DHAKA: One of two British explorer ships that vanished in the Arctic more than 160 years ago has been found, Canada's prime minister says. Stephen Harper said it was unclear which ship had been found, but photo evidence confirmed it was one of them. Sir John Franklin led the two ships

DHAKA: A massive explosion has rocked a chemical waste facility near Bremen in northwestern Germany, polic say. Police told the DPA news agency that one person was severely burned in the blast on Tuesday night and that the explosion damaged a nearby residential area.  The injured man

DHAKA: Authorities in Haiti say 23 people died and 32 were injured in a bus accident west of the capital of Port-au-Prince. Nadia Lochard with the Civil Protection Agency says the bus went down a ravine after the driver apparently lost control late Tuesday in the coastal town of

DHAKA: At least nine worshippers were killed when the roof of a mosque collapsed in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore Tuesday. Pakistan officials said, adding the death toll may rise, Yahoo News reports. The incident took place in Daroghawala, a low-income neighborhood in the outer

DHAKA: Police in Yemen have shot at anti-government Shia protesters in the capital, Sanaa, killing at least one person. Witnesses say, reports the BBC. In recent days, thousands of Houthi demonstrators have intensified weeks of protests on the outskirts of the city. They have held

DHAKA: Steven Sotloff, the American journalist and holder of Israeli citizenship who was brutally executed by Islamic State militants last week, was sold to the extremist jihadist group by a Syrian rebel organization. The spokesperson for the Sotloff family told CNN on Monday, The

DHAKA: An official in the Gaza Strip says the Israeli navy has arrested four Palestinian fishermen and seized their boat in one of the first instances of friction between the sides since the Gaza war ended last month.Nizar Ayyash of the Gaza Fishermen’s Union says the incident

DHAKA: Dutch experts say Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 broke up in mid-air after being hit by ‘numerous objects’ that ‘pierced the plane at high speed’. A report released by the Dutch Safety Board said there was ‘no evidence of technical or human error’, reports the BBC. All

DHAKA: Chinese president Xi Jinping will make his first visit to India as head of state on a regional visit starting this week which will also take in Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Tajikistan.China foreign ministry said on Tuesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.Xi will begin his trip in

DHAKA: Suspected Taliban militants attacked a Karachi naval dockyard in a weekend raid which left a Pakistani officer and two insurgents dead. Pakistan officials said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times. An officer and six sailors were also wounded in the attack early on Saturday on

DHAKA: Ebola is spreading exponentially in Liberia, with thousands of new cases expected in the next three weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) says. Conventional methods to control the outbreak were "not having an adequate impact", the UN's health agency added. At least 2,100

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold two days of meetings with President Barack Obama in his first visit to the US since being banned in 2005, US officials have confirmed. Mr Modi will visit the White House on 29-30 September. The two leaders are expected to discuss

DHAKA: A suicide car bomber has killed 12 people in an attack aimed at African Union (AU) troops in Somalia, an official has said. A car laden with explosives was rammed into an AU convoy travelling south-west of the capital, Mogadishu, said local governor Adukadir Mohamed Sidi. The

DHAKA: European Union member states have formally adopted new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis. The new measures include restrictions on large Russian state-owned oil companies raising money on European financial markets. However, the new measures will come into effect "in

DHAKA: Hundreds of children across the US have been treated for a rare respiratory virus and more cases are expected in the next few weeks, doctors have said. The enterovirus, EV-D68, is believed to be the cause of the outbreak and can cause severe respiratory illness. Twelve states in

DHAKA: The US has hailed the announcement of a new government in Iraq ahead of a drive to organise an international coalition against Islamic State (IS). Secretary of State John Kerry said the US would stand with Iraqis in the fight against the group, which has seized large parts of the

DHAKA: Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine have released 1,200 prisoners, Ukraine president Petro Poroshenko has said.The releases followed Friday’s ceasefire deal, he said, which included an exchange of prisoners.He was speaking during a visit to the strategic south-eastern port city of

DHAKA: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah insisted on Monday that he won the country’s disputed election, dimming hopes that a United Nations-supervised audit of votes could soon end the prolonged political crisis.Abdullah repeated claims that massive ballot-rigging had

DHAKA: A suicide car bomber has killed 12 people in an attack aimed at African Union (AU) troops in Somalia. An official has said, reports the BBC. A car laden with explosives was rammed into an AU convoy travelling south-west of the capital, Mogadishu, said local governor Adukadir

DHAKA: Hamas accused Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas of trying to sabotage the unity deal between the two Palestinian factions.Media reported on Monday, says The Jerusalem Post.At a meeting with Egyptian media representatives in Cairo Saturday night, Abbas said his partnership