DHAKA: At least eight police officers have been killed and three wounded in an attack on a security checkpoint in Egypt's New Valley province in the Western Desert, according to the interior ministry. The attack on Monday occurred at around 8:15pm local time (18:15 GMT) in Naqb

DHAKA: Turkish police have arrested the main suspect in the New Year's Eve attack on an exclusive nightclub in Istanbul after a huge manhunt. Abdulkadir Masharipov is believed to have mounted the assault on the Reina club which left 39 people dead, reports the BBC. The Uzbek

DHAKA: At least five people were killed early Monday (January 16) in a shooting at a nightclub in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, a popular beach resort near Cancun, where a music festival was being held. Twelve people were injured, according to, reports Foxnews. The shooting unfolded at

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump has said German Chancellor Angela Merkel made “one very catastrophic mistake” by admitting more than one million migrants. He said Merkel was by far Europe’s most important leader, and that the EU had become a vehicle for Germany. Trump was

DHAKA: A Turkish cargo plane flying from Hong Kong has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 32 people, most of them on the ground, say officials. The Boeing 747 crashed amid fog into homes near Manas airport, about 25km (15 miles) north of the capital, Bishkek, the Kyrgyz government

DHAKA: A major international conference to try to kick-start peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians is being held in the French capital, Paris. Delegates from 70 nations are expected to reaffirm support for a two-state solution to the decades-old conflict, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: About 100 migrant passengers are missing in the Mediterranean Sea after their boat sank off the coast of Libya. The boat sank between Libya and Italy, about 30 miles (50km) from the Libyan coast, reports the BBC. The Italian coastguard, which is conducting a search, said

DHAKA: Inmates have seized control of the largest prison in the north-eastern Brazilian city of Natal. Police say at least 10 prisoners have been killed at the Alcacuz jail, reports the BBC. Many others are thought to have been killed in fighting between rival gangs at the prison in

DHAKA: Trump told the Wall Street Journal that newly-imposed sanctions on Russia would remain “at least for a period of time” but could then be lifted. He also said the One China policy, in which the US no longer acknowledges Taiwan, was up for negotiation. Meanwhile, a US

DHAKA: Australian Health Minister Sussan Ley has resigned after using a taxpayer-funded trip to purchase an apartment on Queensland’s Gold Coast. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said he had accepted Ley’s resignation on Friday (January 13). Entitlements scandals have engulfed

DHAKA: An icy storm has been lashing parts of western Europe, causing power cuts in many homes, felling trees and disrupting some rail services. In France power cuts affected more than 237,000 homes as the storm swept across Normandy and regions north of Paris. In Dieppe, on the

DHAKA: Donald Trump has promised to issue a report within 90 days on allegations of Russian hacking during the US presidential election campaign. In a series of tweets, the president-elect called the claims “made up facts by sleazebag political operatives”. US intelligence

DHAKA: Workers from an Indian government department have protested against a decision to replace Mahatma Gandhi in their official calendar with pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Staff at the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) said that they were ‘pained’ by the

DHAKA: President Barack Obama has awarded an emotional and surprised Joe Biden the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest US civilian honor. Obama praised his vice-president for his “faith in your fellow Americans, for your love of country and your lifetime of service”. The

DHAKA: The US should block access to islands built by China in contested waters of the South China Sea. Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state Rex Tillerson made the comments, which are likely to hike tensions with Beijing, at his confirmation hearing. Beijing has been

DHAKA: The director of the US Office of Government Ethics has criticized Donald Trump’s plan to hand control of his business empire to his sons before his inauguration on January 20. The plan does not match the ‘standards’ of US presidents over the last 40 years, Walter Shaub

US President Barack Obama has called on Americans to defend their democracy in his farewell speech in Chicago. “By almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place” than it was eight years ago when he took office, he told thousands of supporters, reports the BBC. But he

US President Barack Obama gave a farewell speech in Chicago, reflecting on his time in office. “By almost every measure, America is a better, stronger place” than it was eight years ago, Obama said. He implored Americans of all backgrounds to consider things from each others

DHAKA: At least 22 people have been killed and 70 wounded in twin bombings near the Afghan parliament in Kabul, officials say. The attack took place during rush hour, as staffs were leaving the parliament complex, reports the BBC. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the

DHAKA: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said the bombing of eastern Aleppo, which his forces recaptured from rebels last month, was justified. "This is the price sometimes, but at the end, the people are liberated from the terrorists,” he said. The UN says air strikes by the