DHAKA: At least five people were killed Tuesday when an Indonesian military transport plane crashed into the city of Medan on Sumatra island and exploded in a ball of flames.Police said, reports The Straits Times.The C-130 Hercules plane crashed on Tuesday shortly after take-off,

DHAKA: Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has urged voters to reject creditors’ demands in a snap referendum on Greece’s debt crisis due on Sunday.Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis, the BBC publishes this report on

DHAKA: Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has urged voters to reject creditors’ demands in a snap referendum on Greece’s debt crisis due on Sunday.Tsipras said a clear vote against austerity would help Greece negotiate a better settlement to the crisis, the BBC publishes this report on

DHAKA:  A washing machine stands in the middle of Maria Jimenez’s California yard, like a redundant relic of modern life. Nearby are several rented mobile toilets, no longer in use.For four months, she and her family have had no running water.“We are trying to live a normal life,”

DHAKA: Taliban militants in Afghanistan have killed at least 11 Afghan soldiers in an ambush in western Herat province.The convoy of pick-up trucks was attacked on Sunday evening in Karukh district of Herat, officials say, the BBC publishes this report on Monday.Weapons were stolen by the

DHAKA: Egypt’s public prosecutor, Hisham Barakat, has been killed in an apparent bomb attack on his car in Cairo.Barakat died of his wounds in hospital, a government spokesman told the BBC.Two bodyguards were also injured in the attack, which targeted the vehicle in the Cairo suburb of

DHAKA: Around 30 percent of China’s Ming-era Great Wall has disappeared over time as adverse natural conditions and reckless human activities ─ including stealing the bricks to build houses ─ erode the Unesco World Heritage site.China state media reported, says dawn.com.The Great

DHAKA: Two prisoners escaped from India’s most secure jail in New Delhi by digging a tunnel under a wall and scaling another in a daring dash for freedom.An official and media reports said Monday, reports The Straits Times.The pair escaped on the weekend from Tihar jail, Asia’s

DHAKA: When Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras won power in January, he was hailed by many as the man to revolutionize not only his country’s politics, but also those of all Europe.Aged only 40, he is Greece’s youngest prime minister in almost two centuries. More importantly, he

DHAKA: The Dalai Lama made his first appearance at Glastonbury in United Kingdom on Sunday, spending an hour in the rain addressing festival-goers on how the world could be a happier place.The Tibetan spiritual leader called for a more ‘holistic education’ from kindergarten to

DHAKA: A solar-powered plane has started its second bid at a record-breaking flight across the Pacific Ocean.Solar Impulse took off from Nagoya Airfield in Japan at 18:03 GMT and is scheduled to land in Hawaii in approximately 120 hours, reports the BBC.The team has spent nearly two

DHAKA: Activists sailing towards Gaza to challenge Israel’s blockade of the Palestinian territory have released videos saying they are not safe as Israel has broken international law and captured them.In a statement the Israeli army said on Monday that it did not use force in

DHAKA: Pakistani air strikes on Sunday killed 23 militants including foreigners in the country's restive tribal regions near the Afghan border, the military said, part of a major ongoing operation against the Taliban.The attacks took place in areas close to the border with Afghanistan in

DHAKA: Twenty six people died of high temperatures Sunday in Pakistan’s Karachi, taking the death toll to around 1,300.The residents grappled with the week-long heatwave that has crippled life and overwhelmed the healthcare system, reports the Times of India.Weather experts forecast the

DHAKA: Kuwait on Sunday identified the suicide bomber behind an attack on a Shia mosque as a Saudi national, after a series of arrests in connection with the blast that left 26 dead.Friday’s attack also wounded 227 worshippers in the first bombing of a mosque in the tiny Gulf state, and

DHAKA: Talks between Iran and major powers on finalizing a historic nuclear deal will go beyond the June 30 deadline.A spokesman for the Iranian delegation in talks in Vienna said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.‘Because there is still lots of work to do the delegations will remain

DHAKA: The man suspected of decapitating his boss in an attack on a gas factory in France has confessed to the grisly crime.Sources close to the investigation said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.Yassin Salhi, 35, ‘has also given details about the circumstances’ surrounding the

DHAKA: More than 500 people have been injured in a fire and explosion at an amusement park outside Taiwan's capital Taipei.Saturday's incident happened on the main stage of the Formosa Water Park. A flammable powder is believed to have exploded as it spread into the crowd. Footage showed

DHAKA: The Greek parliament has backed plans for a referendum on international creditors' terms for a new bailout.The 5 July referendum was called by PM Alexis Tsipras, who opposes further budget cuts. He urged voters to deliver a "resounding 'no'" to the package, reports bbc.comEurozone

DHAKA: Euro zone finance ministers refused Saturday to extend Greece’s bailout program past June 30 after Athens called a referendum on reform proposals by creditors.Sources told the media, reports The Straits Times.The ministers ‘rejected an extension of the aid program’ at a