DHAKA: Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the UN special envoy to Yemen, has arrived in Yemen’s capital Sana’a in a bid to arrange a pause in fighting until the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on July 17, to allow for deliveries of humanitarian aid.The visit by Ould Cheikh Ahmed, who

DHAKA: Pope Francis is due to arrive in Ecuador at the start of a seven-day tour of South America.Ecuador’s left-wing President Rafael Correa called the visit ‘an honor’, reports the BBC.Pope Francis will also travel to Bolivia and Paraguay, as part of his second trip to the region

DHAKA: At least 73 people have been killed in Iraqi government air strikes and artillery fire in the western Iraqi cities of Ramadi and Fallujah.An air strike on a sports field in Ramadi shortly after midnight on Sunday killed at least 50 people and left more than 30 people injured,

DHAKA: The US spy agency bugged the phone of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff along with her top political and financial officials, according to new information released by WikiLeaks.The whistle-blowing website published on Saturday a National Security Agency (NSA) list of 29 Brazilian

DHAKA: Ahead of Tuesday’s final deadline, foreign ministers from major powers were expected back in Vienna Sunday seeking to score a huge diplomatic success by nailing down the nuclear deal with Iran.After almost two years of intense effort, there were signs that inside the neoclassical

DHAKA: Millions of Greeks are due to vote in a crucial referendum on whether to accept the terms of an international bailout.Polling stations opened at 07:00 local time (04:00 GMT), with the first results expected on Sunday evening, reports bbc.comThe end of a frenetic week of campaigning

DHAKA: A UK family of 12, who went missing, has reportedly joined so-called Islamic State (IS) and feel ‘safer than ever’.A statement said to be on their behalf, reports the BBC.The statement, purportedly sent by a member of IS, said it was ‘outrageous’ to suggest the Mannan

DHAKA: Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis accused Athens’ creditors of ‘terrorism’ in an interview, a day before Greeks vote in a high-stakes referendum on the conditions of the country’s bailout.‘What they’re doing with Greece has a name - terrorism,’ Varoufakis told

DHAKA: The Palestinian government forces have arrested at least 120 people, including Hamas members, in West Bank over the past two days, raising tension between the rival movements.At least 20 people were arrested on Saturday, Hamas officials said, a day after about 100 members were

DHAKA: At 62 years of age, Swiss Solar Impulse-2 pilot Andre Borschberg has made aviation history with a record breaking solo flight across the Pacific that he has called ‘an interior journey’.After traveling more than 8,000km on the latest leg of the round-the-world trip, he arrived

DHAKA: A group affiliated with Islamic State has said it fired three rockets into Israel from Egypt's Sinai peninsula.The affiliate, which calls itself Sinai Province, said it had acted in retaliation for what it says is Israeli support for the Egyptian army, reports bbc.comIsrael said

DHAKA: At least 17 people, including a senior army officer and the driver of the train, were killed when rail carriages full of soldiers and military hardware fell into a canal in Gujranwala on Thursday following the partial collapse of a bridge. The accident occurred near the eastern

DHAKA: Bollywood actress and BJP lawmaker Hema Malini was injured and a girl child killed in a collision involving her Mercedes-Benz with a Maruti Alto in Dausa in Rajasthan on Thursday night. The actor was on her way to Jaipur and the child was the occupant of the small car. The other

DHAKA: Malaysia has said that it wants to set up an international tribunal to prosecute those suspected of having shot down flight MH17.The Malaysia Airlines passenger plane crashed in July 2014, with the loss of all 298 people on board, reports bbc.It had been flying over territory held

DHAKA:  A shallow 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck China's far western region of Xinjiang on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, with at least four people killed according to Chinese officials.The epicentre was in Pishan county, 164 kilometres (102 miles) northwest of the city of Hotan

DHAKA: Greece will need an extra 50bn euros ($55bn) over the next three years to stabilise its finances under the existing, disputed bailout plans, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says.The IMF also cut its forecast for Greek economic growth from 2.5% to zero, reports bbc.And it

DHAKA: The UN cultural agency on Thursday placed two ancient cities in conflict-torn Yemen, Sanaa and Shibam, on its list of endangered World Heritage sites.UNESCO said Sanaa, known for its many Islamic sites and multi-story rammed earth houses, ‘sustained serious damage due to armed

DHAKA: At least 36 people were killed after a passenger ferry with close to 200 people on board capsized in rough waters in the central Philippines on Thursday.The Kim Nirvana was heading from the central city of Ormoc to the island of Camotes when it capsized.Rescue boats picked up

DHAKA: Egypt’s army has said more than 100 fighters and 17 soldiers were killed after simultaneous assaults on military checkpoints in North Sinai, in the deadliest fighting in years in the peninsula.A group pledging allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and the Levant group, the

DHAKA: Saudi Arabian billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal has said he will donate his entire $32bn fortune to charity.Prince Alwaleed, 60, is one of the world’s richest people, reports the BBC.He said he had been inspired by the Gates Foundation, set up by Bill and Melinda Gates in