December2019

Bangladesh all-rounder Mehidy Hasan Miraj aims to be consistent as a top order batsman, seizing the opportunity that his side Khulna Tigers gave him in the ongoing Bangabandhu Bangladesh Premier League (BBPL). In the national team,...

Thousands of tourists risked being stranded in Australia’s south east Monday, as a new heatwave left firefighters across the country bracing for another round of potentially catastrophic bushfire. Hundreds of blazes are burning across Australia, which...

Female directors look set for a breakthrough year in Hollywood in 2020, according to a survey published Friday that found the four most anticipated films of the year are all helmed by women. It is a...

The number of deaths from a powerful storm that hit the Philippines on Christmas has climbed to 41, authorities said Sunday, with tens of thousands still in evacuation centres. Typhoon Phanfone left the Philippines on Saturday...

Chinese lawmakers Saturday voted to abolish the “custody and education” punishment system, which allowed police to hold sex workers and their clients without charge for up to two years, state media reported. Critics say the nearly...

A prophet who defies a resurgent Islamic State in Syria. A shooting on Jerusalem’s sacred Temple Mount. And — just possibly — the coming of the Messiah. Netflix could scarcely have picked a more controversial plot...

Iran summoned Kuwait’s envoy to Tehran on Saturday to protest its officials meeting a “terrorist group” and holding an “anti-Iran meeting,” the foreign ministry said in a statement. The head of the ministry’s Gulf affairs, addressing...

Bolivia on Friday slammed its former colonial ruler Spain for allegedly “trampling” its sovereignty in a deepening diplomatic row. The two countries have been in a spiraling spat since Mexico granted asylum to Bolivian ex-president Evo...

The United Nations (UN) has adopted a resolution on ‘Situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar’ with an overwhelming majority of votes. The resolution was passed during the 74th session of...

A massive car bomb exploded in a busy area of Mogadishu on Saturday, leaving at least 76 people dead, many of them university students, officials said. The blast occurred at a busy intersection southwest of the...