DHAKA: After an earthquake swarm in the area, the Bardarbunga volcano erupted Friday in Iceland. However, a Code Red aviation travel warning with a no-fly zone was issued Friday by the Met Office there. Moreover, earlier another volcano also erupted on the day same in Papua New Guinea,

DHAKA: More than three million Syrians are now registered as refugees and the desperate crisis is only getting worse, the UN's refugee agency says.The UNHCR says Syria is now "the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era" with almost half of all Syrians forced to flee their homes.The

DHAKA: The tenure of India’s Modi government will end on 2018. Meanwhile, his government has moved for a landmark initiative to open bank accounts for 75 million households across the country.The Indian PM, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana on Thursday. He

DHAKA: Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been officially sworn in as Turkish president after winning the country's first public vote for head of state.Mr Erdogan, who served three terms as Prime Minister, has vowed to give more power to the previously ceremonial post.Critics of Mr Erdogan say

DHAKA: The Pakistan government on Thursday said it will register a case of murder against prime minister Nawaz Sharif and 20 others, for their alleged role in the clashes that killed 14 supporters of the cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri. ‘A process for the FIR has started and the government will

DHAKA: Ismail Haniyeh, the former head of the Hamas regime in Gaza, was rushed to hospital on Wednesday shortly after emerging from hiding during the seven-week-long Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Channel 2 reports, says The Jerusalem Post. The news of Haniyeh’s

DHAKA: Islamic State fighters have executed ‘dozens’ of Syrian soldiers fleeing Tabqa military airport in the north. A monitor said Thursday, with the jihadists boasting on Twitter they had killed 200 troops. ‘Dozens of Syrian soldiers captured while fleeing... after the IS

DHAKA: A pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has said 3-4,000 Russian citizens are fighting in their ranks. Alexander Zakharchenko told Russian TV many of the Russians were former servicepeople or current personnel on leave, reports the BBC. He was speaking as rebels captured

DHAKA: The Lebanese army shelled militant positions in the border zone with Syria on Wednesday near a town that was seized by Islamist insurgents earlier this month. A security source said, reports The Jerusalem Post. It was the first such engagement since the radical Sunni Muslim

DHAKA: Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to be officially sworn in after winning the country's first ever popular vote for head of state. Erdogan, who served three terms as prime minister, has vowed to give more power to the previously ceremonial post, reports BBC. His

DHAKA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the seven-week conflict in Gaza ended in "victory". The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement was "hit hard and got none of its demands," Netanyahu said. Hamas has also claimed the truce represents a victory for Gaza and held a

DHAKA: A robbery suspect carrying a plastic-pellet gun and a crew member with the TV show "Cops'' were shot dead by police during a response to a restaurant hold-up in Omaha, Nebraska.The TV worker died despite wearing body armour at the incident on Wednesday, while police said the

DHAKA: Al-Qaida’s Syria wing Nusra Front and other Islamist fighters have taken control of a border crossing on the line dividing Syria from the Israel occupied Golan Heights. A group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post. The fighters, who have

DHAKA: Germany is in discussions with the United States and other international partners about possible military action against Islamic State in Syria but Berlin will not take part in any military engagement there. A foreign office spokesman said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.

DHAKA: Thai prime minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha told European investors on Wednesday that he was not a dictator and that his government was seeking to create a Thailand that would be more attractive for their long-term investments. Gen Prayuth was appointed prime minister on Monday

DHAKA: Iraq was massing forces Wednesday for an operation to break a two-month jihadist siege of the town of Amerli amid growing fears for residents short of food and water. Thousands of Shia militiamen from groups including Asaib Ahl al-Haq and the Badr Organisation are gathering in the

DHAKA: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday denied reports that the son of a top minister was involved in influence peddling, seeking to staunch the type of corruption allegations that sent the country's last government to election defeat. Modi’s office issued the rebuttal

DHAKA: An American man, believed to be fighting alongside Islamist militants in Syria, has been killed. The White House has confirmed. A cousin of Douglas McAuthur McCain told the BBC the US government had called his mother to confirm his death. McCain was found dead by Free Syrian

DHAKA: Pakistan’s embattled prime minister said Wednesday he would not cave in to protests demanding his resignation, striking a defiant note in his first major speech since the crisis erupted two weeks ago. Nawaz Sharif told parliament his government would not be thrown off course by

DHAKA: Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group of them hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at the weekend. Pictures posted on the Internet and on Twitter by supporters showed on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times. Islamic