DHAKA: Israeli tank fire hit a house in southern Gaza on Thursday, killing three people, minutes before a five-hour truce went into effect. Palestine medics said, reports Channel News Asia. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said four other people were seriously wounded in the

DHAKA: Heavily armed militants who attacked Kabul International Airport with grenades and automatic weapons have been repelled. Afghan officials say, reports the BBC. The four insurgents who took part are dead, the authorities said, with one security official wounded. The Taliban said

DHAKA: At least 20 people have died in the past week as torrential rain batters swathes of China, with at least six killed by lightning, thousands of homes destroyed and more than 300,000 evacuated, state media said. There had been six deaths from lightning strikes in the central

DHAKA: Thailand’s military leaders have given ousted PM Yingluck Shinawatra permission to travel abroad for the first time since the coup. A military spokesman said the request had been approved because Yingluck had ‘kept a low profile’ since her government was overthrown on 22

DHAKA: At least three people were killed in firefighting helicopter crashed in South Korea’s southern city of Gwangju on Thursday. The fire officials said this that reports the Yonhab. A report was filed with fire authorities around 10:53 am (local time) that the chopper crashed in

DHAKA: The first typhoon of the Philippines’ rainy season killed to at least 27 on Thursday as millions in the capital and elsewhere endured a second day without power. The authorities said this which was reported by the Times of India. As Typhoon Rammasun moved further towards

DHAKA: The US and EU have bolstered sanctions against Russia over its alleged support for separatists fighting in Ukrainem says BBC.       The US has targeted major banks including Gazprombank, defence firms and energy companies including Rosneft. Russian President Vladimir Putin was

DHAKA: A security personnel was killed in a clash between security forces and suspected militants during a search operation in Lahore on Wednesday night.  Security forces, on a tip off about presence of suspected militants in the area, were conducting a search operation near Raiwind

DHAKA: A Firefight underway at Kabul airport after pre-dawn attack by insurgents, Afghan interior ministry said. Cable News Network is breaking the news on Thursday morning. BDST: 0841 HRS, JUL 17, 2014

DHAKA: Hamas and Israel both have agreed to respect a five-hour ceasefire in Gaza after nine days of fighting.  The Israeli military said it would stop firing from 10:00am to 15:00pm on Thursday to allow residents in Gaza to stock up on supplies. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zukhri later

DHAKA: Australia's Senate has voted to repeal the carbon tax, a levy on the 300 biggest polluters passed by the Labor Party when they were in power in 2011, BBC breaking on Thursday.                          Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose Liberal coalition beat Labor in

DHAKA: The UAE has entered the space race with a project to send an unmanned probe to Mars by 2021 in the Arab world’s first mission to another planet. A new UAE Space Agency will be created to coordinate the UAE’s growing space technology sector and to supervise the mission. The

DHAKA: China issued a formal complaint to Britain on Wednesday after deputy prime minister Nick Clegg met Hong Kong pro-democracy activists campaigning against Beijing’s tightening control of the former British territory. Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule in 1997 under a

DHAKA: One day after an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire accepted by Israel, but rejected by Hamas, fell through, the organization proposed a 10-year end to hostilities in return for its conditions being met by Israel. Channel 2 reported Wednesday, says The Jerusalem Post. Hamas’s

DHAKA: US media giant Time Warner has rejected an initial takeover approach from rival 20th Century Fox estimated at $80bn.The takeover approach by the Rupert Murdoch owned company was made last month, it was revealed.Twentieth Century Fox confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that its

DHAKA: German police were hunting on Wednesday for thieves who made off with 10 truckloads of beer while the country was distracted by World Cup football fever.‘We’re following up on two or three leads,’ said a police spokeswoman from the western city of Krefeld, where the

DHAKA: Western consultants helping Egypt compile an economic reform plan say it needs US$120 billion over four years, - at least US$60 billion of investment to reach average GDP growth of 5 percent by 2018 and the same amount again to bolster its foreign reserves.Senior Egypt

DHAKA: A Dutch court has ruled that the Netherlands is liable for the killings of more than 300 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys at Srebrenica in Bosnia-Hercegovina in July 1995. The 300 men and boys were among 5,000 Bosniaks sheltering with Dutch UN peacekeepers at their Potocari

DHAKA: In a major ceasefire violation, Pakistani Rangers on Wednesday opened heavy fire at Indian border outposts along the international border in Jammu district, leaving one BSF jawan dead and 3 injured. Pakistani Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on forward Pittal border outpost

DHAKA: South Korea and the United States on Wednesday launched a five-day joint naval drill in the face of angry North Korean protests and warnings backed by missile tests. Two separate drills began simultaneously in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) and off the southern port of Mokpo, South