DHAKA: The Arab League has called on the ‘international community’ to end Israeli air strikes on Gaza and to protect Palestinians, ahead of a foreign ministers’ meeting later on Monday. Israel pressed its campaign of punishing raids on Gaza for a seventh day on Monday, but held off

DHAKA: A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of the southern Philippines on Monday.  The US Geological Survey (USGS) said, reports The Jerusalem Post.  There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.  The epicenter was 91 miles off the town of General Santos, the

DHAKA: Six people suffered minor burns after a fire broke out in the observation deck at New York City's Rockefeller Center Sunday night, a fire official said. A camera on an elevated part of the observation deck caught fire, sending embers falling onto people below, New York City Fire

DHAKA: Samsung Electronics said it has found ‘evidence of suspected child labour’ at a factory of its Chinese supplier Dongguan Shinyang Electronics. The firm conducted an investigation into the supplier after New York-based campaign group, China Labor Watch, accused it of hiring

DHAKA: Thailand’s military government said on Monday it would send home 100,000 refugees who have been living in camps for two decades and more along the border with Myanmar, a move rights groups say would create chaos at a tense time for both nations.Thailand’s military overthrew

DHAKA: Police in Argentina arrested at least 30 people Sunday after a World Cup celebration in downtown Buenos Aires got out of hand. Fans had gathered to celebrate Argentina's best performance in the World Cup in almost a quarter century. The celebrations went on peacefully without

DHAKA: Istanbul’s streets were brimming Sunday as around 1,000 pro-Palestinian Turks demonstrated against Israel’s latest round of airstrikes on Gaza, which have left over 100 Palestinians dead. Flags emblazoned with the recognisable Palestinian colours of red, black, white, and

DHAKA: At least 133 Sunni militants were killed on Sunday in fierce clashes with security forces across Iraq. The officials said this which reports the Times of India. The clashes with the Sunni militants, claiming to be from the Islamic State (IS), took place in al-Qadsiyah district in

DHAKA: Pope Francis called for a cease-fire in the Middle East before Sunday's Angelus prayer and said his meeting in June with the presidents of Israel and the Palestinian Authority was not a waste of time. "I exhort to all the interested parties and to all of those who have political

DHAKA: Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing northern parts of Gaza after Israel warned it was targeting the area in its campaign to stop rocket attacks. The UN says 17,000 people have sought refuge in its facilities as Israeli air strikes continue for a sixth day. Israeli forces have

DHAKA: At least eight people have been killed and around 25 others were injured in an explosion near a security compound in Egypt's Sinai region, near the border with Israel on Sunday. Security sources said the rocket was targeting North Sinai's main security compound but instead fell in

DHAKA: Deadly clashes raged on Sunday around Libya’s main international airport, closing it down, as the anti-Islamist militia that control it came under attack. Airport officials said, reports The Straits Times. The exchanges of fire with heavy weapons killed at least six people and

DHAKA: Government forces in eastern Ukraine have begun storming the rebel-held city of Luhansk with tanks. Russian news agency reports quoting rebels say, according to the BBC. Heavy fighting erupted as columns of government armour attacked from the south and west, rebel military leader

DHAKA: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Sunday that any nuclear deal leaving Iran with the capability to enrich uranium would be ‘catastrophic’. ‘It would be a disaster for the United States and for everyone else,’ Netanyahu said in an interview with Fox News

DHAKA: The Palestinian group Hamas had no role in a rocket attack on Israel from Lebanon and had nothing to do with a statement in the name of its armed wing that claimed responsibility for the attack late on Saturday. Hamas officials in Lebanon said, reports The Straits Times. Three

DHAKA: France’s foreign minister called on Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, where a deadly six-day conflict is escalating in what he said was an ‘absolutely disastrous’ way. ‘In Gaza like in Israel, the absolute priority is a ceasefire,’ Laurent Fabius told

DHAKA: Heavy fighting broke out near the airport of the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday, residents and witnesses said as flights were interrupted. Explosions could be heard on the airport road and other parts of Tripoli. ‘Rockets struck inside the airport perimeter around 6:00am

DHAKA: Israeli naval commandos clashed with Hamas militants in a raid on the coast of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, in what appeared to be the first ground assault of a six-day Israeli offensive on the territory aimed at stopping Palestinian rocket fire. With aerial support from fighter

DHAKA: India prime minister Narendra Modi headed to Brazil on Sunday for a meeting of the Brics group of emerging powers, hoping to seal the long-discussed deal to open a new development bank. Modi will be the guest of Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff who also hosts the leaders of

DHAKA: Iran’s chief negotiator in nuclear talks in Vienna warned Saturday that Tehran is ready to walk away if ‘excessive’ Western demands cause a failure, eight days before a deadline for a deal. Abbas Araqchi said however that he hoped that the attendance from Sunday of foreign