The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Myanmar and Bangladesh is scaling up its efforts to minimise the sufferings of those fleeing violence in Rakhine State, reports UNB. "All communities affected by the violence are suffering, and the ICRC is deeply concerned about the condition…

The Indian Supreme Court (SC) yesterday deferred until October 25 the hearing on two writ petitions filed over the murder of Bangladeshi teenage girl Felani by Indian Border Security Force (BSF) along the border, reports UNB from Kurigram. A two-member bench of the Indian apex court also asked the counsels…

A secret world of animals and plants -- including unknown species -- may live in warm caves under Antarctica's glaciers, AFP reports from Sydney quoting…

A Saudi-led bloc of Arab states hostile to Qatar took aim yesterday at Kuwaiti mediation and maintained a tough line even after US President Donald Trump offered to help resolve the crisis, reports AFP from Riyadh. Saudi Arabia led the United Arab Emirates, Egypt and Bahrain in cutting ties with Qatar…

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that military action against a defiant North Korea after its recent powerful nuclear test was “not inevitable,” though he again did not rule it out, reports AFP from Washington. Speaking in a White House news conference alongside the visiting leader…