DHAKA: Italian divers have recovered dozens more bodies from a boat carrying African migrants that sank on Thursday.Thirty-eight bodies were freed from the hull, which divers had previously been unable to access. The official death toll now stands at 232.Divers "unpacked a wall of

DHAKA: Spanish authorities on Monday rescued 10 African migrants crossing the Strait of Gibraltar in a rubber dinghy in another incident highlighting the perils of trying to enter Europe illegally, after last week’s fatal shipwreck in Italian waters.Rescue teams received a call in the

DHAKA: Despite a clear message sent by the outgoing army chief and another top military post now vacant, it seems the prime minister will take his time in announcing the successors.According to a statement issued by the PM House on Monday, the premier said that his government would

DHAKA: Another royal wedding may soon be on the cards for Britain if Prince Harry has finally managed to get girlfriend Cressida Bonas to say yes.The Daily Telegraph said in a report that the 30-year-old prince has been working doubly hard to melt away any resistance from the 24-year-old

DHAKA: The Pakistani Taliban on Monday said schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai had ‘no courage’ and vowed to attack her again if they got the chance.Gunmen sent by the Taliban tried to kill Malala on her school bus on October 9 last year.She amazingly survived being shot in the

DHAKA: The United States and Russia have agreed to press the United Nations to set a date for a Syria peace conference sometime in the second week of November.US state secretary John Kerry said on Monday after talks with his Russian counterpart, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘We will urge

DHAKA: French investigators have abandoned a party funding inquiry against former president Nicolas Sarkozy, a judicial source said on Monday of a legal case that could have scotched his chances of running for a new term.Sarkozy, who many conservatives want to see lead the centre-right in

DHAKA: The United Nations told its staff in Yemen to stay home on Monday, a day after gunmen shot dead a German embassy security guard.International humanitarian organisations have also advised staff to limit their movements, an aid worker said, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘Staff should

DHAKA: Syria won foreign praise on Monday for starting to destroy its chemical arsenal, although an opposition activist said the world was merely giving president Bashar al-Assad time to kill more people with conventional weapons.An official from the international mission overseeing the

DHAKA: A sensationalist Russian news website on Monday published a photograph that it claims is the first to show US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden since he emerged from a Moscow airport in August.In the blurry image published by Life News, a casually dressed man sporting a

DHAKA: India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed surface-to-surface nuclear capable ballistic missile Prithvi II from the Integrated Test Range in Indian state of Odisha.Inducted into SFC in 2003, the Prithvi II was the first missile to be developed by DRDO under

DHAKA: Four Saudi lawyers have made history by becoming the first women to practice law in the kingdom’s courts.Bayan Zahran, Jihan Qurban, Sarra Al Omari and Ameera Quqani were on Sunday given the licences that allow them to change their status from legal consultants to attorneys.The

DHAKA: Assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a state-owned satellite station in the Maadi suburb of Cairo on Monday, wounding two people.Egypt security officials said, reports The Jerusalem Post.There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.Islamist militants have

DHAKA: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot by the Taliban last year for campaigning for girls’ education, said on Monday she hoped to become a politician to ‘change the future of my country’.The 16-year-old, whose continued fight for all children to go to school has made

DHAKA: Australia’s new prime minister said on Monday he would attend a Commonwealth summit next month despite calls for a boycott over the human rights record of host Sri Lanka.Conservative leader Tony Abbott indicated disagreement with Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, who does

DHAKA: Japan has emerged from the ‘crossroads’ of economic stagnation, with deep reforms and a massive spending package expected to put it back on the growth track.Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.Speaking to Asia’s top corporate executives

DHAKA: Gunmen have killed five Egyptian soldiers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, say security officials.The gunmen opened fire on the soldiers while they were sitting in a car at a checkpoint north of the city, reports said, according to the BBC.Security forces have been repeatedly

DHAKA: Two people, one a police officer, were killed by a bomb apparently targeting anti-polio campaigners in Pakistan, say police.The blast struck a van near a hospital in Budh Bher suburb of the north-western city of Peshawar.A death toll of six was earlier given but corrected by

DHAKA: Iranian ambassador to Lebanon Ghazanfar Roknabadi played down in comments published Monday a possible visit by Iranian president Hassan Rouhani to Saudi Arabia during Hajj, saying the visit could occur following the Muslim religious pilgrimage.‘Due to the positivity (in ties)

DHAKA: Powerful typhoon Fitow has rammed into eastern China after triggering the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people.With winds up to 151km/h, the storm landed in Fujian province early on Monday, bringing heavy rains and causing widespread power cuts.At least two people have