DHAKA: The UN Human Rights Council has voted to launch an independent inquiry into Israel's offensive in Gaza, Israel continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip in its operation against Hamas.  The vote on Wednesday in Geneva came hours after the UN rights chief, Navi Pillay, told an

DHAKA: Forty-eight people died and ten people were injured after a TransAsia Airways flight crashed on the outlying island county of Penghu Wednesday, the airline confirmed Thursday morning. The 58 people on board included two foreigners, the airline said in a statement. The two --

DHAKA: Doctors in India have extracted 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in a seven-hour operation.Ashik Gavai was brought in with a swelling in his right jaw, Dr Sunanda Dhiware, head of Mumbai's JJ Hospital's dental department, told the BBC.The teenager had been suffering

DHAKA: The foreign secretaries of Pakistan and India are set to meet in Islamabad next month in the neighbouring countries’ latest attempt at improving ties.The proposed meeting, announced by Pakistan’s foreign office on Wednesday, comes after Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz

DHAKA: A French court has jailed three men for rioting after a pro-Palestinian rally in a mixed suburb of Paris degenerated into anti-Semitic violence.The three men, aged 21 and 28, were given sentences of between six and 10 months for their part in the rioting in Sarcelles on

DHAKA: The Red Cross announced a temporary ceasefire in two zones including Khan Younis and Sejaia of the Gaza Strip.According to a media report, says The Jerusalem Post.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has not confirmed any reports of a ceasefire.The Red Cross intends to use such a

DHAKA: Pro-Russian rebels on Wednesday shot down two Ukrainian fighter jets in the insurgent-held area where Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was downed.The Ukrainian military said, reports The Straits Times.‘Terrorists have shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 jets,’ the press office for

DHAKA: Germany’s Lufthansa on Wednesday suspended flights to and from Tel Aviv for an additional 24 hours. The decision also applies to Germanwings, Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines.‘At the present time no adequate authoritative new information is available that

DHAKA: A bomb blast in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna has killed at least 25 people.Nigeria police say, reports the BBC.The bomb targeted moderate Islamic cleric Dahiru Bauchi who had been travelling in the area, police added.He escaped unhurt. It is unclear who was behind the

DHAKA: A Transasia Airways plane carrying 58 people from south-western Taiwan’s Kaohsiung city has crashed into two houses on Wednesday, killing dozens of people.Transport minister Yeh Kuang-shih confirmed to reporters that 47 people are dead and 11 people are injured, reports The

DHAKA: A Transasia Airways plane carrying 58 people from south-western Taiwan’s Kaohsiung city has crashed into two houses on Wednesday, killing dozens of people.Transport minister Yeh Kuang-shih confirmed to reporters that 47 people are dead and 11 people are injured, reports The

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday some progress had been made in efforts to bring an end to 16 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas.‘We have certainly made some steps forward. There is still work to be done,’ Kerry said shortly after arriving in

DHAKA: Iran said on Wednesday nuclear talks with six world powers would resume in early September, according to state television, after both sides agreed to continue talking for four more months to try to reach a final agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program. The preliminary accord had

DHAKA: Israel may be committing war crimes in Gaza, where its punitive house demolitions and killing of children raise the ‘strong possibility’ that it is violating international law. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.

DHAKA: Islamic State militants claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an overnight suicide bombing in a Shia district of Baghdad which killed 33 people, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the Iraqi capital.The hardline Sunni Islamist group which has led an offensive through

DHAKA: Indonesia’s losing presidential election candidate, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, plans to challenge the result in the Constitutional Court. Prabowo team’s chief lawyer said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times. The challenge had been widely expected, but many analysts

DHAKA: The lifting of the economic blockade of the Gaza Strip must form part of any ceasefire deal. The Palestinian prime minister has said, reports the BBC. Speaking during a visit by the UN secretary general, Rami Hamdallah said it was time for the ‘siege to stop’. His call backs

DHAKA: At least 21 people killed in a suicide bomb in Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. Police and medical officials have said that which reports the BBC. The attack took place at a police checkpoint at the entrance to the Kadhimiya district killing at least 13 civilians. Many of those

DHAKA: A town of 30,000 in China is prohibiting residents from leaving after a local man died from bubonic plague, state media announced Tuesday.The town of Yumen, in the northwestern province of Gansu, also quarantined 151 people, China Central Television (CCTV) said, per the Agence

DHAKA: The first bodies recovered from the Malaysia Airlines plane which crashed in Ukraine last week are to be flown to the Netherlands for identification. A day of mourning is being held to mark the occasion, more than five days after the aircraft was downed in a rebel-held area in