DHAKA: The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey apartment block in Mumbai rose to 33 as rescuers frantically searched for around two dozen others trapped beneath the rubble.Officials said Saturday, reports The Striats Times.Rescue official Alok Avasthy of the National Disaster

DHAKA: Human Rights Watch on Saturday criticised a hard-won United Nations Security Council resolution ordering the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal for failing to deliver justice for the conflict’s victims.‘This resolution fails to ensure justice for the gassing of hundreds

DHAKA: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit south-west Pakistan on Saturday in a region already devastated by a quake which left more than 500 dead just days ago.The new tremor struck 96 kilometres north-east of the district of Awaran at a depth of 14 km at 12.34pm (local time), according to

DHAKA: A shoe was thrown towards Iranian president Hassan Rohani’s car on Saturday as he arrived home to a mixed reception for his historic call with United States president Barack Obama.Some 60 hardline Islamists chanted ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ as Rohani’s

DHAKA: A Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban is being honoured as Harvard University’s humanitarian of the year.Malala Yousafzai is an outspoken proponent for girls’ education.She was at Harvard on Friday to accept the 2013 Peter J Gomes Humanitarian

DHAKA: A boat carrying migrants to Australia sank off the Indonesian coast on Friday, killing at least 21 people, Indonesian police said, a sign that Australia’s tough new immigration rules may not be enough to deter would-be asylum seekers.The latest disaster to strike refugees using

DHAKA: Kenya’s government had been warned, including by Israel, of the high risk of an attack before the assault on a Nairobi mall by Islamist gunmen that killed at least 67 people, newspapers reported Saturday.Cabinet ministers and Kenya’s army chief had received information warning

DHAKA: Chinese police have rescued 92 abducted children and held 301 suspected members of a huge trafficking network, the authorities say.They say two women were also freed in an operation involving police forces in 11 provinces of the country.The traffickers are believed to have targeted

DHAKA: The death toll in the collapse of a four-storey building in Mumbai yesterday has gone up to 25. A disaster management official said the victims included nine women.National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) commandant Alok Awasthi added that nearly 36 people were still trapped under

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to secure and destroy Syria`s chemical weapons stockpile.The vote late on Friday was the first resolution passed on the Syrian conflict since it began in March 2011, after Russia and China had previously vetoed three Western-backed

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has spoken by phone to Iran`s Hassan Rouhani - the first such top-level conversation in more than 30 years.Mr Obama spoke of a "unique opportunity" to make progress with Iran`s new leadership, amid a flurry of diplomacy over its nuclear programme.Earlier,

DHAKA: Thousands of people are taking part in anti-government protests across Egypt, days after activities by the Muslim Brotherhood were banned by a Cairo court.Friday`s protests, called by the Anti-Coup alliance, saw thousands take to the streets in Cairo, Port Said, Assuit, and

DHAKA: Militants attacked two helicopters carrying relief goods in Balochistan`s earthquake-affected Awaran district on Friday.Khan Wasey, the FC spokesman said militants opened fire at two helicopters which were landing at Mashkay to provide relief goods to earthquake survivors."Small

DHAKA: Nineteen people were killed and another critically injured when a bus rolled down a 600-feet deep gorge near Ransua-Jabrog village in Sirmaur district on Friday morning.The bus with 20 passengers on board was on its way from Uchha Takkar to Renuka when the mishap occurred. The bus

DHAKA: As the present-day NSA draws fire from critics worried about contemporary abuses of power, new details have surfaced about the secretive agency’s efforts -- during the Vietnam War era -- to spy on prominent antiwar figures on behalf of the White House.Newly declassified materials

DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed and 43 others injured when a bomb exploded on a bus carrying government employees on Peshawar’s Charsadda Road.“The bomb was planted inside the bus. At the moment, the death of 17 people have been confirmed,” Zahirul Islam, deputy commissioner

DHAKA:  At least 19 people have been stung to death by hornets -- which may include the world`s largest hornet species Vespa mandarinia -- in China`s central Shaanxi province in the last three months, according to the city government of Ankang, the apparent epicenter of a recent spate of

DHAKA: A federal judge has refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit against Google Inc over allegations the company improperly scanned the content of customers` emails in order to place ads, according to Reuters news agency.US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California ruled on Thursday

DHAKA: The U.N. Security Council could vote as early as Friday on a draft resolution regarding Syria`s chemical weapons program.The resolution would impose "legally binding obligations" on the government to eliminate its program, said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha

DHAKA: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned the United Nations that United States-brokered peace talks offered the ‘last chance’ as he demanded an agreement with Israel that permanently resolves all disputes.Speaking before the UN General Assembly, Abbas urged no let-up in