DHAKA: An official in the Pakistani-administered area of Kashmir has accused Indian forces of firing mortar shells that targeted a village along the disputed Line of Control (LOC), leaving three children killed and three others injured. “Two girls and their brother died when mortar

DHAKA: For what appears to be the first time since scientists began keeping track, sea ice in the Arctic and the Antarctic are at record lows this time of year. “It looks like, since the beginning of October, that for the first time we are seeing both the Arctic and Antarctic sea ice

DHAKA: Theresa May should abandon an appeal against the court ruling that means MPs must vote on the UK leaving the EU. Sir Oliver Letwin, former head of the government’s Brexit preparations, and two former law officers said the case should not go to the Supreme Court, reports the

DHAKA: Donald Trump has settled three Trump University lawsuits for $25m (£20m). The US president-elect was being sued by former students who paid $35,000 (£28,000) for real estate “secrets” from his “hand-picked” instructors, reports the BBC. Trump had repeatedly said he

DHAKA: An asylum seeker from Myanmar has been identified as the man who set himself alight in a bank in the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday. The 21-year-old is under guard in hospital after the incident that injured 26 others. He arrived by boat three years ago and had been

DHAKA: The next head of the UN global climate talks has appealed for the US to ‘save’ Pacific islands from the impacts of global warming. Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said that the islands needed the US now as much as they did during World War Two, reports the BBC. He

President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday three key members of the national security team for his administration -- signaling he will make good on the hard-line agenda on which he campaigned. Unveiled Friday were nominations of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions as attorney general, Kansas

The ex-Breitbart executive Steve Bannon, who serves as Trump’s chief strategist for the new administration, said “darkness is good.” Quoting The Hollywood Reporter, CNN reports that Bannon said: “Dick Cheney. Darth Vader. Satan. That’s power. It only helps us when they

DHAKA: At least 73 people have been killed and 110 injured in a fuel tanker explosion in western Mozambique. Officials said the circumstances of the blast on Thursday afternoon in the village of Caphiridzange in Tete province, near the border with Malawi, remain unclear, reports BBC.

US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper has submitted his letter of resignation, he has told a congressional panel. The 75-year-old top American spy had been expected to step aside, as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to appoint his own officials, reports the BBC.

Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe has said he has “great confidence” in US President-elect Donald Trump and he believes they can build a relationship of trust. Abe described the 90-minute meeting in Trump Tower, New York, as “candid”, with a “warm atmosphere”, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Japan’s Prime Minister is set to become the first foreign leader to meet US President-elect Donald Trump, since the election last week. Shinzo Abe said he wanted to “build trust” and “work together for prosperity and world peace”, before leaving for his trip. The

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton, in her first public speech since last week's crushing presidential loss, admitted making the appearance “was not the easiest.” But speaking at the Children’s Defense Fund’s “Beat The Odds” Gala on Wednesday night, Clinton emotionally reflected

DHAKA: Twenty-one people have died in Cameroon after consuming a locally produced alcoholic drink that can often be toxic. A further 22 people are hospitalized in the eastern town of Abong-Bang after drinking Odontol, reports the Business Standard. Authorities in the affected areas

A hospital, blood bank and ambulances are reported to have been hit as Syrian government aircraft and artillery bombarded rebel-held eastern Aleppo. The director of the Bayan Children’s Hospital was forced to take shelter in the facility’s basement, reports the BBC. Activists

Tremors were felt in New Delhi and parts of National Capital Region (NCR) of India after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck on the Delhi-Haryana border on Thursday morning (November 17). The tremors, which lasted nearly a minute, shook Delhi and neighbouring Gurgaon and Ghaziabad around

DHAKA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will run for a fourth term in elections next year.  A senior politician in her party told CNN on Tuesday (November 15). “She will run for Chancellor,” Norbert Roettgen of the Christian Democratic Union said on CNN’s program

DHAKA: The Mexican government is working on a plan to deal with possible mass deportations under President-elect Donald Trump, a presidential spokesman says. In a press conference on Monday (November 14), Eduardo Sanchez, spokesman for Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto told that

DHAKA: Egypt’s highest court has overturned a death sentence against ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi. Morsi had been condemned to death for his part in a mass prison break during the 2011 revolution. He was elected president in 2012, but removed by the military a year

DHAKA: President Barack Obama has sought to assure US allies that President-elect Donald Trump will honor the country’s international alliances when he takes office in January. Obama told reporters that Trump had “expressed a great interest” in maintaining the US commitment to