DHAKA: At least 80 of the victims on board the Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 were children, Ukrainian Interior Minister told reporters at the crash scene.  A total of 298 people - 280 passengers, 15 crew members and three infants – were killed after the Boeing 777 was allegedly shot

DHAKA: Ukraine’s emergency services have found two black boxes at the crash site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, the governor of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region has been quoted as saying. “Two black boxes were found by our emergency services. I have no information on

DHAKA: At least 100 leading AIDS research experts were among those killed when a Malaysian passenger jet crashed in Ukraine after being allegedly shot down on Thursday. Among them was Joep Lange, who researched the condition for more than 30 years and was considered a giant in the field,

DHAKA: About 100 soldiers, guards and employees have been killed as jihadis seized a gas field in central Syria, activists say. Militants from the Islamic State group attacked army checkpoints and seized the Shaer gas field in the desert region of Palmyra, according to Beibares Tellawi,

DHAKA: Italian former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has won an appeal against his conviction for paying for sex with an underage prostitute. His seven-year prison sentence has now been thrown out by judges in Milan, in the so-called ‘Ruby’ case. Last year a court found that he

DHAKA: At least 264 people were killed in Gaza on the 11th day of an assault on Friday as Israel pressed a ground offensive aimed at stamping out cross-border rocket fire. The Palestinian medics said this which reports the Times of India.  An Israeli soldier was killed during the

DHAKA: Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are to give international investigators access to the crash site of a Malaysia Airlines jet. The rebels vowed to secure the site and allow the recovery of bodies, the Organization for the Security and Co-operation in Europe said. The

DHAKA: A super typhoon is heading towards southern China, where the authorities ordered an all-out effort to prevent loss of life from the storm that has already killed at least 54 people in the Philippines. Typhoon Rammasun, which is packing winds of up to 180 kmph (112 mph), is

DHAKA: The step-grandmother of the Malaysian prime minister is one of the 43 Malaysians who are believed to have died aboard downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, The Star Online reported Friday. A family spokesperson was quoted as saying that Puan Sri Siti Amirah, the step-grandmother

DHAKA: In the history of civil aviation there have been a number of tragic incidents when passenger planes have been shot down, often accidentally, even as recently as 2001. The crash of Malaysia Airline’s Boeing-777, in which 298 have died on Thursday, may become the latest and

DHAKA: Heavily armed militants attacked a paramilitary checkpost in Jamrud area of the Khyber tribal region early Friday, killing at least eight security personnel, official sources said. Three other security personnel were also injured and the vehicle of FC forces was completely

DHAKA: An Israeli soldier was killed and two others were lightly wounded in fighting in the Gaza Strip overnight Thursday, in the course of an Israeli army ground incursion into the Strip. The soldier was apparently killed by light arms fire. He was evacuated by helicopter to the

DHAKA: After wreaking damage on the Philippines over Tuesday and Wednesday, a newly intensified Typhoon Rammasun is bearing down on Southern China. The storm, which was downgraded as it passed over the Philippines, gained strength again over the South China Sea.  Now categorized by the

DHAKA: Bolivia has lowered the legal working age to allow children to work from the age of 10 as long as they also attend school and are self-employed. The law also permits 12-year-olds to be contracted to work for others. But they need parental authorisation. Vice-President Alvaro

DHAKA: There were 298 people on board Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 when it was shot down Thursday, not 295 as the airline originally said.In announcing the new number in a statement, the airline said there were three infants on the plane, reports the Washington Post early Friday.As

DHAKA: Malaysia Airlines revealed the passenger list of the deadly fallen plane Thursday after about 7 hours of it was shot-down.Huib Gorter, a senior vice president of Malaysia Airlines, released the list of the nationalities of the plane’s passengers, reports the Washington

DHAKA: In televised comments, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday placed blame for the Malaysia Airlines crash squarely on Ukraine.“Certainly, the state over whose territory this happened bears responsibility for this terrible tragedy,” Putin said from a meeting with

DHAKA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday instructed the military to begin a ground offensive in Gaza, an official statement from his office said.Reuters’ witnesses and Gaza residents reported heavy artillery and naval shelling and helicopter fire along the Gaza

DHAKA: After the deadly ‘shot down’ of a Malaysian plane, a Russian television channel, Life News, sent their photojournalists there and published a few photos from the spot.We are here publishing the photos for banglanews readers.Earlier, A Malaysian airliner was shot down over

DHAKA: President Barack Obama is asking his advisers to keep him updated on reports of a plane shot down over Ukraine though the White House says it can't confirm the reports.White House press secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Thursday that Obama spoke to Russian President