DHAKA: The UN cultural agency on Thursday placed two ancient cities in conflict-torn Yemen, Sanaa and Shibam, on its list of endangered World Heritage sites.UNESCO said Sanaa, known for its many Islamic sites and multi-story rammed earth houses, ‘sustained serious damage due to armed

DHAKA: At least 36 people were killed after a passenger ferry with close to 200 people on board capsized in rough waters in the central Philippines on Thursday.The Kim Nirvana was heading from the central city of Ormoc to the island of Camotes when it capsized.Rescue boats picked up

DHAKA: Egypt’s army has said more than 100 fighters and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the peninsula.A group pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and the Levant group, the

DHAKA: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has said he will donate his entire $32bn fortune to charity.Prince Alwaleed, 60, is one of the world’s richest people, reports the BBC.He said he had been inspired by the Gates Foundation, set up by Bill and Melinda Gates in

DHAKA: Eurozone finance ministers have ruled out any further talks on a fresh bailout for Greece until the country holds its referendum on Sunday.Greeks will be asked to accept or reject proposals made by creditors last week, with Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras urging a ‘No’

DHAKA: At least twenty-five persons, including four women, were killed and 19 others injured when the bus in which they were travelling collided with a truck near Choti Chhaegaon Makhan area in Khandwa on Wednesday.The incident occurred when the private bus, carrying 38 passengers,

DHAKA: Greece’s Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has offered new concessions to the country’s creditors.A letter to creditors obtained by the Financial Times says Tsipras is prepared to accept most conditions that were on the table before talks collapsed and he called a referendum,

DHAKA: A record 137,000 people made the perilous journey across the Mediterranean to Europe in the first half of 2015, most of them fleeing war, conflict and persecution.The United Nations said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.‘Europe is living through a maritime refugee crisis

DHAKA: The US and Cuba on Wednesday will announce the opening of embassies in each other’s capitals, a major step in re-establishing diplomatic ties severed in 1961.A senior US official has said, reports the BBC.Relations had been frozen since the early 1960s when the US broke links and

DHAKA: Indonesian officials say 141 bodies have been recovered after a military transport plane crashed in a residential area of Medan on Tuesday.The military says none of the 122 people on board the Hercules C-130 survived when it hit houses and a hotel before bursting into flames,

DHAKA: Greece has missed the deadline for a €1.6bn (£1.1bn) payment to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), hours after eurozone ministers refused to extend its bailout.But the ministers say they will discuss a last-minute request from Greece for a new two-year bailout on Wednesday,

DHAKA: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Tuesday nominated a female judge to sit on the Supreme Court in an unprecedented move that has angered some Islamic conservatives.Anisa Rasouli, the head of the Afghan Women Judges Association and a former juvenile court judge, was the only female

DHAKA: At least 113 people have been killed after an Indonesian air force C-130 plane crashed in a residential neighborhood in the city of Medan on the northern island of Sumatra.According to military officials, the plane came down on Tuesday hitting empty residential buildings after

DHAKA: Thirty-eight bodies have been recovered from the crash site of an Indonesian military aircraft in the city of Medan.An Indonesian Red Cross official Zulkifli said, reports CNN.Local TV reported that the Hercules crashed into two houses and a car and burst into flames.Moreover,

DHAKA: An Indonesian air force transport plane crashed Tuesday shortly after take-off, exploding in a fireball in a city residential area and killing at least 20 people.Buildings near the crash zone were severely damaged and cars were reduced to flaming wrecks when the Hercules C-130 came

DHAKA: At least five people were killed Tuesday when an Indonesian military transport plane crashed into the city of Medan on Sumatra island and exploded in a ball of flames.Police said, reports The Straits Times.The C-130 Hercules plane crashed on Tuesday shortly after take-off,

DHAKA: Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has urged voters to reject creditors’ demands in a snap referendum on Greece’s debt crisis due on Sunday.Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis, the BBC publishes this report on

DHAKA: Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has urged voters to reject creditors’ demands in a snap referendum on Greece’s debt crisis due on Sunday.Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis, the BBC publishes this report on

DHAKA:  A washing machine stands in the middle of Maria Jimenez’s California yard, like a redundant relic of modern life. Nearby are several rented mobile toilets, no longer in use.For four months, she and her family have had no running water.“We are trying to live a normal life,”

DHAKA: Taliban militants in Afghanistan have killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers in an ambush in western Herat province.The convoy of pick-up trucks was attacked on Sunday evening in Karukh district of Herat, officials say, the BBC publishes this report on Monday.Weapons were stolen by the