US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order rolling back Obama-era rules aimed at curbing climate change. The president said this would put an end to the “war on coal” and “job-killing regulations”, reports the BBC. The Energy Independence Executive Order

A worldwide nuclear ban is simply not “realistic”, the US ambassador to the UN has said, as nearly 40 countries stayed away from talks on the subject. The US, Britain and France were among the countries that skipped a UN meeting to discuss a new treaty, reports the BBC. More

DHAKA: Eight Japanese high school students are feared dead, after they were caught in an avalanche at a ski resort. The avalanche occurred early on Monday near Nasu in Tochigi prefecture, 120km (75 miles) north of Tokyo, reports the BBC. Eight students were found with no vital signs

Russia’s main opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, has been arrested at an anti-corruption protest he organized in the capital, Moscow. Thousands of people joined rallies nationwide, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev over corruption allegations, reports the

DHAKA: Russian police detained opposition leader Alexei Navalny in central Moscow on Sunday (March 26) at a rally which Navalny had called to protest against corruption. Police detain Navalny on Moscow’s Tverskaya Street and put him in a police truck. Hundreds of opposition

DHAKA: One person has been killed and 14 injured in a shooting at a nightclub in Cincinnati, Ohio. At least two gunmen were involved in the incident at the Cameo Night Club, according to the Cincinnati Police Department, reports the BBC. There was no indication the shooting was

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump has blamed Democrats for the failure of his healthcare bill. Both houses of Congress are controlled by Trump's Republican party but the bill was withdrawn on Friday (March 25) because it could not get the votes required, reports the BBC. Speaking

DHAKA: Egypt's ousted president Hosni Mubarak left a military hospital on Friday (March 24) where he had spent much of his six-year detention, his lawyer said. Mubarak had been cleared for release earlier this month after a top court finally acquitted him of involvement in

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump has demanded a make-or-break vote in the House of Representatives on Friday on his troubled healthcare bill. The American Healthcare Act is intended to replace parts of President Barack Obama's signature “Obamacare” law, reports the BBC. A

DHAKA: The Westminster attacker was British-born and known to the police and intelligence services, Prime Minister Theresa May has revealed. She told MPs he had been investigated some years ago over violent extremism, but was “peripheral” and was not part of the current

DHAKA: Five people have died and at least 40 were injured after an attacker drove a car along a pavement in Westminster, stabbed a policeman and was shot dead by police in the grounds of Parliament. The dead officer has been named as PC Keith Palmer, 48, a husband and father. PM

DHAKA: Major security alert has been issued at Westminster after at least one person was shot and a police officer stabbed in the Houses of Parliament in central London, Commons Leader David Lidington has said. He told MPs the “alleged assailant was shot by armed police” following

DHAKA: At least 33 people have been killed in an air strike on a school in a village west of the Islamic State-held Syrian city of Raqqa, a monitoring group says. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the building in al-Mansoura was being used as a shelter for displaced people

DHAKA: An aircraft cabin ban on large electronic devices was prompted by intelligence suggesting a terror threat to US-bound flights, says US media. The US and UK have announced new carry-on restrictions banning laptops on certain passenger flights, reports the BBC. The so-called

DHAKA: President Trump's daughter Ivanka will get an office in the White House, an administration official has said. But she will not have an official title or salary when she works in the West Wing - the hub of US executive power, reports the BBC. The official also confirmed

DHAKA: The US is banning electronic devices from cabin baggage on flights from eight mainly Middle Eastern and North African countries. A US government source told the BBC that the measure would affect nine airlines operating out of 10 airports. US media reported the order was

DHAKA: Dozens of people are feared dead after a passenger plane crashed at an airport in Wau, South Sudan. The South Sudanese National Courier newspaper carried photos showing the burned-out wreck of the plane on the tarmac at Wau Airport, reports the Independent. Initial reports

DHAKA: Twenty students have died after trees fell on them in a freak accident while they were swimming in a river during a storm in Ghana, according to emergency officials. Ghana National Fire Service spokesman Prince Billy Anaglate said the “unusual incident” happened yesterday

DHAKA: Two US intelligence chiefs are set to testify before Congress about possible links between Russia and President Donald Trump's election campaign. They will also address Trump's unsubstantiated claim that he was wiretapped by predecessor Barack Obama, reports the BBC.

At least 42 people have been killed when a boat carrying Somali refugees off the coast of Yemen was fired at from a helicopter, the International Organisation for Migration says. Women and children were among those killed when the vessel was hit near the Bab al-Mandeb strait, the IOM