DHAKA: Saudi Arabia's King Salman, on a landmark visit to Russia, and President Vladimir Putin signed a slew of arms and energy deals, reports Al Jazeera. The agreement was announced on Thursday (October 5) as Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted King Salman - the first sitting

Myanmar's military crackdown that has caused a half-million Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh could destabilize the region and invite international terrorists, the State Department said Thursday (Oct 5). But Patrick Murphy, a senior U.S. official for Southeast Asia, would not

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has been awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. It won the prestigious honour for its "work to draw attention to the catastrophic consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its groundbreaking efforts to a achieve

DHAKA: Tropical Storm Nate has killed at least 22 people in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras before it moves north towards the US, reports BBC. A state of emergency has been declared in the Central American nations, where more than 20 people are missing. It has caused heavy rains,

Spain's Constitutional Court has suspended next Monday's session of Catalan parliament, in a bid to pre-empt a possible push for independence. The court said such a move would be "a breach of the constitution", reports the BBC. Earlier Prime Minister Mario Rajoy warned

Kazuo Ishiguro, the Japanese-born British novelist best known for “The Remains of the Day,” won the Nobel Literature Prize on Thursday (Oct 5). The selection of the 62-year-old Ishiguro marked a return to traditional literature following two years of unconventional choices by the

DHAKA: Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont lambasted Spain's King Felipe VI for "deliberately ignoring millions of Catalans", reports BBC. In a TV address, Puigdemont accused the king of adopting the Spanish government's position. "This moment calls for mediation," he said. He

DHAKA: Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont lambasted Spain's King Felipe VI for "deliberately ignoring millions of Catalans", reports BBC. In a TV address, Puigdemont accused the king of adopting the Spanish government's position. "This moment calls for mediation," he said. He

Three scientists have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for developing cryo-electron microscopy which simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules, the award-giving body said on Wednesday (Oct 4). The scientists are Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson.  

DHAKA: Catalonia’s President claimed the autonomous region will declare independence from Spain “at the end of this week or the beginning of next”, reports The Independent-UK. Carles Puigdemont told The BBC that it would be "an error which changes everything", if the Spanish

DHAKA: An honour granting Aung San Suu Kyi the Freedom of Oxford has been withdrawn by the city of Oxford because of her response to the Rohingya crisis, reports BBC. The de facto leader of Myanmar was granted the honour in 1997 for her "long struggle for democracy". But a motion to

The Nobel Physics Prize 2017 has been awarded to three scientists for their discoveries in gravitational waves. The scientists are Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in physics.  They are members of the LIGO-Virgo detector collaboration

Gunfire and explosions rang out of a paramilitary complex close to Srinagar airport in India-controlled part of disputed Kashmir on Tuesday morning (Oct 3) after an attack by militants, officials said. Two of the gunmen and one BSF personnel were killed while two more troopers were

DHAKA: A “lone wolf” gunman carried out the America’s deadliest mass shooting in a meticulously planned attack at a festival crowd of 22,000, reports The Telegraph. Stephen Paddock, 64, killed at least 59 people and injured a further 527 when he fired on concert-goers from the

DHAKA: A “lone wolf” gunman carried out the America’s deadliest mass shooting in a meticulously planned attack at a festival crowd of 22,000, reports The Telegraph. Stephen Paddock, 64, killed at least 59 people and injured a further 527 when he fired on concert-goers from the

Three American scientists have won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm, the prize committee said in a statement on Monday (Oct 2).  The scientists are Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael

At least fifty people have been killed and another 200 injured in a mass shooting at a Las Vegas concert. A gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel toward an open-air music festival being held close by, reports the BBC. Police said a suspect identified as a

DHAKA: At least 465 people were injured as police used force to prevent voting in Catalonia's independence referendum, reports The Gurdian quoting Catalan officials. The Spanish government has pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country's constitutional

DHAKA: At least 465 people were injured as police used force to prevent voting in Catalonia's independence referendum, reports The Gurdian quoting Catalan officials. The Spanish government has pledged to stop a poll that was declared illegal by the country's constitutional

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of Catalan separatists have taken part in a final rally ahead of a planned referendum on independence from Spain, reports BBC. The referendum is supposed to be held on Sunday (October 1). Regional President Carles Puigdemont told the rally that he believed