A migrant father who was tripped by a Hungarian camerawoman while holding his son is to start a new life in Spain.

Thousands of desperate refugees who have been turned away at the Hungarian border may be forced to try and cross deadly Croatian minefields in search of safety in Europe.

Pollution, industrial fishing and climate change have killed off half of marine life in the last four decades, according to a WWF report released yesterday. Species essential to global food supply -- especially in poorer nations where fish provide essential dietary protein -- were among the hardest hit, the conservation group's Living Blue Planet Report said.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the West is "crying" for refugees flooding into Europe but its support for "terrorists" in his country lies at the roots of the crisis.

Five Turkish police officers were killed in two bomb attacks by Kurdish militants in the country's southeast overnight, Turkish security sources said yesterday.

Newly elected British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn yesterday engaged with David Cameron for the first time, bringing a low-key style to the usually raucous weekly showdown of Prime Minister's Questions.

Police arrested four fake journalists from different areas in the district town on Monday night. The arrestees are Mehedi Hasan Bacchu, 25,

At least three people are missing following a trawler capsize incident in Maskandi River in Kishoreganj.

Kamalapur railway station witnesses long queues of holidaymakers as Bangladesh Railway began its sale of advance train tickets to ensure a hassle-free journey ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.

Aman Moudud, only son of BNP standing committee member Moudud Ahmed, dies.

Fifteen months into Ukraine's bitter conflict, some have begun to hope that the region's first effective ceasefire just might turn into a longer peace.

Jeremy Corbyn has unveiled what he called a "unifying" new shadow cabinet, naming his left-wing ally John McDonnell as shadow chancellor.

The aunt of three-year-old Syrian boy Aylan Kurdi whose drowning off Turkey shocked the world visited Brussels yesterday and tearfully urged the EU to adopt an emergency plan to redistribute refugees.

The two-decade-old era of border-free travel in Europe was unraveling yesterday as countries imposed controls on their frontiers in response to an unprecedented influx of migrants. Germany's surprise decision to restore border controls on Sunday had a swift domino effect, forcing neighbors to shut their own frontiers as thousands of refugees pressed north and west across the continent.

The Supreme Court upholds the High Court order that had granted bail to Destiny 2000 President Lt Gen (retd) Harun-Ar-Rashid in two money laundering cases.

Three policemen were killed by Kurdish militants yesterday in two separate attacks in Turkey's southeast, security sources said, as weeks of violence showed no

Prime Minister David Cameron said Sunday that veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn's election to the Labour leadership made the main opposition party a threat to Britain's national security.

SNP, the party that rules Scotland, will set out a timetable for a possible second Scottish independence referendum in its 2016 Holyrood manifesto, Nicola Sturgeon has revealed.

Seventy-two House Democrats joined human rights groups on Friday in calling for the US to admit 100,000 Syrian refugees next fiscal year, saying the White House's proposal to take in 10,000 of them is far from enough.

The German government wants to temporarily reintroduce border controls in response to the refugee exodus, German newspaper Bild said yesterday as authorities in Berlin warned they were stretched to capacity to welcome refugees. Meanwhile, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said refugees streaming into Europe should not be able to choose where to settle, as authorities said thousands more were on the move across the continent.