Pope Francis yesterday urged the world to act quickly to prevent "extraordinary" climate change from destroying the planet and said wealthy countries must bear responsibility for creating the problem and for solving it.

Almost 60 million people worldwide were forcibly uprooted by conflict and persecution at the end of last year, the highest ever recorded number, the UN refugee agency said yesterday.

For some people it's the geography of the capital which appeals. They may wish to climb the corporate ladder or be near the centre of

Global police have seized "huge amounts" of wildlife contraband, including some 12 tonnes of ivory, as well as rhino horn and whale bones, in a massive operation across 62

Russia accused Nato of reviving the ghost of the Cold War by encroaching close to its borders and seeking to change the strategic balance of power, as Germany denounced

A Pabna court on Wednesday sentenced an outlaw to 17 years rigorous imprisonment for possessing illegal firearm and ammunition.

A member of paramilitary force suffer bullet wounds when border guards of Bangladesh and Myanmar exchanged gunfire in Naf river of Cox’s Bazar.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth led celebrations yesterday to mark 800 years since the sealing of the Magna Carta, one of the world's most significant historical documents and credited with paving the way for modern freedoms and human rights.

The multitude of migration crises facing the world are symptoms of a long line of brutal conflicts and rights violations, the UN rights chief said yesterday.

Supreme Court is set to deliver its verdict tomorrow on an appeal filed by death row war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed challenging the sentences handed down to him.

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal ink deal to allow seamless movement of people, cargo and personal vehicles across their borders.

Lions, tigers and even a hippopotamus escaped from a zoo in the Georgian capital Tbilisi yesterday, adding to chaos caused by flooding that killed at least 12 people, officials said.

Britain has been forced to remove some of its spies after Russia and China accessed the top-secret raft of documents taken by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, British media reported.

The European space probe Philae woke up overnight after a months-long sleep as it hurtled towards towards the Sun on the back of a comet, the French space chief said yesterday.

Italy yesterday threatened to turn to a Plan B to deal with migrants which "would hurt Europe" if the country is not given greater help with the crisis, as Austria and France

Heavy flooding in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi kills eight people with officials warning people to stay indoors to avoid animals which escaped from a zoo.

Prof Dwijen Sharma says the government should cancel the Rampal power plant project, assuming it would pose a permanent threat on the Sundarbans.

A French court acquits former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of procuring prostitutes for sex parties in France, Belgium and the US.

Labour's John Biggs becomes the directly elected mayor of the London borough of Tower Hamlets, in an election called after the previous mayor was removed from office.

Police yesterday pressed charges against 132 leaders and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir in a