DHAKA: A passenger coach crashed into the wall of an expressway tunnel in China's northwest, killing at least 36 people and injuring 13 others, official media reported on Friday. The accident occurred in Shaanxi province late on Thursday as the coach was on its way to Luoyang, a

DHAKA: North Korea said its plan to fire four missiles near the US territory of Guam will soon be ready, as a war of words with Washington intensifies, reports BBC. State media said Hwasong-12 rockets would pass over Japan and land in the sea about 30km (17 miles) from Guam, if the

DHAKA: North Korea has said it is considering carrying out missile strikes on the US Pacific territory of Guam, reports BBC. The report in state media, quoting an earlier military statement, came hours after President Donald Trump threatened North Korea with "fire and fury". The

DHAKA: A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China, killing 13 people, injuring 175 others and knocking out power and phone networks, reports AP. At least five of the dead were tourists, China's official Xinhua News Agency said. The government in Aba

Britain opened a formal probe to investigate the allegation raised against the world's biggest tobacco company- British American Tobacco (BAT) and its subsidiaries. The probe has begun nearly two years after allegations of bribery in Africa first surfaced. However, the British

DHAKA: At least 50 civilians have been killed by militants in northern Afghanistan, officials say. They report that a checkpoint manned by local police was attacked in the Mirzawalang area of Sar-e Pul province, reports the BBC. The assailants then entered the village and shot

DHAKA: The United Nations (UN) Security Council approved tougher fresh sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs, reports ABC News. A resolution banning North Korean exports and limiting investments in the country was passed unanimously. The US ambassador

DHAKA:  A suspected leader of banned militant outfit Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) was arrested from Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh of India. The detainee was identified as Abdullah, said sources from India’s National Investigation Agency. After living in Deoband since

DHAKA: The Trump administration's ban on US citizens traveling to North Korea will take effect early next month, and include exemptions for journalists and humanitarian workers, reports CNN. The proposed policy posted to the Federal Register on Wednesday (August 2), a US State

DHAKA: A pair of suicide bombers killed at least 29 people Tuesday night (August 1) at a Shiite mosque in Herat city of Afghanistan, reports CNN quoting a provincial spokesman. Another 64 people were wounded, said Jelani Farhad, the Herat provincial spokesman. The blasts took place

DHAKA: The US government has frozen any assets held by Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro in the US, after he held a controversial poll, reports BBC. Under the sanctions, US firms and individuals are banned from doing business with Maduro. The election of a constituent

DHAKA: White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci has been fired after fewer than 10 days in the post. Scaramucci, a former Wall Street financier, had drawn criticism after calling a reporter to give a profanity-laced tirade against his colleagues. Donald Trump's

DHAKA: Afghan security forces are battling gunmen following a suicide attack outside the Iraqi embassy in the capital, Kabul. Four attackers targeted the complex in the central Shar-e-Naw neighbourhood, reports the BBC quoting the Afghan interior ministry. A bomber blew himself up

DHAKA: Two people have been killed and three seriously injured in a nightclub shooting in the German city of Constance, police say. A man opened fire at about 04:30 (02:30 GMT) on Sunday, killing one person. The gunman was then shot and injured by police, and died later in hospital,

DHAKA: Thirteen people were killed on Sunday morning (July 30) as a van carrying the passengers caught on fire after hitting a gas pipeline in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, reports DAWN quoting rescue officials. The van was travelling from Rawalpindi to Peshawar when it collided

DHAKA: At least ten civilians have lost their lives and dozens sustained injuries in a string of airstrikes led by United States against ISIS in Syria’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, reports PressTV. Local sources told Syria’s official news agency SANA that the aerial attacks

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump has named General John Kelly, who currently heads the Department of Homeland Security, as his next chief of staff. The announcement, made on Twitter on Friday afternoon (July 28), removes Reince Priebus from the role. The embattled former chief of

DHAKA: Nawaz Sharif has resigned as prime minister of Pakistan following a decision by the country's Supreme Court to disqualify him from office, reports BBC. The ruling came after a probe into his family's wealth following the 2015 Panama Papers dump linking Sharif's

DHAKA: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been disqualified from office by the country's Supreme Court and will be required to step down, reports CNN. The court ruled Sharif has been dishonest to parliament and to the judicial system and is no longer deemed fit for the

DHAKA: Dozens of people were killed in a Boko Haram attack on an oil exploration team in northeast Nigeria earlier this week, military, reports AFP quoting medical and humanitarian sources. "The death toll keeps mounting," said one source involved in dealing with the aftermath of