DHAKA: In a delight for skywatchers, the second full moon of July made its appearance on Friday evening. The rare phenomenon - the sighting of second full moon - is referred to as Blue Moon.The first full moon of the month had appeared on July 2. Usually, in a calendar year, only one full

DHAKA: A private jet crashed in southern England on Friday, killing four people on board, a spokesman for Britain's Hampshire police service said.Saudi and British media said the passengers were relatives of deceased al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.A spokeswoman for the British police

DHAKA: India has said that four of its citizens have been kidnapped near the Libyan city of Sirte.India’s foreign minister Sushma Swaraj briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the incident on Friday, according to the online edition of the Times of India, reports Al Jazeera.Vikas

DHAKA: The death toll rose to 27 on Thursday and authorities listed 149 others as injured after a truck lost control and slammed into a religious procession in a central Mexico town.A Public Safety Department official for the state of Zacatecas confirmed the figures and said some of those

DHAKA: An 18-month-old Palestinian boy has burned to death after settlers set fire to his family house in Duma village, south of Nablus city, in the occupied West Bank.The parents of Ali Saad Dawabsheh and his four-year-old brother were also injured in the attack, sources told Al Jazeera

DHAKA: If anything unusual happens to you Friday, you'll be right to say it was "once in a blue moon."The July 31 appearance of the month's second full moon will be the first such occurrence since August 2012, CNN reported. Every month has a full moon, but because the lunar cycle and the

DHAKA: It is "very likely" debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is that of the missing flight MH370, says a top Australian official.Martin Dolan, who heads Australia's search efforts, also said the operation was continuing "in the right place" in the southern part of the

DHAKA: China and Russia will hold joint naval and air defense drills in the Sea of Japan, China said on Thursday, the latest exercises between the two countries which could concern Japan, involved in a marine dispute with China to the south.The maneuvers also come as the United States

DHAKA: The Taliban has elected Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as its new leader, Taliban sources have told Al Jazeera, as the group confirmed the death of Mullah Omar.The election, which was reported on Thursday, however, was not officially confirmed by the group, reports Al Jazeera.The Afghan

DHAKA: Russia has used its veto at the UN to block a draft resolution to set up an international tribunal into the MH17 air disaster in July 2014.It was the only nation at the 15-member UN Security Council to oppose the move, triggering widespread condemnation.The Malaysian Airlines

DHAKA:  Thousands gathered to bid farewell to the President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, popularly known as people’s president, who was buried with full state honours at a public ground in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram town of India where he was born.Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi

DHAKA: Myanmar has pardoned and released 6,966 prisoners, including 210 foreigners, the government says.The amnesties, which the information ministry says the president issued ‘on humanitarian grounds’, come ahead of general elections in November.It is not clear if Burmese political

DHAKA: The last rites of former president of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam were held on Thursday in his hometown Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu of India, reports hindustantimes.Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and a host of other dignitaries, including

DHAKA: Landslides in a mountain area of Nepal buried two villages Thursday, killing at least 15 people with several more believed to be buried, authorities said.The Nepal Home Ministry said 11 people were killed when the landslide triggered by heavy overnight rainfall buried the village

DHAKA: Yakub Memon, convicted as “a driving spirit” for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai, was hanged a little before 7:00am (local time) at Nagpur Central Prison of India, reports ndtv.At 5:00am, the Supreme Court of India had rejected his last-minute petition to stop his hanging after an

DHAKA: The death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban, has been confirmed by authorities in Pakistan who have shared the information with Afghan government officials.A media report said on Wednesday, according to Hindustan Times.The issue was reportedly

DHAKA: Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to free him, said police, reports the

DHAKA: Three people have died after a three-storeyed building collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane district late last night. 16 people have been pulled out of the debris; six are still feared trapped.Local municipal authorities say the building had been served a notice declaring it a weak

DHAKA: At least 25 people have died in a fire that has gutted an Egyptian furniture factory north of Cairo, a health ministry official says.Twenty-two more workers suffered from burns and smoke inhalation in the blaze in the Al-Helw factory on the outskirts of the capital, health ministry

DHAKA: Toyota has fallen behind Volkswagen in the race for the world’s biggest automaker title, figures showed Tuesday, as the German giant outsold its Japanese rival in the first half of the year.Toyota said it sold 5.02 million vehicles worldwide between January and June, falling