Companies across the globe are reporting that they have been struck by a major ransomware cyber-attack, reports BBC. British advertising agency WPP is among those to say its IT systems have been disrupted as a consequence. The virus, the source of which is not yet known, freezes the

The White House has declared that it believes Bashar al-Assad’s regime is preparing to carry out another chemical weapons attack, and warned that the Syrian leader and his military would “pay a heavy price” if it went ahead, reports The Gurdian. The unusual public warning on

A bus carrying students, parents and teachers from a dance school flipped on a provincial highway in Argentina, killing at least 15 people on Monday (June 26), reports Fox News quoting officials. Nine adolescents and the driver were among those killed in Mendoza province, about 620

The US Supreme Court has partially lifted an injunction against President Donald Trump's travel ban. America's highest court also granted an emergency request from the White House allowing part of the refugee ban to go into effect. The justices said they would consider in

At least nine people died when a passenger boat sank on a reservoir in north-western Colombia, reports BBC quoting Colombian police. About 28 people are missing after the four-deck vessel went down near the tourist town of Guatapé, 45km (28 miles) east of Medellín on Sunday. There

At least 100 people were killed when a lorry transporting oil burst into flames in the Pakistani city of Bahawalpur on Sunday (June 25), reports BBC quoting local media. Dozens of people were badly burned as they tried to collect fuel leaking from the vehicle. Those injured are being

More than 100 people are feared buried in a landslide in Sichuan province in south-western China, state media report. About 40 homes were destroyed in Xinmo village, Maoxian county, after the side of a mountain collapsed. A rescue operation is now under way to try to locate and

A powerful car bombing near the office of the provincial police chief in southwestern Pakistan on Friday (June 23) killed at least 11 people and wounded 20, reports ABC News quoting state officials. The explosion near the police chief’s office in Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan

At least 29 people have been killed and 60 wounded in a car bomb blast outside a bank in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, hospital officials say. Police told the BBC the bomb was detonated at the gate of the New Kabul Bank branch in Lashkar Gah. Civilians and members of the

Islamic State (IS) has blown up the Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul, reports BBC quoting Iraqi forces. The ancient landmark mosque with its famous leaning minaret was where IS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed a "caliphate" in 2014. However, IS claims that US aircraft

NEW WORK: Another Bangladeshi, who was working at UNDP in the United Nations in New York, was detained on Tuesday (June 20) on charge of abusing power. The detainee was identified as Hamidur Rashid, chief of Development Strategy and Policy Analysis unit of the UNDP. Hamidur was

Children have reportedly been taken hostage by pro-ISIS militants after jihadis stormed a school in the south of the Philippines on Wednesday (June 21), reports express.co.uk. Around 300 armed men, including members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), stormed a school in

Saudi Arabia's King Salman appointed his son, Mohammed bin Salman, as heir, in a major reshuffle announced early on Wednesday (June 21), reports Al Jazeera. A royal decree removed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef, a 57-year-old nephew of the king, as next-in-line to the throne and

Belgian soldiers shot a man suspected of being a would-be suicide bomber at Brussels Central Station, reports BBC quoting Belgium state officials. He was shot after reportedly setting off a small explosion and no-one else is believed to have been injured. Prosecutors later said the

American college student Otto Warmbier only intended to spend five days sightseeing in North Korea in 2016. Instead, he spent 17 months there in detention where his family believes he was tortured into a vegetative state, reports the CNN. On Monday, less than a week after returning

The only victim who was killed in the attack of Finsbury Park mosque in London on early Monday (June 19) has been identified as an elderly Bangladeshi expatriate. However, further details about the deceased could not be known immediately, reports one of UK's leading news media on

A man has died and 10 people have been injured after a man drove a van into worshippers near a north London mosque. The Met Police said eight were taken to hospital and several were seriously injured in the “terrorist attack”, reports the BBC. The van hit people just after

A catastrophic forest fire in Portugal has claimed at least 62 lives, including four children, officials say. Most died while trying to flee the Pedrógão Grande area, 50 km (30 miles) south-east of Coimbra, in their cars, according to the government. Hundreds of firefighters are

Sailors missing after the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Fitzgerald collided with container ship off Japan have been found dead, reports BBC citing the US Navy and Japanese media. The collision happened early on Saturday (June 17), and a search began for the seven missing sailors, as a

President Donald Trump has announced that his administration will unravel many of his predecessor Barack Obama's policies on Cuba, reports ABC News. However, denouncing Donald Trump’s new restrictions, Cuba government said that it will still co-operate with its larger neighbor,