DHAKA: The US Congress approved US$225 million in emergency funding for Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense system, sending the measure to president Barack Obama to be signed into law. The House of Representatives approved the funding by a 395-8 vote late on Friday, several hours

DHAKA: Chinese media says at least 65 people have been killed and 120 injured in a blast at a workshop in Kunshan, a city in eastern Jiangsu Province, where more than 200 workers were operating. The Xinhua state news agency said it occurred at 7.37am (23:37 GMT) on Saturday morning at a

DHAKA: Former U.S. president Bill Clinton said he "could have killed" Osama bin Laden in remarks to an audience in Australia the day before al-Qaeda's 2001 attacks on the United States, according to an audio tape that emerged this week. Clinton and officials from his administration have

DHAKA: A campaign for a baby with Down's Syndrome left with his surrogate Thai mother by an Australian couple has raised over $120,000 (£70,000). The six-month-old boy, named Gammy, also has a congenital heart condition and needs urgent medical treatment. Pattaramon Chanbua was left to

DHAKA: Hamas says it does not know the whereabouts of an Israeli soldier it had been accused of capturing in Gaza. The Islamist group's military wing says it lost contact with some fighters in the area and that they and Hadar Goldin, 23, may have been killed. His supposed capture and

DHAKA: Israel declared a Gaza ceasefire over on Friday and killed more than 50 Palestinians in renewed shelling, saying militants had breached the truce shortly after it began and apparently captured an Israeli soldier. The 72-hour break announced by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry

DHAKA: Twenty-five people have been killed just hours into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, medics say, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a 72-hour pause in fighting. There was an immediate lull in fighting as the truce began at 8am local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday. However, less than three

DHAKA: A 22-year-old Indian woman allegedly gang-raped after being abducted by four persons when she was going to the famous shrine Ajmer Sharif, a First Information Report (FIR) says on Friday. Two suspects have been arrested in this connection, the police said, reports the NDTV. The

DHAKA: Five people have been killed just hours into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a 72-hour pause in fighting. There was an immediate lull in fighting as the truce began at 8am local time (05:00 GMT) on Friday. However, less than three hours later,

DHAKA: One of the most incredible pictures to come out of the savagery in Gaza was posted on Twitter on Thursday. Taken by Swedish Radio correspondent Johan-Matthias Sommarström, the image shows a small Palestinian boy who had dressed himself as a journalist with a "home made flak

DHAKA: It's a staggering figure, two weeks after Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot out of the sky. As many as 80 bodies could still be lying in the fields of eastern Ukraine where the passenger jet crashed, Australia's foreign minister told CNN on Thursday. "But we won't know until

DHAKA: Heavy rains hampered efforts Friday by hundreds of rescue workers digging through heavy mud and debris, as the death toll from a landslide that engulfed an entire village in western India rose to 51. Rescuers are still looking for about 100 people missing and feared dead, after

DHAKA: Heavy rains hampered efforts Friday by hundreds of rescue workers digging through heavy mud and debris, as the death toll from a landslide that engulfed an entire village in western India rose to 51. Rescuers are still looking for about 100 people missing and feared dead, after

DHAKA: The UN's top rights and refugee officials have condemned Israel's bombardment of Gaza and warned of a major humanitarian crisis, with almost half of Palestinians now refugees in their own territory. Navi Pillay, the UN human rights commissioner, on Thursday said that Israel had

DHAKA: The death toll is rising in Taiwan in a series of explosions triggered by underground gas leaks in the southern city of Kaohsiung, according to state-run news agency CNA. At least 22 people were killed and another 270 injured when the powerful blasts ripped through the city's

DHAKA: Taslima Nasreen, who has been living in exile for several years after clerics in her country issued a fatwa against her, it seems has now been cold shouldered by the Indian government after getting the royal ignore from West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. The Bangladeshi

DHAKA: UN and US say Israel and Hamas have agreed humanitarian truce to begin on Friday morning and to hold talks in Cairo. The UN and the US have announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to an unconditional 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire to begin on Friday morning. In a joint

DHAKA: Israel is calling up 16,000 extra reservists to bolster its military as the conflict in Gaza continues. The deployment brings the total called up by Israel to 86,000. Officials told Israeli media the call-up gave the military "room to breathe". The move comes as Israel pledged to

DHAKA:  At least 25 people have been killed and nearly 200 are feared buried after a landslide hit a village, nearly 120 kilometres from Pune in Maharashtra. Rescue workers anticipate that the number of dead will rise, reports NDTV. Here are the latest developments: The landslide took

DHAKA: An airstrike hits an open air market. An explosion rocks a school-turned-shelter. A booby-trapped tunnel explodes. These were among the scenes in Gaza in a more-than-three-week-old conflict that has left more than 1,300 people dead and even more wounded. The violence between