The US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an “effective and overwhelming” response. Mattis spoke in South Korea, where he had been reaffirming US support, before flying to Tokyo, reports the BBC. He also

US President Donald Trump has nominated Colorado federal appeals court judge Neil Gorsuch for the US Supreme Court. If confirmed by the Senate, the 49-year-old would restore the court’s conservative majority, lost with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, reports the BBC. The

Donald Trump has fired the acting US attorney general after she questioned the legality of his immigration ban. Sally Yates, who had been appointed under Barack Obama, earlier ordered justice department lawyers not to enforce the president’s executive order. In a statement, the

Six people have been killed and another eight wounded in a shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada. Shots were fired at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre on Sunday night, where dozens had gathered for evening prayers, reports the BBC. Police confirmed the death toll and are

For a second consecutive day, protesters rallied across the USA against its President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Throngs of people gathered Sunday afternoon outside the White House. Crowds also formed in Boston’s Copley Square, at Battery Park in Manhattan and at

Police in Quebec City say shots have been fired at the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec on Sainte-Foy St. and five people are reported dead. Quoting Reuters, Toronto Sun reports that multiple gunmen opened fire during evening prayers, killing five people. Witnesses say about

DHAKA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken a stand on social media against the temporary US ban on refugees and immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. Trudeau underscored his government's commitment to bringing in “those fleeing persecution, terror &

DHAKA: A boat carrying 31 people, including at least 28 Chinese tourists, has gone missing off the Malaysian coast, maritime authorities say. The boat lost contact after departing the eastern state of Sabah on Saturday, reports the BBC. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency said

DHAKA: Donald Trump held a series of phone calls with world leaders on Saturday (January 28) - including one with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin said both sides had agreed to make fighting “international terrorism” including so-called Islamic State and “other

A federal judge of the USA has issued an emergency stay order that temporarily blocks the Government from sending people out of the country after they have landed at an American airport with a valid visa. The ruling, by Judge Ann Donnelly of a US District Court in New York, follows

DHAKA: Google has recalled travelling staff members to the US after an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting entry for nationals of seven Muslim-majority countries. Syrian refugees are banned from entry until further notice. Visas for nationals of six countries,

US President Donald Trump has announced new vetting measures to “keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the US”. He signed a wide-ranging executive order which, among other measures, bans Syrian refugees until further notice, reports the BBC. It also put a cap of 50,000 refugees

DHAKA: Turkey has threatened to cancel a deal with the European Union on taking back migrants who cross over to Greece. Turkish officials are unhappy about a decision by the Greek Supreme Court not to extradite a group of eight Turkish soldiers who fled to Greece after a failed coup in

DHAKA: Somalia’s al-Shabab group says its fighters killed dozens of Kenyan troops when they attacked a remote military base in the country’s south, while Kenya’s army dismissed the report and said ‘scores’ of fighters were killed. A spokesman for the armed group, which often

DHAKA: Officials in China’s capital, Beijing, have called on residents to refrain from setting off fireworks for the Lunar New Year, amid smog concerns. The call comes after the entire province of Henan banned the practice. Authorities have been under pressure to stop the heavy

DHAKA: UK Prime Minister Theresa May is to hold face-to-face talks with US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office later. The pair will spend about an hour together in the first visit by a foreign leader to the White House since Trump became president. Earlier, May told US

DHAKA: Shadow minister Tulip Siddiq has resigned from the Labour frontbench, telling the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, that she could not reconcile herself to the party’s three-line whip to vote for triggering article 50. In her letter to Corbyn, the shadow minister for early years

DHAKA: President Donald Trump will seek a tax on goods imported from Mexico and use the revenue to build a border wall, the White House spokesman has said. The plan was announced just after the Mexican president cancelled a visit to Washington, amid a row sparked by the question of who

DHAKA: Mexico will not pay for Donald Trump’s border wall, the country’s president has said in a message to the nation. Enrique Pena Nieto said he ‘lamented’ the plans for the barrier, adding that “Mexico does not believe in walls”. But he made no mention of canceling or

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump has said he believes waterboarding works, stating “we have to fight fire with fire”. Trump said that while radical groups beheaded people in the Middle East “we are not playing on an even field”. But Trump also said he would consult Defence