DHAKA: Nepal’s Constituent Assembly has rejected calls to revert back to a Hindu state, deciding instead to keep its secular system brought in after the abolishment of the monarchy in 2008.The decision made during voting on a draft of the country’s long-delayed new constitution on

DHAKA: One million people may arrive in Germany seeking refugee status this year, up from the record 800,000 arrivals its government had earlier predicted.Germany vice chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said, reports Al Jazeera.‘There are many signs that Germany this year will take in not

DHAKA: Australia is to have a new prime minister after Tony Abbott was ousted as leader of the Liberal Party by cabinet minister Malcolm Turnbull.In the hastily-arranged party leadership ballot, Abbott, who had been plagued by poor opinion polls, received 44 votes to Turnbull’s

DHAKA: Jeremy Corbyn has announced most of the key jobs in his first shadow cabinet, with defeated leadership rival Andy Burnham becoming shadow home secretary.The new Labour leader named his campaign manager John McDonnell as shadow chancellor, while Hilary Benn remains shadow foreign

DHAKA: Germany is to reintroduce some form of controls on its border with Austria to cope with the influx of migrants.German and Austrian media report, according to the BBC.It is not clear what measures would be introduced.More than 13,000 migrants arrived into Munich alone on Saturday.

DHAKA: The UK’s opposition Labour Party has elected veteran left-wing MP Jeremy Corbyn to be its new leader, in one of the most controversial leadership votes in recent British political history.The announcement of Corbyn’s success brings to a close a bitterly fought contest, which

DHAKA: Libya’s rival governments have reached a ‘consensus’ on the main elements of a political agreement.A UN special envoy has told reporters, according to Al Jazeera.Bernardino Leon said in Skhirat, Morocco, on Sunday that the two sides were able to ‘overcome their

DHAKA: Clashes have erupted after a number of Israeli soldiers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.Police and witnesses said, reports Al Jazeera.The Israeli security personnel used tear gas as they entered the compound to arrest what they called Palestinian ‘stone

DHAKA: This is a great month for eclipses and kicking it off right is the partial solar eclipse happening this Sunday, September 13.It will be visible only from South Africa, Antarctica and locations in Indian and Atlantic Oceans.It's the last solar eclipse of the year, and the next won't

DHAKA: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called on the European Union to give Syria’s neighbors €3bn ($3.4bn) in financial aid to help those displaced by the civil war.Orban said supporting Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan with such a package would end the mass migration to

DHAKA: Over 80 people died and nearly 100 were injured as a powerful gas cylinder explosion ripped through a restaurant near Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh in India on Saturday.According to senior police officials, gelatine sticks used in mining stored in a house next to the restaurant

DHAKA: A massive construction crane crashed in the Grand Mosque in stormy weather on Friday evening, killing at least 107 people and injuring 238, Saudi authorities said.The tragedy occurred as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered from all over the world for the annual Hajj

DHAKA: Footage has emerged of migrants being thrown bags of food at a Hungarian camp near the border with Serbia.An Austrian woman who shot the video said the migrants were being treated like "animals" and called for European states to open their borders, reports BBC.The emergency

DHAKA: In the 14 years since the 9/11 attacks, the face of terrorism has changed out of recognition. To many experts, the threat of Islamist terror is in some ways greater and in some ways diminished. It is geographically more diverse and organizationally more divided, and leverages

DHAKA: Twelve of 13 men accused of planting bombs on Mumbai's local trains that killed 189 people nine years ago, have been convicted. They will be sentenced on Monday next. One man has been acquitted, reports NDTV. Here is your 10-point cheat-sheet to this big story: Seven blasts had

DHAKA: At least 30 people have died in clashes in the Turkish city of Cizre since a military operation began there last week, Turkey's interior ministry says.The ministry says most of the dead were Kurdish militants but the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) says 20 civilians

DHAKA: Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has confirmed that the country’s ‘humanitarian’ flights to Syria carry military equipment as well as humanitarian aid - after the US and NATO warned Moscow over its involvement in the Syrian conflict.‘Russian planes are sending to

DHAKA: Scientists have discovered a new human-like species in a burial chamber deep in a cave system in South Africa.The discovery of 15 partial skeletons is the largest single discovery of its type in Africa, reports the BBC.The researchers claim that the discovery will change ideas

DHAKA: The Indian government has covered up hundreds of cases of human rights abuses, including extrajudicial killings, torture and enforced disappearances in the disputed territory of Kashmir.A new report has alleged, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Thursday.Jammu Kashmir Coalition

DHAKA: The US and Nato have expressed concern over reports that Russia is increasing its military presence in Syria.Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg said if confirmed, Russia’s involvement would not help to solve the conflict.Separately on Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry