DHAKA: A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck near Yaguaraparo, off the northeastern coast of Venezuela, according to the US Geological Survey Tuesday (August 21). Stefano Pozzebon, a journalist in Caracas, told CNN he felt shaking for at least one minute, and a seven-floor building he was

DHAKA: Aung San Suu Kyi said that it was up to Bangladesh to decide how quickly Rohingya Muslims would leave their refugee camps and return to Myanmar, appearing to blame Dhaka for the delay on Tuesday (August 21). More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar to

Malaysia is hunting for a radioactive device which went missing from a pickup truck earlier this month. Authorities say the radioactive substance inside the radiography device could spread dangerous contamination if dismantled improperly. There are also fears it could be used as

At least 19 people have been killed in an Islamist militant attack on a village in north-east Nigeria, a survivor of the attack said. The strike is the latest blow to Nigeria's efforts to defeat insurgencies by the Nigerian Islamist Boko Haram group and Islamic State in West Africa

Around 2 million pilgrims arrived in the Holy Land from outside and inside the Kingdom in preparation to set out from Makkah for Mina. They will retrace the noble tradition of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) and spend the Tarwiyah Day on Sunday in Mina. Here they will make final

A massive 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, roughly 200 miles off Fiji and almost the same distance from Tonga, according to the preliminary report from the US Geological Survey. The earthquake struck just after midday Sunday and was almost 560

South Korea's capital Seoul has seen its first ever deaf taxi drivers take to the road this week, thanks to new software that's been launched to help reduce the local stigma of hiring hearing-impaired people, it's reported. According to the Korean Times news website, two

Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan has died at age 80, a UN agency confirmed Saturday (August 18). Annan, who was born in Ghana in 1938, served as the seventh UN Secretary-General, from 1997 to 2006, and was the first to rise from within the ranks of

The US Treasury on Friday slapped sanctions on four Myanmar military and police commanders and two army units for involvement in "ethnic cleansing" and other human rights abuses against the country's Rohingya minority. The sanctions are the toughest US action in response to

PM-elect Imran Khan has taken oath as the 22nd prime minister of Pakistan at a ceremony being held at the President House. Khan, who outvoted opposition and PML-N candidate Shahbaz Sharif in the PM's election on Friday, was administered his oath by President Mamnoon Hussain.

Police in Indonesia have killed dozens of low-level criminals ahead of hosting the 2018 Asian Games, Amnesty International alleged in a report Thursday. According to Amnesty, the deaths of 31 people between January and August of this year occurred in the host cities of the games, which

DHAKA: Cricket star Imran Khan, Chief of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been elected the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan. Imran Khan secured 176 seats while his opponent, PML-N's Shahbaz Sharif secured just 96 votes in the polling as took place in the National Assembly on

A XiamenAir plane had a rough landing Thursday at Manila International Airport when it skidded off the runway. AirLive shared photos on social media of the Boeing 737’s “crash landing,” claiming the engine detached from the left wing. The plane can be seen sitting lopsided in the

Former Indian prime minister and statesman, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, passed away on Thursday (Aug 16) in New Delhi following a prolonged illness. He was 93. He breathed his last at a little after 5pm at the capital’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The veteran politician had

Nearly 350 news organizations are set to publish editorials on Thursday pushing back against Donald Trump’s attacks on the media and defending freedom of the press. The publications are participating in a push organized by the Boston Globe to run coordinated editorials denouncing

A Libyan court on Wednesday (August 16) sentenced to death by firing squad 45 militiamen for killing demonstrators in Tripoli during the 2011 uprising against dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the justice ministry said. Dozens of demonstrators were killed on August 21, 2011 when pro-regime

New Zealand's parliament has banned many foreigners from buying existing homes in the country - a move aimed at making properties more affordable. The ban only applies to non-residents. Australians and Singaporeans are exempt because of free-trade deals. New Zealand is facing a

At least 22 students drowned on Wednesday when a boat carrying more than 40 children sank while crossing the Nile in northern Sudan, state news agency SUNA said. The children were on their way to school. Civil defence forces were searching the waters for the missing passengers but had

Afghan officials say at least 25 people have been killed by a suicide bomber who carried out an attack in a mostly Shi'ite neighborhood on the west side of Kabul. The attack on August 15 occurred in front of an educational center in Kabul's Dasht-e Barcha neighborhood, reports

The Cochin International Airport of India was on Wednesday (August 15) closed till Saturday afternoon (August 18) after water released from the Idukki dam flooded the area. Airport Director ACK Nair called the development “unprecedented”. “Why we decided to take this step is