DHAKA: A 6.8 magnitude earthquake has struck in the Pacific Ocean near the Solomon Islands.The quake hit at approximately 2.12pm AEST, though it it not clear if there is any damage, Skynews.com.au reported.Geoscience Australia estimates there could be damage as far away as 81km from the

DHAKA: A gunman has killed four US Marines and injured several others at two US Navy buildings in Chattanooga, Tennessee.A local district lawyer said the shootings were being investigated as an "act of domestic terrorism".The gunman, who was shot dead, was named as 24-year-old Mohammad

DHAKA: Ash spewing from two volcanoes in Indonesia has shut three more airports, which means five are now closed as millions head home for the Eid holiday.The closures were sparked by eruptions at Mount Raung and Mount Gamalama, reports BBC.Raung, which has been rumbling for weeks, led to

DHAKA: The German parliament is to vote on whether to allow negotiations on Greece's €86bn (£60bn) bailout deal.Germany is one of several eurozone states that must give the green light before the rescue deal can go ahead, reports BBC. The agreement is expected to be approved, although

DHAKA: Two bombs blamed on the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram exploded at a crowded mosque and an elite Muslim restaurant in Nigeria’s central city of Jos, killing 44 people.Officials said Monday, reports ABC News.Sixty-seven other people were wounded in the attacks Sunday night and

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has said negotiating teams are close to a historic agreement over Iran’s nuclear program but cautioned that the talks could still go either way, and that Washington is still willing to walk away if an acceptable deal is not reached.‘It is now

DHAKA: Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has resigned after Greek voters delivered an overwhelming ‘No’ vote in a referendum on whether to accept more austerity measures in return for new bailout cash.In a statement published on his personal blog on Monday, Varoufakis said he

DHAKA: Egypt’s ousted president Mohamed Mursi, already jailed for 20 years for inciting violence against protesters, faces the death penalty on Saturday for espionage and jailbreak nearly two years after his overthrow.The country’s first freely elected president was ousted by then

DHAKA: The Nepalese army said on Saturday that troops had found the bodies of all eight people from the wreckage of a US helicopter which crashed while delivering aid in the quake-devastated country.The UH-1Y Huey was carrying six US Marines and two soldiers from the Nepalese army when it

DHAKA: A tour bus traveling through countryside in northwest China toppled off a steep hillside in Shaanxi Province on Friday, killing at least 35 people, according to state-run news media. It appeared to be the deadliest traffic accident in nine months in China, where the government has

DHAKA: A US jury has sentenced Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death by lethal injection.Three people were killed and 260 were injured when Tsarnaev, now 21, and his brother placed bombs at the finishing line of the Boston Marathon in 2013.Tsarnaev is likely to be moved to a federal

DHAKA: Mhairi Black, of the Scottish National Party, has become the youngest MP elected in the UK for 350 years after defeating Labour's shadow foreign secretary.20-year-old Black secured the biggest upset of the 2015 general election so far by beating Douglas Alexander in Paisley and

DHAKA: The US military has begun training a small group of Syrian rebels in an effort to build a force capable of defeating Islamic State (IS) militants.US defense secretary Ashton Carter said about 90 people were being trained in a secure location, and they would be paid by the United

DHAKA: Legislation that would dramatically expand the powers of Canada’s spy agency has cleared a key hurdle.The House of Commons on Wednesday approved the Anti-Terror Act, which was spurred by last year’s attack on parliament.The act would give the spy agency the ability to operate

DHAKA: At least 11 people were killed and seven injured in an explosion at a firecracker factory in West Bengal.The police said on Thursday, reports the NDTV.The explosion took place late on Wednesday at Pingla in West Midnapore district.“Eleven people have been killed and seven others

DHAKA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held on to his job, announcing that he had hammered together a new coalition government just ahead of a midnight legal deadline.But with a knife-edge majority of just one seat in the 120-member parliament expectations were that he would

DHAKA: Millions of people will be casting their votes in the UK general election later.Polls open at 07:00 BST at around 50,000 polling stations across the country.A total of 650 Westminster MPs will be elected, with about 50 million people registered to vote.As well as the general

DHAKA: At least 20 people were killed in a suicide bombing outside the governor’s house in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province early Thursday.According to local police and hospital officials said at least 36 people protesting the governor were also wounded in the attack, including a

DHAKA: A Myanmar court has jailed two reporters for two months for defamation, a newspaper editor said on Thursday, in a case likely to raise concern about a reform program after half a century of strict military rule. The media in Myanmar has enjoyed sweeping freedoms since a

DHAKA: Japan and China held security talks Thursday after a four-year hiatus because of simmering territorial tensions, in a meeting expected to touch on the flashpoint issue of maritime crisis management.Officials and reports said, according to The Straits Times.The first such