Charity group Action Against Hunger on Thursday demanded the release of six aid workers kidnapped in northeast Nigeria and held by jihadists aligned to the Islamic State group.

Japanese police yesterday raided the home of the main suspect in a deadly arson attack that killed 34 people at an anime firm in Kyoto, media reports said.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said two missiles fired under his supervision were newly designed tactical weapons that sent a “solemn warning” to the South over plans to hold military drills with the United States.

Nine people subject to a police probe over fundraising for a rebel group fighting Myanmar’s military in restive Rakhine state were remanded in custody yesterday, including several recently deported from Singapore.

Voicing deep concern over BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia’s illness, the party yesterday demanded that immediate steps be taken for her proper treatment either at home or abroad as per her desire.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he has decided to stop implementing all agreements with Israel amid worsening relations between the two sides.

Three years ago, police in India’s northeastern state of Assam were looking for a woman named Madhumala Das, who had been declared an illegal immigrant by a local tribunal.

Nestled in the mist-covered foothills of Taiwan’s central mountain range, Ruan Chiao village is virtually devoid of young people, but artist Wu Tsun-hsien is coaxing the Instagram generation back by transforming local homes into a canvas of colour.

Saudi air defences intercepted a Yemeni rebel drone targeting a southwestern city yesterday, a Riyadh-led military coalition said, as cross-border attacks by the rebels showed no let-up.

A third grader was raped allegedly by her neighbour in Moulvibazar’s Sreemangal upazila on Wednesday evening. The girl’s father filed a case against Gaus Mia, 45, with Sreemangal Police Station at night, said Sohel Rana, officer-in-charge (investigation) of the police station.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday extended her heartiest congratulations to Boris Johnson on his assumption of office as the prime minister of the UK and Northern Ireland.

Spain’s caretaker socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez lost a crunch post-election vote of confidence yesterday after coalition talks with the far-left failed.

US billionaire Jeffrey Epstein, who is accused of sexually assaulting underage girls, was found injured in his jail cell after a possible suicide attempt, according to sources cited in multiple media reports.

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday compared the breeding capacity of Aedes mosquitos with that of the Rohingyas and claimed the rapid spread of mosquito population is the reason behind the increased number of dengue patients.

Australian universities are being investigated over their contracts with Chinese-state run Confucius Institutes, officials said yesterday, amid fresh revelations over the scope of Beijing’s control of teaching in the centres.

A Supreme Court lawyer yesterday filed a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to transfer Barguna’s Rifat Sharif murder case to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) or the Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI) for proper investigation.

A daredevil French inventor yesterday failed in his attempt to fly across the Channel from France to Britain standing on a jet-powered “flyboard”, having to be rescued after falling into the sea, his team said.

Four-year-old Tahsin Tuba plays with a doll that her mother had given her just two weeks ago. Minutes later, she puts the doll away and starts watching cartoons.

World temperatures rose faster in the late 20th century than at any other time in the last 2,000 years, according to research released Wednesday which experts said undermines climate deniers’ questioning of mankind’s role in global warming.

The wife of Pirojpur Sadar upazila assistant commissioner (land) was stabbed again in Pirojpur town yesterday. Aditi Boral, 27, is the wife of Ramananda Pal. She is also the daughter of Awami League leader Kalidas Boral of Chitalmari upazila, who was killed in Bagerhat town in 2000.