Belgian Didier Seeuws to head EU Brexit task force
European Union has appointed Belgian Didier Seeuws, a longtime aide to former EU President Herman Van Rompuy, to head the union’s special task force to negotiate Britain’s exit. Preben Aamann,…
Spain renews claim over Gibraltar after UK votes to leave EU
Our Web Desk / Within hours of UK voters decided to leave the European Union, Spain renewed his country’s claim to Gibraltar, a British Overseas Territory under the jurisdiction and…
US: 23 dead in West Virginia floods
Flooding in the US state of West Virginia has claimed 23 lives and stranded many others. They had to be picked from rooftops and rescued from fast-moving waters, state officials…
German Chancellor calls Brexit ‘a watershed for Europe’
WEB DESK / German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called the UK’s decision to leave the European Union a watershed for Europe and European unity. It’s now up to her and…
Brexit: EU asks UK to start the exit process
EU leaders to meet WEB DESK / European Union, EU officials have called for the UK to start the exit process “as soon as possible” after voters decided to leave…
US, Bangladesh agree to cooperate in combating terrorism
WEB DESK / United States and Bangladesh have agreed to strengthen cooperation in counter terrorism and combating violent extremism through capacity enhancement, reports BSS. The agreement came during two-day 5th…
Hasina seeks people co-operation to fight terrorism in Bangladesh
AMN Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has called on the people to co-operate with the government in its fight against militancy and terrorism in order to maintain peace and development…
Second Scotland independence referendum ‘highly likely’: Sturgeon
Scotland’s first Minister has said a second independence referendum is “highly likely” after the UK voted to leave the EU. Nicola Sturgeon said it was “democratically unacceptable” that Scotland faced…
3 killed, 32 injured in bomb explosion in Pakistan
At least three people were killed and another 32 injured when a bomb ripped through a busy square in restive Balochistan province, police said on Friday. The bomb was planted…
Nepal bans its citizens from working in Afghanistan
Nepal has banned its citizens from working in strife-torn Afghanistan, days after 13 Nepali security guards were killed in a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul. A cabinet meeting on Thursday…