DHAKA: Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as Labour leader, comfortably defeating his challenger Owen Smith. He won 61.8% of the vote, a larger margin of victory than last year, reports the BBC. He vowed to bring Labour back together, saying “we have much more in common than

DHAKA: South Korean defense minister has admitted that they have special troops ready if they feel threatened by North Korean boss Kim Jong Un. Han Min-koo admitted to the question in the national assembly last week of whether S. Korea has team ready to take out their neighboring

At least 11 people have been killed in Iraq after attackers hit a police checkpoint and then detonated a car bomb at the entrance to the city of Tikrit. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack on the city, which is 150km north of Baghdad, reports Al Jazeera.

DHAKA: Gabon’s constitutional court has upheld President Ali Bongo’s election victory, rejecting opposition calls for a recount. There have been fears that such a decision could trigger fresh violence. The government said it will hold opposition leader Jean Ping responsible if

At least three people were killed and one critically wounded in a shooting at a shopping mall north of Seattle and at least one suspect remains at large, authorities in the US state of Washington said. The Washington State Patrol said on Twitter the four were shot on Friday at the

DHAKA: Protesters massed on Charlotte’s streets for a third night as pressure mounted on authorities to release a video that could resolve different accounts of the latest police killing of a black man in the United States. Demonstrators on Thursday chanted “release the tape” and

DHAKA: At least 118 people have drowned since a migrant boat capsized this week off the coast of Egypt. The overloaded boat bound for Italy was believed to have been carrying 450 migrants when it overturned Wednesday. Only 164 have been rescued, and hundreds more are feared missing.

DHAKA: Syrian army jets have launched at least 100 air raids on rebel-held eastern Aleppo, killing 26 people, since the government announced a new push on the city. The rescue workers came up with this assertion. The military, which is backed by the Russian air force, said late on

DHAKA: A magnitude of 6.5 earthquakes struck southeast of Tokyo on Friday morning (September 23), the Japan Meteorological Agency reports. The US Geological Survey measured the temblor at 6.4 and said it was centered at sea about 150 kilometers (93 miles) southeast of Katsuura.

DHAKA: Government of city of Charlotte in US state North Carolina has declared state of emergency as continued unrest following police shooting down an unarmed black man. Protests erupted after a black police man shot dead keith Lamont Scott on Tuesday (September 20). One protester

DHAKA: Bus driver of Venezuelan capital Caracas have effectively blocked the city in demand of current economic crisis. Thousands of drivers parked their busses on the road and brought the city to a complete halt for over eight hours, BBC reports. They have demanded a wage bump as

DHAKA: The US army claimed to be working on a new kind of grenade that can either be used as fragmentation or a blast pressure device. This grenade, the first to be introduced in the US army arsenal after 4o years will be able to limit damage in certain circumstances. Picatinny

DHAKA: South Korea and United States will carry out a mock attack on a nuclear facility next month. A South Korean defense ministry official told BBC. However, the officials claimed the testing will no be aiming North Korea, even though, the decision came a mere couple of weeks

DHAKA: United States said that they hold Russia responsible for the deadly attack launched on a Syria aid convoy. The White House has called it an ‘enormous humanitarian tragedy’.   Top US officials have told BBC that two Russian air planes were liable for the deadly attack.

DHAKA: Typhoon Malakas caused widespread disruption across Taiwan as it gave a glancing blow to the island. But the worst of the weather remained offshore as the eye of the storm passed about 130km to the east of Taipei. As Malakas passed, sustained winds at the centre of the storm

DHAKA: The UN has suspended all aid convoys in Syria after its Lorries were attacked by warplanes near Aleppo on Monday (September 20). The convoy had received proper permits, and all warring parties - including Russia and the US - had been notified, a UN spokesman said. BBC

DHAKA: North Korea has carried out a “successful” ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, state media says. Kim Jong-un, the country’s leader, asked scientists and engineers to make preparations for a satellite launch as soon as possible, KCNA reported, says the

DHAKA: New York officials have identified a suspect wanted for questioning over Saturday's blast in the Chelsea area in which 29 people were injured. The man has been identified as Ahmad Khan Rahami, 28, a naturalized US citizen from Afghanistan. The New York Police Department

DHAKA: At least 18 people were killed and 12 went missing when a boat carrying Muslim pilgrims hit a bridge in Thailand’s Chao Pharaya River. The accident happened Sunday (September 18) near the ancient city of Ayutthaya, a popular tourist attraction. All the victims were Thai

DHAKA: Archeologists have found world’s oldest fish hook till date in a cave of Japanese island Okinawa. The pair of hook, found with other relics, have been dated back to 23,000 and made from sea snail shells. It is thought humans inhabited the island from at least 30,000 years