DHAKA: The earthquake hit central New Zealand, rattling Wellington and Christchurch.An earthquake measuring 6.3 has hit central New Zealand, rattling Wellington and Christchurch.The quake, centred in the Nelson region, occurred at a depth of 80 kilometres, 45 kilometres east of the

DHAKA: Militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket at Israel as it celebrated its independence day on Thursday, the first such attack this year, causing no injuries or damage, Israeli authorities said.Air raid sirens sounded in the late evening in the southern border town of Sderot and

DHAKA: It’s the House of Cards meets The Americans. Dogged by controversies throughout their career over dodgy links to many dubious associates, Hillary and Bill Clinton are suddenly in the midst of another raging storm that could potentially damage the former First Lady and former

DHAKA: The US government has said it is ‘tremendously sorry’ for killing two hostages held by al-Qaeda during a counterterrorism operation in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan earlier this year.The White House said on Thursday that American Warren Weinstein and Italian

DHAKA: European leaders are to triple funding for search-and-rescue operations aimed at migrant boats in the Mediterranean following crisis talks in Brussels.The EU will also look at ways to capture and destroy smugglers’ boats and deploy immigration officers to non-EU countries,

DHAKA: EU leaders gathering in Brussels on Thursday will consider launching a military operation against human traffickers in Libya, in a bold effort to halt the deadly flow of refugees trying to reach Europe by sea.As survivors laid bare the full horror of last weekend’s catastrophic

DHAKA: Saudi-led coalition warplanes bombed Yemen on Wednesday despite an announcement by Riyadh that it was ending its campaign of air strikes, while renewed fighting erupted on the ground between rebels and forces loyal to the exiled president.The hostilities illustrated how difficult

DHAKA: At least 44 people were killed and 100 others injured as a heavy storm with rain and hail swept through northern and north-eastern districts of Bihar on Tuesday night.The storm also destroyed standing crops and property worth several crores of rupees, reports the Times of

DHAKA: Southern Chile’s Calbuco volcano has erupted for the first time in more than four decades, sending a thick plume of ash and smoke several kilometres into the sky.The local television images showed that reports the Aljazeera.Chile’s Onemi emergency office declared a red alert

DHAKA: EU leaders are due to hold an emergency summit on ways to stem the number of migrants risking the perilous journey across the Mediterranean.BBC Europe editor Katya Adler says draft proposals include a push for a military mandate to destroy boats used by people traffickers.More than

DHAKA: A farmer hanged himself in front of hundreds of protesters gathered in the centre of the Indian capital on Wednesday to rally against the government’s contentious reform of land purchasing laws.Television footage of the protest close to the nation's parliament showed the farmer

DHAKA: Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday launched one of his strongest attacks yet against Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria extremists, saying the group was a ‘virus’ working to destroy the Muslim community.Ankara has been repeatedly criticized in recent months

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of Ethiopians marched through the capital Wednesday in a government-organized rally condemning the murder of 20 Ethiopian Christians by Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria militants in Libya.‘Our brothers were murdered, the government must do something,’

DHAKA: The Afghan Taliban announced Wednesday they will launch their annual ‘spring offensive’ from April 24, vowing attacks across the country at a time when US-led foreign forces are pulling back from the frontlines.The militants have already stepped up attacks on government and

DHAKA: Just as Pakistan was celebrating the launch of Chinese investments worth $46 billion in the country, the militant organization Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed to have successfully test fired its first indigenously developed missile named as ‘Omar-1’.To justify its

DHAKA: At least 14 Indian pilgrims were killed and 25 others injured on Wednesday when a bus carrying them plunged some 100 meter down from the hilly road at Naubise village in Dhading district, 75-km east of Kathmandu in Nepal.The bus with Indian number plate was carrying around 45

DHAKA: Indonesian president Joko Widodo called on Wednesday for a new global financial order that is open to emerging economic powers and leaves the ‘obsolete ideas’ of Bretton Woods institutions in the past.Widodo’s speech in Jakarta opened a meeting of Asian and African nations to

DHAKA: The number of migrants dying in Mediterranean Sea crossings could hit 30,000 this year if the current rate continues, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says.The deaths in 2015 so far are 30 times higher than the same period last year, reports the BBC.The UN

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman on Tuesday ordered the Saudi Arabian National Guard to take part in Riyadh's campaign against Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen.SANG is widely regarded as the kingdom’s best equipped military ground force,Military operations in the campaign have so

DHAKA: Iran’s deputy foreign minister said he was optimistic that a ceasefire in the Yemen conflict would be announced later on Tuesday.The Iranian Tasnim news agency reported, says The Straits Times.Iran has consistently called for a halt to Saudi-led air strikes in Yemen, but