DHAKA: At least 15 people were killed when a bus crash on a steep winding road near the Brazilian colonial era town of Paraty.Another 30 people were injured. Some of the survivors were airlifted to local hospitals, reports BBC.The bus was travelling to a nearby beach popular with tourists

DHAKA: At least 20 people were killed after lightning struck different parts of Andhra Pradesh as heavy rains lashed the state of Sunday.The incidents occurred in Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari, Prakasam and Nellore districts, reports NDTV.Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced

DHAKA: Kurdish militants have said they killed 15 Turkish soldiers in an attack on a convoy of armoured vehicles in south-east Turkey, in what could be the bloodiest assault since the collapse of a ceasefire in July.The number of casualties could not be independently verified but in a

DHAKA: A convoy of cars driven by German and Austrian activists has crossed into Hungary to pick up migrants and help them reach western Europe.Thousands - many of whom initially fled conflict in Syria - have made their way through Austria since Hungary removed restrictions on transit on

DHAKA: Pope Francis has called on every European parish, religious community, monastery and sanctuary to take in one refugee family, as thousands of people from war-torn countries continued to stream into Germany via Austria.The pope said on Sunday the Vatican would open its doors to two

DHAKA: Thailand’s military-appointed National Reform Council has rejected a new draft constitution, delaying a return to democracy following last year’s coup.The authors of the draft in the National Reform Council had hoped the charter would move the country past almost a decade of

DHAKA: The US secretary of state John Kerry has expressed concern over reports of Russia’s enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call with his Russian counterpart.The US state department said, reports Al Jazeera.The phone call came a day after media reports quoted US

DHAKA: Six people, including a pregnant woman, have been killed after a car veered off the road during a car rally in north-western Spain.Police said that 16 people had been injured, some critically, after the accident at the A Coruna car rally, reports BBC. Television footage showed the

DHAKA: Austria and Germany have taken in thousands of migrants who crossed the border after days stuck in Hungary.After being welcomed at the Austrian frontier by volunteers, many went directly to Vienna and on to Munich in southern Germany, reports BBC.Earlier this week there were

SDHAKA: audi Arabia has said it is satisfied with US assurances on its nuclear deal with Iran, following talks between US President Barack Obama and Saudi King Salman in Washington DC.At a press briefing at the Saudi Arabian embassy on Friday, Saudi foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir said

DHAKA: Gun battles in and around Tajikistan’s capital Dushanbe have killed at least 10 people.The interior ministry said eight policemen were killed in gun attacks in the town of Vahdat just outside Dushanbe, and at a central interior ministry building, Al Jazeera publishes this report

DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is ready to hold snap parliamentary elections and allow a ‘healthy’ opposition to share power.The Syrian president ‘is in agreement with’ holding elections for parliament, as well as establishing

DHAKA: King Salman of Saudi Arabia has met US President Barack Obama in Washington, on his first trip to the United States since assuming the throne in January.The meeting comes amid a period of strained bilateral relations, reports BBC.The king reiterated the concern of Gulf States over

DHAKA: Twenty-two soldiers from the United Arab Emirates’ military have been killed while taking part in a Saudi-led military campaign against Yemen’s Houthi rebels, according to the country’s state news agency WAM.Saudi Arabia and a coalition of other mostly Arab states have been

DHAKA: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that his country does not want to take in large numbers of Muslims, in defense of Hungary’s response to the surge in refugees trying to enter the country.‘I think we have a right to decide that we do not want a large number of

DHAKA: British Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to announce plans later to increase the number of refugees being allowed into the UK.No specific figure has been agreed, but Cameron has previously said the UK would continue to take in "thousands", reports BBC.The extra refugees are

DHAKA: A 51-year-old North Dakota mother who acted as a surrogate for her daughter gave birth to her own grandchild.After Sherri Dickson experienced the pain of watching her daughter, Mandy Stephens, lose a child she decided to step in when her daughter was considering options for another

DHAKA: Heart-rending pictures of a toddler’s lifeless body washed ashore on a Turkish beach sparked horror as the cost of Europe’s burgeoning refugee crisis hit home.The images of a child lying face down in the surf at one of Turkey’s main tourist resorts has once more put a human

DHAKA: There are just over three trillion trees on Earth, according to a new assessment.The figure is eight times as big as the previous best estimate, which counted perhaps 400 billion at mostIt has been produced by Thomas Crowther from Yale University, and colleagues, who combined a

DHAKA: Following is the full text of the speech given by Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People’s War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War.All my countrymen and women,Your