A bus has caught fire in north-western Kazakhstan, killing 52 people, the interior ministry has said. Five people managed to get out and were treated by rescue workers on the spot, reports BBC. The accident happened at 10:30 local time on Thursday (04:30 GMT) in the Irgiz district

DHAKA: Viorica Dancila has been named as Romania's first female PM following the sudden resignation of Mihai Tudose, reports BBC. Dancila, 54, a member of the European Parliament, is regarded as an ally of the governing Social Democratic Party (PSD) leader Liviu Dragnea.

Police in Myanmar's troubled Rakhine state have opened fire on Buddhist protesters, killing at least seven. The violence occurred after more than 4,000 ethnic Rakhine Buddhists gathered in Mrauk U on Tuesday to protest at a ban on the annual commemoration of the fall of the ancient

DHAKA: Ten years after Pakistan's former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was killed in Rawalpindi, the Pakistani Taliban for the first time has claimed responsibility for the leader’s assassination. The terrorist group which is banned in Pakistan has claimed responsibility in a

Palestinian leaders voted on Monday to call for the suspension of recognition of Israel in a move with potentially deep implications as they met in response to US President Donald Trump's declaration of Jerusalem as Israel's capital. While withdrawing the Palestine Liberation

Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a busy street market in central Baghdad on Monday, in back-to-back explosions that killed at least 38 people, Iraqi health and police officials said. The attackers struck during rush hour in the city's Tayran Square, which is usually

A powerful earthquake measuring 7.1 magnitude has hit southern Peru. The magnitude-7.1 quake hit at 4:18am (local time) on Sunday at a depth of around 10 km, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. Peru's government Geophysical Institute said the earthquake on Sunday was of

DHAKA: The Tunisian government has announced a wave of social reforms, following days of demonstrations by anti-austerity protesters, reports BBC. Protests broke out ahead of Sunday's seventh anniversary of the ousting of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. Emergency government

DHAKA: At least eight people were killed and many injured in a fire and stampede in the town of Vila Nova da Rainha in northern Portugal on Saturday night, according to local officials. The incident took place in a two-storied venue where some 60 people gathered around to watch or

DHAKA: Four feared dead after a boat with 40 school children on board capsizes 2 nautical miles from the sea shore in Dahanu in Maharashtra, reports Outlook India. As many as 25 students have been rescued while the operations are still underway. Coast Guard has diverted ships which

DHAKA: The organization representing African countries has demanded that US President Donald Trump apologize after he reportedly called nations on the continent "shitholes", reports BBC. The group's mission in Washington DC expressed its "shock, dismay and outrage" and said the

Saudi women will be allowed for the first time to enter a sports stadium to watch a soccer match between two local teams, though they will be segregated from the male-only crowd with designated seating in the so-called "family section." The first stadium is to open its doors to women

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon has become the richest man in the history, overtaking the wealth Bill Gates ever had to his name. The Bloomberg Billionaires Index showed that Bezos' net worth had hit USD 105.1 billion on Monday. It is USD 106 billion currently. According to

DHAKA: An US grand jury on Wednesday (January 10) indicted Bangladeshi immigrant Akayed Ullah on federal terrorism charges for last month's botched bombing in a New York City subway station, reports NBC News. Akayed has worked as a taxi driver and an electrician, would face life in

DHAKA: Myanmar’s military has admitted its security forces and Buddhist villagers killed 10 Rohingya whose bodies were found in a mass grave in a village in troubled Rakhine state, reports The Independent. It said an inquiry had found that four members of the security forces were

DHAKA:  An earthquake of magnitude 7.6 hit the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Honduras and Caribbean islands, with no reports of immediate casualties or damage, reports USA Today.    The depth of the quake was roughly 323 miles (519 km).  The quake rocked at 10.52pm local time on

Heavy rains unleashed destructive rivers of mud and debris in Southern California on Tuesday -- leaving at least 13 people dead, destroying homes and spurring rescues as the flooding forced heavily traveled roads to close. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the death toll

DHAKA: North and South Korea have begun high-level talks, the first between the countries in two years, reports BBC. The meeting, at the Peace House in the truce village of Panmunjom, will focus on North Korea's possible participation in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, taking place

Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official said, after Islamic leaders warned that early learning of the language opened the way to a Western “cultural invasion,” reports The New York Times. “Teaching English in government and

Two people were injured after a small fire broke out at the top of Trump Tower in New York on Monday morning. The New York Fire Department said one person was seriously injured in what is thought to have been an electrical fire near the roof of the tower, reports the NBC news. The