DHAKA: A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off Vanuatu in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, but no tsunami threat was detected and no damage reported.Seismologists said, reports NDTV.The quake hit at a depth of 131 kilometers about 335 kilometers from the capital Port Vila, the

DHAKA: The number of migrants who have arrived in Greece this year has topped half a million.The United Nations said, reports the BBC.The rate of people arriving has risen to 8,000 a day, the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees said, with many hoping to beat winter weather.Most migrants

DHAKA: A government-appointed Sri Lankan judge says allegations the army committed war crimes during the long conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels are ‘credible’.He was leading the first government inquiry into the atrocities, one month after the UN released its own findings.President

DHAKA: Canadian Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau has confirmed he will withdraw Canadian fighter jets from the air strikes against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria.He informed US President Barack Obama of his decision hours after leading his Liberal party to victory in the

DHAKA: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for fast action to halt the "dangerous escalation in violence" between Israelis and Palestinians.He told reporters in Jerusalem it was not too late to avoid a broader crisis, reports the BBC.Ban spoke soon after police said a Palestinian

DHAKA: Justin Trudeau is set to become Canada’s new prime minister after his Liberal Party swept to power in general elections, ending nearly a decade of Conservative Party rule.The Liberals seized a parliamentary majority, an unprecedented turn in political fortunes that smashed the

DHAKA: Croatia has opened its border with Serbia, letting in thousands of refugees who had been stranded for nearly two days in the cold.The opening on Monday partially cleared the human bottleneck that has been building up in the West Balkans.The humanitarian crisis has been growing

DHAKA: Dogs are the most diverse animal on the planet - a legacy of thousands of years of selective breeding by humans.But they derive from wild wolves that were gradually tamed and inducted into human hunting groups - perhaps near Mongolia or Nepal.The findings come from an analysis of

DHAKA: Canada's opposition Liberal Party is heading for victory in parliamentary elections that would end nine years of Conservative rule, early results show.Out of 338 seats, results of 230 seats were declared till 9:10am. The Liberals, led by Justin Trudeau, have won in 138 seats while

DHAKA: The Maldives’ top court has overturned a sentence of death by stoning issued to a woman found guilty of adultery.Local media report, says the BBC.The woman, who reportedly gave birth out of wedlock, was convicted by a magistrate’s court on Sunday.However, the Supreme Court

DHAKA: One Israeli soldier has died of his wounds and at least 11 people, including four soldiers, have been injured in an attack on a bus station in southern Israel.Police said describing the incident as a shooting and stabbing attack, reports Al Jazeera.After the attack on Sunday

DHAKA: Tensions are building among thousands of migrants heading north through Balkan states as their route to Western Europe is stalled by new controls.Croatia had asked its northern neighbour Slovenia to accept 5,000 migrants daily, but Slovenia said it would only take half that number,

DHAKA: Israel has imposed more security measures after new attacks in the occupied Palestinian territories, widening police stop-and-frisk powers that will effectively allow them to search anyone on the street.The Ministry of Public Security on Sunday said the government approved a bill

DHAKA: At least 250 slum dwellings were destroyed in a fire in the early hours today in East Delhi's Mangolpuri area. No casualties have been reported.The fire department received a call around 2 am about the blaze that also gutted a plastic godown, reports the NDTV.28 fire tenders have

DHAKA: The implementation of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the world powers has entered a new phase on Sunday.US officials said, reports Al Jazeera.According to a clause in the nuclear deal, the so-called Adoption Day was to happen 90 days after the agreement was approved by the

DHAKA: Palestinians have clashed with Israeli forces and settlers across the West Bank as violence continued to grip the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel.In the southern West Bank city of Hebron, Palestinian demonstrators marched from a local university to an Israeli

DHAKA: A suspected Russian air strike on a home in the countryside near the central city of Homs has killed 48 people from a single family.The bomb shelter where the family was hiding was hit by a rocket in the western city of Homs, Syrian activists told Al Jazeera on Sunday.Moscow has

DHAKA: Homes have been flattened, power lines toppled, and thousands of people have fled their homes as Typhoon Koppu swept into the northern Philippines.Disaster agency officials said the storm was also whipping up coastal surges 4m high.The huge, slow-moving typhoon made landfall near

DHAKA: Homes have been flattened, power lines toppled, and thousands of people have fled their homes as Typhoon Koppu swept into the northern Philippines.Disaster agency officials said the storm was also whipping up coastal surges 4m high.The huge, slow-moving typhoon made landfall near

DHAKA: Eighty-four Church of England bishops have revealed that they wrote to David Cameron last month urging him to accept at least 50,000 refugees from Syria.Their letter said the PM’s decision to accept 20,000 by 2020 was not an adequate response and said most British people wanted