DHAKA: Myanmar declared a state of emergency on Tuesday in a conflict-torn border region where ferocious fighting between the army and ethnic rebels has forced thousands of civilians to flee.‘A serious situation has developed that has put people’s lives at risk, so a state of

DHAKA: At least four people have been killed and several other people injured in an explosion in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.According to initial reports, a suicide bomber blew himself up outside a hotel near the police district in Lahore’s Qila Gujjar Singh area, says the

DHAKA: Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis declared he was ready to do ‘whatever it takes’ to reach agreement over its bailout after the collapse of talks with EU finance ministers.Varoufakis spoke after Greece rejected an EU offer to extend its current €240bn bailout, a

DHAKA: Japan lifted a tsunami advisory nearly an hour after the country had issued the advisory following an earthquake off its northeastern coast Tuesday morning local time.The Japan News reported a tsunami advisory was issued in Iwate Prefecture in morning after a magnitude-6.9

DHAKA: Japan has issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude-6.9 earthquake struck off its northeastern coast early Tuesday. The quake struck shortly after 8:00 am Japan time at a depth of about 10 kilometers. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an advisory for a possible 1 metre

DHAKA: The US north-east is reeling from the latest in a series of blizzards, with low temperatures - up to 17C below normal - exacerbated by strong winds. A fourth major snowstorm in Boston, Massachusetts, made February the snowiest month in the city’s history. Almost 2,000 flights

DHAKA: Egypt says it has bombed Islamic State targets in Libya, hours after the group published video showing the apparent beheadings of 21 Egyptian Christians.State TV said the dawn strikes had targeted camps, training sites and weapons storage areas, reports the BBC.Earlier, President

DHAKA: US First Lady Michelle Obama is set to visit Japan in March for the first time since her husband Barack Obama entered the White House.US local media reported Monday, says The Straits Times.She will arrive on March 18 as part of a private tour of Asia, Kyodo News and other media

DHAKA: Danish police have shot and killed a man they believe carried out two gun attacks in Copenhagen which left two people dead.Police said the man was a Danish-born 22-year-old with a background in criminal gangs, reports the Aljazeera.At a news conference on Sunday, officers said

DHAKA: The Italian coastguard launched a massive operation to rescue more than 2,000 migrants in difficulty between the Italian island of Lampedusa and the Libyan coast.The emergency rescue came on Sunday Italy said it was evacuating staff from its embassy in Libya and suspending

DHAKA: More than 4,000 US soldiers based at Fort Carson, Colorado, are heading to Kuwait, where they will take over as one of America’s largest ground forces in the region after American President Barack Obama asked Congress to authorize military action against Islamic State

DHAKA: A video has emerged showing the beheadings purportedly of 21 Egyptian Christians who had been kidnapped by Islamic State (IS) militants in Libya.The footage shows a group wearing orange overalls, being forced to the ground and then decapitated, reports the BBC.Egypt reserves the

DHAKA: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday urged European Jews to move to Israel after a Jewish man was killed in an attack outside Copenhagen’s main synagogue. ‘Israel is your home. We are preparing and calling for the absorption of mass immigration from Europe,’

DHAKA: A newly built house in northern India collapsed early on Sunday killing 13 residents as they slept, the latest in a string of building cave-ins. Police said, reports The Straits Times. The roof of the house suddenly gave way in Uttar Pradesh state, trapping the residents, four of

DHAKA: Two civilians were killed by rockets fired by rebels shortly after the start of a ceasefire in east Ukraine on Sunday, a pro-Kiev official said, but most of the frontline had fallen silent. An elderly man and woman died after Grad missile fire hit the town of Popasna in the

DHAKA: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak is under mounting scrutiny for cracking down on opponents, troubles in a strategic development fund and questions over his family assets, with even ruling party conservatives questioning his leadership. The 61-year-old leader took the helm

DHAKA: Around a dozen ethnic rebels have been killed in a firefight with Myanmar troops and a further eight captured after renewed clashes in northern Myanmar near the Chinese border.State media said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.Myanmar’s military has for several days carried

DHAKA: The Pope has appointed 20 new cardinals, boosting the number of men from developing countries in the group that will elect his successor.The new cardinals include the first prelates from Myanmar, Tonga and Ethiopia.Fifteen are under 80, making them eligible to vote for the next

DHAKA: Police in Denmark say one man has been killed and two police officers wounded in an attack on a Jewish synagogue in central Copenhagen.The man had been shot several times in his head, police told reporters early on Sunday.Norreport, a large metro and train station nearby, was

DHAKA: A woman died after suffering serious injuries in a shark attack on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion on Saturday.The woman, aged around 20, sustained bite wounds to her leg during the incident which took place as she swam in the sea close to the beach in southwestern