DHAKA: Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis accused Athens’ creditors of ‘terrorism’ in an interview, a day before Greeks vote in a high-stakes referendum on the conditions of the country’s bailout.‘What they’re doing with Greece has a name - terrorism,’ Varoufakis told

DHAKA: The Palestinian government forces have arrested at least 120 people, including Hamas members, in West Bank over the past two days, raising tension between the rival movements.At least 20 people were arrested on Saturday, Hamas officials said, a day after about 100 members were

DHAKA: At 62 years of age, Swiss Solar Impulse-2 pilot Andre Borschberg has made aviation history with a record breaking solo flight across the Pacific that he has called ‘an interior journey’.After traveling more than 8,000km on the latest leg of the round-the-world trip, he arrived

DHAKA: A group affiliated with Islamic State has said it fired three rockets into Israel from Egypt's Sinai peninsula.The affiliate, which calls itself Sinai Province, said it had acted in retaliation for what it says is Israeli support for the Egyptian army, reports bbc.comIsrael said

DHAKA: At least 17 people, including a senior army officer and the driver of the train, were killed when rail carriages full of soldiers and military hardware fell into a canal in Gujranwala on Thursday following the partial collapse of a bridge. The accident occurred near the eastern

DHAKA: Bollywood actress and BJP lawmaker Hema Malini was injured and a girl child killed in a collision involving her Mercedes-Benz with a Maruti Alto in Dausa in Rajasthan on Thursday night. The actor was on her way to Jaipur and the child was the occupant of the small car. The other

DHAKA: Malaysia has said that it wants to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of having shot down flight MH17.The Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashed in July 2014, with the loss of all 298 people on board, reports bbc.It had been flying over territory held

DHAKA:  A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck China's far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with at least four people killed according to Chinese officials.The epicentre was in Pishan county, 164 kilometres (102 miles) northwest of the city of Hotan

DHAKA: Greece will need an extra 50bn euros ($55bn) over the next three years to stabilise its finances under the existing, disputed bailout plans, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.The IMF also cut its forecast for Greek economic growth from 2.5% to zero, reports bbc.And it

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,