DHAKA: Iran has nearly doubled its death toll from last week's Hajj stampede to 464, saying there was no hope of finding pilgrims missing in the wake of the tragedy."Seven days after this tragic accident... the status of all (pilgrims) injured has been completely cleared and reported,"

DHAKA: Afghan officials say they have regained control of key areas of the northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban.An operation launched overnight saw forces recapture government landmarks and inflict heavy casualties on the militants, officials said.There has been no word from the

DHAKA: More than 350 inmates have escaped after an attack by Afghan Taliban insurgents on the main prison in eastern Ghazni province early on Monday, an Afghan official said.Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, deputy provincial governor of Ghazni said that insurgents wearing military uniforms launched a

DHAKA: At least 10 people died when an explosion occurred near a packed rickshaw stand in Multan Sunday evening, DawnNews reported.Rescue 1122 official Dr Kaleem confirmed that 10 people have died in the blast while 57 people have been injured. According to details, the explosion happened

DHAKA: Security forces in Egypt have mistakenly killed 12 people, including Mexican tourists, during an anti-terror operation, the interior ministry says.The tourists were travelling in four vehicles that entered a restricted zone in the Wahat area of the Western Desert, a ministry

DHAKA: At least 28 refugees - half of them children - have drowned after a wooden fishing boat sank off the Greek Island of Farmakonisi.The Greek coastguard has said, reports Al Jazeera.Four babies and 10 young children - five boys and five girls - were among 112 people on the stricken

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of people have taken part in a "day of action" in several European cities - and in Australia - in support of refugees and migrants.There have also been counter-demonstrations in some countries.Europe is struggling to cope with an enormous influx of people, mostly

DHAKA: Karl Marx admirer and Israel critic Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of Britain’s opposition Labor party on Saturday, while Tom Watson, known for his role in the parliamentary investigation into phone hacking by UK newspapers, won the deputy leadership contest.Corbyn won 59.5

DHAKA: Iran has discovered an unexpectedly high reserve of uranium and will soon begin extracting the radioactive element at a new mine.The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said on Saturday.The comments cast doubt on previous assessments from some Western analysts who said the

DHAKA: Some 40,000 migrants could arrive in Germany over the next two days, officials say - double the number who entered the country last weekend.Most are expected to arrive in the southern city of Munich but there are concerns about how the region will cope with another large

DHAKA: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has accepted Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb’s resignation of the cabinet.A statement from the presidency has said, reports Al Jazeera.Sisi told the cabinet to remain in a caretaker role until a new cabinet was formed, according to

DHAKA: An intense explosion has taken place in Pakistan’s Punjab provincial home minister Colonel (retd) Shuja Khanzada’s political office leaving seven people dead, police have confirmed.The impact of the blast caused a roof collapse of the building and shattered windows in nearby

DHAKA: A Palestinian man has been shot dead by Israeli forces after stabbing a border policeman at a checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.The army and Palestinian medics have said, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Sunday.Israeli police on Saturday said the man stabbed a border police

DHAKA: Former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan chief Lt Gen Hamid Gul, who played a key role in fomenting the militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and was a close associate of jihadi leaders such as Hafiz Saeed, has died at the age of 79. Gul headed the powerful spy agency during

DHAKA: Tension continued to remain high on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir of India this morning. Continued firing and shelling by Pakistani troops overnight killed a 40-year-old woman in the Balakote sector, NDTV reported.In total, six civilians have been killed and nine injured

DHAKA: Chinese authorities have ordered the evacuation of residents within a 3km radius of the Tianjin blast site over fears of chemical contamination.The evacuations came after an apparent change in wind direction, and as police confirmed the highly toxic chemical sodium cyanide was

DHAKA: At least 40 migrants have died on a boat in the southern Mediterranean, Italian authorities have reported.The Italian navy wrote on Twitter on Saturday that it was involved in a rescue operation to try and save the other migrants on board, reports Al Jazeera.It was initially

DHAKA: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed ‘profound grief’ for his country’s aggression during World War II, and vowed to ‘never again repeat the devastation of war’.‘I bow my head deeply before the souls of all those who perished both at home and abroad. I

DHAKA: Eurozone finance ministers have agreed on a new bailout deal for Greece after Athens backed the plan.European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the deal sent a message "loud and clear" - Greece will stay in the eurozone, reports bbc.comThe agreement demands tax rises

DHAKA: Eighty-five people are now known to have been killed in giant explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin on Wednesday, local officials say.At least 21 firefighters are among the dead, with another 721 people injured after the blasts at a warehouse storing hazardous materials, BBC