By Kayla Ruble An army of bacteria-infected mosquitoes will be deployed across two major cities in Colombia and Brazil in early 2017, in the latest attempt to fight Zika and other mosquito-borne diseases, the Australia-based Eliminate Dengue program announced Wednesday.…
Argentina (AP/UNB) — How many sleepless nights did the young man who would become one of soccer’s greatest players spend gazing up at the ceiling, imagining dizzying dribbles, spectacular goals and hoisting the World Cup above his head? That is…
New York (AP/UNB) — Bob Dylan says he “absolutely” wants to attend the Nobel Prize Award Ceremony “if it’s at all possible” in December, finally breaking his silence about earning the prestigious honor.
Washington (AP/UNB) — The FBI informed Congress Friday it is investigating whether there is classified information in new emails that have emerged in its probe of Hillary Clinton’s private server. The FBI said in July its investigation was finished. The…
Golam Moin Uddin & AKM Moinuddin Dhaka – Getting engaged very closely with Bangladesh, China sees an investment potential of around US$ 42 billion in the coming years though it is likely to come up with some $25 billion for…
People’s SAARC, a regional network of progressive South Asian people’s movements and mass organisations, is deeply dismayed at the cancellation of the 19th South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit which was scheduled to be held in Pakistan in…
Philippines (AP/UNB)— A Philippine town mayor who was publicly identified by President Rodrigo Duterte as a drug trafficking suspect was gunned down Friday with nine of his men at a police checkpoint, in one of the bloodiest operations since the…
Dhaka-Claiming that the police and Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) belong to the same family, Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque on Friday said there is no rift between the two forces.
They say one never forgets a face. One face hundreds of millions of people will never forget is that of 12-year-old Sharbat Gula. Captured by National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry in a refugee camp in 1984, her piercing green eyes…
Erin Corbett Donald Trump’s dangerous calls to monitor polling places on Election Day are resonating in concrete ways with some of his supporters, the Huffington Post reports. According to a new report, a voter intimidation group associated with the Republican…
The worst land grab in decades in the Brazilian Amazon is threatening the survival of isolated tribes that have no contact with the outside world, a rights group said Wednesday. Ranchers and settlers in the remotest reaches of northwestern Brazil…
By David Gilbert It comes as no surprise to the West that Russia has built a new nuclear missile — known as Satan 2 obviously — which is big enough to blow up the whole of Texas.
By Shona Murray Lamiya Aji Bashar is adjusting to her new life in Europe after escaping IS captors who held her as a sex slave for two years in Iraq. Today, Bashar dares to feel safe again — happy, even.…
Tokyo (AP/UNB) — The younger brother of former Japanese Emperor Hirohito has died at the age of 100. The Imperial Household Agency announced Thursday that Prince Mikasa died Thursday morning at a hospital in Tokyo.
Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Harsh Vardhan Shringla on Wednesday met Foreign Secretary M Shahidul Haque and discussed issues of mutual interest. Officials from Dhaka and Delhi are in discussions over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s forthcoming bilateral visit to…
Rome 27 (AP/UNB) — A pair of strong aftershocks shook central Italy late Wednesday, crumbling churches and buildings, knocking out power and sending panicked residents into the rain-drenched streets just two months after a powerful earthquake killed nearly 300 people.…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said his rival Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy plan in Syria would trigger World War Three.He also said the US should focus on defeating so-called Islamic State (IS) rather than removing Syria’s president.Mrs Clinton has…
Migration governance cannot be only about closing borders and keeping people out, said two United Nations human rights experts calling on UN member states to develop long-term strategies and policies to facilitate rather than restrict migration.
An Afghan official says a militant attack on a police checkpoint in eastern Nangarhar province has killed eight officers.
I recently had the incredible pleasure of attending the One Young World summit in Ottawa, Canada and joined a delegation of 1300 inspirational young leaders from around 200 different countries around the world.I met refugees, entrepreneurs, policy advisors, campaigners and…
Aditya Bhat Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious project to have a SAARC satellite as India’s gift to its neighbourhood is likely to miss its December 2016 deadline. It also comes at a time when uncertainty prevails over the SAARC…
By Alex Thompson Donald Trump’s campaign sent out a press release Sunday afternoon with the yearning headline “Eric Trump: I really believe we’re going to win this.” But the candidate’s son might be the only one who’s still feeling optimistic…
Calais (AP/UNB) — Lines of migrants with their lives in small bags walked to a registration center in the French port city of Calais Monday, the first day of the mass evacuation and destruction of the filthy camp they called…
Malkangiri – At least 19 Maoists were killed in a major encounter in Malkangiri, at Andhra Pradesh-Odisha border, early on Monday. Two policemen were also injured, reports NDtv.
Dhaka – Some 40 lakh girls were married off at the age of 14 on average in the country in the last two years beginning from November 2014, according to an NGO, UNB news agency reported. Initiatives for Married Adolescent…
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday proposed amending the country’s constitution to allow for multiple presidential terms, citing difficulties in maintaining consistent policies over issues like North Korea.The Presidency in South Korea is currently limited to one, five-year term,…
Cairo (AP/UNB) — Russia’s oil minister signaled possible cooperation with Saudi Arabia at a meeting with his Gulf Arab counterparts in Riyadh on Sunday, as the kingdom seeks to convince major oil producing countries to cut production in order to…
Dhaka (AP/UNB) -Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, the former emir of the tiny Gulf nation of Qatar who was deposed by his son in a bloodless palace coup, died on Sunday. The emiri diwan, or royal court, announced the…
Dhaka – Thousands of Muslims demonstrate outside the iconic Colosseum in Rome after small mosques are shut down by the authorities to avoid youngsters becoming radicalized Dhaka- Thousands of Muslims gathered outside Rome’s Colosseum to protest the closure of mosques…
Forces of so-called Islamic State launched an attack in Iraq on a town in western Anbar province in an apparent attempt to divert attention from the government’s offensive on Mosul.The mayor of Rutba described the Islamic State (IS) assault on…