DHAKA: The European Commission has called on EU member states to take in 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea who land in Italy and Greece over the next two years.Germany, France and Spain would receive the most migrants under the Commission’s latest plan.The idea of using

DHAKA: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth said on Wednesday the government would pass a law paving the way for a referendum on the country’s membership of the European Union, in a speech setting out Prime Minister David Cameron’s legislative plan for the coming year.‘Early legislation will

DHAKA: More than 2,500 migrants could still be stranded on boats in the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, according to estimates by the United Nations (UN), as Thailand prepares to host a regional meeting it said was focused on ‘immediate action’ to tackle the crisis.Thousands of

DHAKA: Several hundred Buddhist nationalists protested in Yangon on Wednesday against mounting international pressure for Myanmar to stem the exodus of Muslim Rohingya migrants and aid those still stranded at sea.Demonstrators, including Buddhist monks, shouted ‘Don’t insult our

DHAKA: The campsites built by human traffickers near here were said to have been found early this year, contrary to claims that they were discovered on May 11.Personnel from the General Operations Force involved in the combing exercise said the sites in Perlis were found earlier.One of

DHAKA: Thailand’s junta confirmed on Wednesday that elections will not be held until September 2016, dealing a further blow to hopes that the kingdom's generals will swiftly hand power back to a civilian government.When army chief and now Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha swept to power

DHAKA: Four gunmen have been killed after trying to storm a guesthouse in a diplomatic area of the Afghan capital, Kabul, police say.The attack resulted in an overnight gun battle in the Wazir Akbar Khan district, home to several embassies and official buildings, reports bbc.comThe

DHAKA: Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni says he has survived an assassination attempt by gunmen who attacked his car in the city of Tobruk."Thank God, we managed to escape," Mr al-Thinni told TV news channel al-Arabiya after bullets hit his car as it left a parliament session in

DHAKA: The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1,000, with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas.Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where at least 1,118 people have died since last week, reports bbc.comReports say

DHAKA: The Syrian air force killed at least 140 members of Islamic State in an air raid on a military base held by the group in the north of the country.A military source said the raid on Tabqa air base in Raqqa province also wounded dozens of Islamic State fighters, reports the Times of

DHAKA: An al-Shabab military spokesman says the armed group has killed about 25 Kenyan police officers in a village north of the town of Garissa, where fighters killed 148 students in April.However, Kenya’s interior ministry via its official Twitter account said no police officers were

DHAKA: Malaysia has begun exhuming bodies suspected to be migrants buried in mass grave sites found by the Thai border.Authorities believe migrants were held for ransom in jungle camps, and those who died were buried in 139 graves, reports the BBC.Thousands of migrants have left Myanmar

DHAKA: At least 38 people were burned at a care home for elderly people in Henan province of China has killed.Another six people were injured in the fire, which broke out at the privately run Kangleyuan home in Pingdingshan city on Monday night.Two of the injured were in serious

DHAKA: At least 800 people have died in a major heatwave that has swept across India, melting roads in New Delhi as temperatures neared 50 deg C.Hospitals were on alert to treat victims of heatstroke and the authorities advised people to stay indoors with no end in sight to the searing

DHAKA: Over 750 people have died - 551 in Andhra and the rest in Telangana as the heat wave in Andhra Pradesh and neighbouring Telangana has pushed on relentlessly in the last few weeks.Parts of Telangana have been their hottest in decades in the last few days. “It is not unusually high

DHAKA: At least 13 people have been killed by a tornado that hit the northern Mexico border city of Ciudad Acuna.Hundreds of homes have been damaged or destroyed in the city, in Coahuila state, just across the border from Del Rio, Texas.The US state has seen severe flooding, with three

DHAKA: At least 500 people are reported to have died in a heatwave sweeping India, with temperatures reaching 48C (118F) in some areas.Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where more than 140 people have died since Saturday, reports

DHAKA: Hundreds of Nepalis gathered on Monday at the ruins of a 19th-century tower in Kathmandu to mark one month since a devastating earthquake killed more than 8,600 people in the Himalayan nation.The quake, which was followed by a second major tremor on May 12, brought down buildings

DHAKA: The United States has done ‘nothing’ to help Iraq’s army battle militants in Ramadi, according to a senior Iranian general involved in the fight against the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria.Qassem Suleimani, the Revolutionary Guards’ commander of foreign operations, hit

DHAKA: A total of 139 grave sites and 28 human trafficking camps have been found in a remote northern Malaysian border region.The country’s top police official told reporters on Monday, reports The Straits Times.National police chief Khalid Abu Bakar revealed the findings at a press