the coast of Chile, killing at least five people and forcing one million to flee their homes.The quake shook buildings late on Wednesday in the capital city of Santiago, about 280km to the south, and flooded some coastal areas under a

DHAKA: Three more persons have died of dengue in Delhi, which takes the number of dead to 14 in what officials call the worst outbreak of the disease in the capital in five years. Over 1,900 people in the city have been affected by dengue. The deaths of a 41-year-old woman and two boys,

DHAKA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he is "shocked" after Hungarian police fired tear gas and water cannon to force migrants back from its border.Ban said such treatment of asylum seekers was "unacceptable".Hundreds of migrants were involved in the clashes at the border

DHAKA: A powerful earthquake has hit central Chile, causing buildings to sway in the capital Santiago, officials say.The 8.3-magnitude tremor was centred off the coast, about 144 miles (232km) north-west of the capital.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center warned that "widespread hazardous

DHAKA: Croatia says it will allow migrants to travel on to northern Europe - opening up a new route a day after Hungary sealed its border with Serbia.More than 150 migrants have crossed into Croatia from Serbia. Those stranded on Serbia’s border with Hungary are making a similar

DHAKA: The United Nations has called for a special court to try war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan army’s long conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels.In a long-delayed report, the UN Human Rights Council accused both sides of atrocities, especially during the final stages of the war

DHAKA: The Palestine government invited hundreds of world leaders to celebrate the raising of its flag for the first time at the United Nations headquarters in New York on September 30.‘It will be a glorious day, a proud day for us. We expect hundreds of leaders to be with Palestine

DHAKA: The US has confirmed Chinese President Xi Jinping will be given a state welcome when he visits in September.Xi’s visit comes after President Barack Obama's trip to China in November last year.The White House said Xi would be hosted at the White House for a state dinner on 25

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in a bid to clarify the intent of Moscow’s military build-up in Syria.Kerry warned that continued support for President Bashar al-Assad ‘risks exacerbating and extending the conflict’, a

DHAKA: The Australian government has confirmed it has launched its first air strikes inside Syria against targets of the so-called Islamic State (IS).Australia is part of an international military coalition targeting IS strongholds in Syria and Iraq.Three air strikes were made on Monday,

DHAKA: Hundreds of migrants have spent the night at the closed Hungary-Serbia border, with many facing the choice of finding a new route to northern Europe.Serbian media said buses were now being redirected to Croatia, with migrants then planning to move on to Slovenia, Austria - and

DHAKA: The Hungarian government has declared a state of emergency to cope with the influx of refugees, as almost 10,000 people were detained for illegally crossing the border from Serbia.Police said, reports Al Jazeera.On Tuesday, police also detained at least 60 people claiming to be

DHAKA: Kuwait has sentenced seven people to death over the suicide bombing of a Shia mosque in which at least 27 people were killed.More than 220 people were wounded in the 26 June attack, which targeted the Imam Sadiq Mosque in a busy area to the east of Kuwait City.Another eight

DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin has pledged continued military support for Syria’s Bashar al-Assad despite growing concerns over Moscow’s role in the war.Putin urged other countries to join Russia in sending ‘military-technical assistance’.He said the influx refugees to

DHAKA: North Korea says its main nuclear facility, the Yongbyon complex, has resumed normal operations.The country was improving its nuclear weapons ‘in quality and quantity’, state-run news agency KCNA reported, according to the BBC.Yongbyon’s reactor was shut down in 2007 but