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Former Bangladesh President HM Ershad had been suffering from various ailments including infection in his lungs and kidneys. He was admitted to the hospital on June 26.

Heavy monsoon rains for the past few days have left many settlements at high risk of floods and landslides in several places in Nepal.

The charge sheet read out in court included murder, assault, battery and illegal possession of a weapon. The prosecutor also read out a statement from the former mayor, who claimed his wife once threatened him with a knife during one of their frequent arg...

Theresa May, who is currently serving as caretaker Prime Minister during the course of a leadership contest between UK foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt and former foreign secretary Boris Johnson, was forced to announce her resignation amid mounting rebellion...

Envoys from across the EU along with Australia, Canada and Japan and New Zealand had earlier co-signed a text denouncing China's conduct in Xinjiang, where one million people, mostly ethnic Uighurs, are reportedly being held in internment camp.

The visiting Chinese business delegation represented various sectors including construction, machinery, glass, automobile, electrical, power, transportation, information technology and technological research among others.

He came under fire after the Supreme Court on August 1, 2017 released its verdict scrapping the 16th amendment to the constitution that had empowered parliament to remove judges for misconduct or incapacity.

The 18 mixed-breed dogs apparently devoured all of Freddie Mack's body, his clothing and his hair, leaving nothing larger than 2- to 5-inch bone fragments.

Abbas was accompanied by a friend, who was also injured in the incident. It said that the firing happened outside upscale Defence area's Khizar cafe.

The Foreign Office said that some 512 artifacts stolen and smuggled from Pakistan were seized by French Customs at Paris Airport during 2006-2007.

Since the beginning of the space race, US knew that the sight of a US flag would raise political issues around the world. Any suggestion that the moon might become, legally speaking, part of US backwaters may give rise to international disputes harmful to...

The announcement is likely to anger Beijing, which views Taiwan as part of its territory and has previously expressed "serious concerns" about the possible sale.

Water gushed into the press workspace in the basement near the White House's West Wing. Government employees worked to drain puddles of standing water with wet vacs.

Luigi Ventura, 74, faces four complaints of sexual abuse, including that he molested a junior official at the Paris town hall. French prosecutors in March asked the Vatican to lift his immunity.

Mitsotakis' New Democracy party won an outright majority with 158 seats in the 300-seat legislature. His pledges for more investments, well-paid jobs and fewer taxes won over Greeks worn out by years of EU-prescribed austerity.

The panel will be headed by renowned author and expert of human rights Mary Ann Glendon, a Harvard law professor and former ambassador to the Vatican under George W Bush.