DHAKA: Israel has agreed to a 7-hour humanitarian cease-fire, according to the Israel Defense Forces, but a spokesman for Hamas says it's a no go. The cease-fire is expected to start at 10 a.m. local time (3 a.m. ET) Monday, the IDF said in a statement. It would not apply to the areas in

DHAKA: An earthquake has struck southwestern China, killing at least 381 people in a remote mountainous area of Yunnan province, and causing some buildings, including a school, to collapse. Some 1,881 people were injured Xinhua and state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the authorities.

DHAKA: Almost 100 people were killed during attacks on a police station and government offices in China’s far western region of Xinjiang early last week. China state media said on Sunday giving fresh details on one of the worst incidents of unrest in years. The official Xinhua news

DHAKA: Britain’s foreign secretary Phillip Hammond is concerned that Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip could lead to an increase in anti-Semitic attacks in Britain. Hammond raised the concerns in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph on Thursday, saying he has already

DHAKA: A Hamas team arrived in Cairo on Sunday for talks with Egyptian mediators on a possible truce in Gaza. An airport official and state news agency MENA said, Turkish daily Hurriyet reports. The delegation is led by senior Hamas official Ezzat al-Rishq, the sources said. Egypt, the

DHAKA: Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) took over Iraq’s biggest dam unopposed by Kurdish fighters, who also lost three towns and an oilfield on Sunday to the Sunni militant group. Witnesses said, sharply raising the stakes in its bid to topple the Baghdad government, reports The

DHAKA: At least 175 people have been killed and some 1,300 injured after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck in south-west China. China state media say, reports the BBC. The US Geological Survey said the quake struck about 11km north-west of Wenping in Yunnan province at 16:30 local time

DHAKA: A couple was shot dead in an alleged case of honour killing in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Both the boy and the girl lived in Chakwal city with their families, and fell in love, but the elders of the families refused to consent to their marriage. Dawn online reported on Sunday,

DHAKA: Rescue workers on Sunday discovered more bodies in the mud and debris of a devastating landslide in western India, taking the confirmed death toll to 92. An Indian official said, reports The Straits Times. With dozens more villagers still missing, rescue workers kept up their

DHAKA: China’s state media on Sunday slammed Japan’s move to name islands at the edge of its territorial waters claimed by Beijing as a ‘farce’, saying they already had Chinese names. Tokyo on Friday named 160 uninhabited islands in the East China Sea which include five in an

DHAKA: A hijacked Singaporean oil tanker carrying 21 sailors was released on Sunday a week after being seized by pirates in waters off Ghana in west Africa. Seoul’s foreign ministry said, reports The Straits Times. The 3,200-tonnes tanker, carrying a South Korean captain and chief

DHAKA: At least 10 people have been killed in a strike on a UN-run school housing Palestinians displaced by the Gaza conflict. Palestine medics say, reports the BBC. Thousands of Palestinians were believed to be sheltering in the facility in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. The

DHAKA: Israel eavesdropped on US Secretary of State John Kerry during doomed peace talks with the Palestinians last year. German news weekly Der Spiegel reported on Sunday, says The Straits Times. The article said the Israelis and at least one other secret service listened in on

DHAKA:  It was an emotional moment at Hotel Hyatt Residency in Kathmandu on Sunday afternoon as Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over his ‘godson’ Jeet Bahadur Saru Magar to his parents. Jeet, who had been staying with Modi for over 15 years, had accompanied Modi on his Nepal

DHAKA: African leaders head to Washington for a landmark US summit this week, with president Barack Obama hoping to boost trade, development and security ties amid growing competition from China on the continent. China overtook the United States as Africa’s largest trading partner five

DHAKA: A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Okinawa island on Sunday. Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said, reports The Straits Times. The quake struck at a depth of about 6.2 miles, 125 miles north-northeast of Okinawa’s capital city of Naha. No tsunami

DHAKA: Israel carried out fresh attacks on southern Gaza Strip amidst a hunt for one of its missing soldiers believed to be captured by Hamas, as the new wave of violence raised the Palestinians toll to 1669. Israel also threw cold water over efforts to reach a solution to the crisis

DHAKA: Surrogacy campaigners have called for clearer regulation after a Thai woman was left with a Down's syndrome baby when his parents refused to take him. The boy, whose twin sister was taken to Australia by the unidentified couple, needs urgent medical care. The surrogate mother in

DHAKA: The soldier that Israel claimed Hamas militants captured Friday, as a temporary cease-fire to the conflict in Gaza rapidly unraveled, is dead, Israel's military said. "Lieutenant Hadar Goldin ... was killed in battle in the Gaza Strip on Friday, August 1," the Israel Defense

DHAKA: Israel is prepared to continue fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip after the army completes its primary mission of destroying cross-border tunnels from the Palestinian territory, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said. In a news conference in Tel Aviv on Saturday, Netanyahu said