DHAKA: Former secretary general of Amnesty International Irene Khan pocketed £533,103 when she quit the organisation in December 2009.The pay-out, made just seven months after she launched an anti poverty campaign, was more than four times the £132,490 she picked up in 2009, reported

DHAKA: Imran Khan, Pakistan's World Cup-winning cricket captain, has divorced his second wife, Reham. The 63-year-old politician had formally married the former BBC presenter in a high-profile wedding in January 2015, reports NDTV.The 42-year-old Reham, a divorced mother of three, had

DHAKA: At least 40 people were killed and about 100 wounded after Syrian government forces fired missiles into a market place in a town near Damascus, a conflict monitor and a local rescue group said on Friday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces fired 12

DHAKA: Fifteen people were injured when a plane's engine caught fire as it taxied for take-off from an airport in Florida.The Dynamic Airways Boeing 767 was on the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, preparing for departure to Venezuela.The left engine, which had

DHAKA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for "flexibility" at talks in Vienna between the countries backing rival sides in the Syrian civil war.He urged the five main participants - the US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey - to abandon "national perspectives" for "global

DHAKA: China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy, Xinhua news agency reports.All couples will now be allowed to have two children, the state-run news agency said, citing a statement from the Communist Party, reports the BBC.The controversial policy was introduced

DHAKA: The first online university for refugees, which offers them a free higher education wherever they are in the world, has launched in Germany.Kiron University says all students need is a computer and an internet connection. For those who do not have access to the internet, offline

DHAKA: The Greek coastguard have rescued 242 refugees when their wooden boat sank north of the island of Lesbos, but at least three drowned, including two small boys.Authorities have said, reports Al Jazeera.Two small boys and a man were found drowned on Wednesday, and an extensive search

DHAKA: International talks in Vienna this week will test whether Russia and Iran are ‘serious’ about finding a political solution to the war in Syria.The Saudi foreign minister has said, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Thursday.Adel al-Jubeir’s comments on Wednesday came after

DHAKA: US Republicans have traded blows in a heated presidential debate in Colorado that featured several angry exchanges.Frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson, with no political experience, were under attack from the start, reports the BBC.Ohio Governor John Kasich condemned their

DHAKA: Nepal's parliament has elected women's rights campaigner Bidhya Devi Bhandari as its first female president, in a move hailed as a milestone.She is the second person to hold the mainly ceremonial role, reports the BBC.The 54-year-old is currently the vice-chair of the ruling

DHAKA: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputies will attend talks on the war in Syria held in Vienna.Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reported, says Al Jazeera.‘We have reviewed the invitation, and it was decided that the foreign minister would attend the

DHAKA: A senior member of Syria’s Western-backed political opposition said Iranian participation in diplomatic talks on the conflict this week in Vienna could obstruct a political solution to the four-year-old war.Earlier on Tuesday, the United States said Iran, the main regional ally

DHAKA: Iran is likely to be invited for the first time to international talks with the US and Russia over the Syrian conflict, the US says.US state department spokesman John Kirby said it was unclear if Iran's leaders would attend the talks in Vienna later this week, reports the BBC.Top

DHAKA: Former Australia PM Tony Abbott has said Europe should follow Australia and close its borders to migrants fleeing Middle Eastern conflicts.Abbott made the comments in London, where he was speaking at the second annual Margaret Thatcher lecture, reports the BBC.He said "misguided

DHAKA: At least 120,000 people have been displaced in Syria this month because of fighting.UN humanitarian officials said, reports Al Jazeera.The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday that the people fled their homes in Aleppo, Hama and Idlib governorates

DHAKA: Rescuers have rushed to deliver relief aid to victims of a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that hit northern Afghanistan and Pakistan, killing more than 330 people, so far, over a wide swath of mostly mountainous terrain.Quoting Pakistani media, Al Jazeera on Tuesday reports that

DHAKA: A powerful 7.5-magnitude earthquake has struck in northern Afghanistan and has been felt in a large area from northern India to Pakistan with scores of people killed across the region.The US Geological Survey (USGS) put the epicentre of Monday’s quake near Jarm in Afghanistan’s

DHAKA: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas on Monday, leaving at least 130 dead and scores injured due to building collapses, landslides and stampedes.The earthquake struck the country at 2:09pm (local time) on Monday, reports Dawn.The

DHAKA: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck major cities of Pakistan, including the northern areas, on Monday, leaving at least 71 dead and scores injured due to roof and building collapses.The earthquake struck the country at 2:09pm (local time) on Monday.Forty minutes after the first