Venezuelan riot police fired tear gas Tuesday to break up a demonstration in Caracas called by opposition leader Juan Guaido as he seeks to ramp up demands for elections to replace leftist President Nicolas Maduro.

Two Russian military reconnaissance aircraft were intercepted and escorted for hours near Alaska by US and Canadian air force jets, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said.

The only tourists outside Florence’s majestic cathedral were a suitcase-laden couple rushing to leave Italy, where a nationwide virus shutdown is devastating an already fragile tourism industry.

Beijing yesterday accused the United States of a “provocative” act by sending a warship into disputed territorial waters in the South China Sea.

Japan yesterday marked the ninth anniversary of the killer tsunami that triggered the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, but the coronavirus outbreak forced public commemorations to be scaled back.

Six Indonesians have been arrested for allegedly spreading misinformation online about the deadly coronavirus, police said yesterday, as the Southeast Asian nation’s confirmed infection cases jumped.

An attack by Boko Haram jihadists on an army post in the southeastern Niger region of Diffa left eight dead and three missing, state radio said Monday.

Measures to tackle the deadly coronavirus could take a particularly harsh toll on young people’s access to work, at a time when youth unemployment is already rising, the UN warned Monday.

Women mostly stayed off Mexico City’s streets Monday as part of a protest against the country’s soaring rate of gender violence.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has postponed her two-day official visit to Japan amid a global outbreak of novel coronavirus, Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday.

Kazi Shafiqul Islam worked as a reserve officer (RO)-01 at Chattogram District Police Lines for seven years. His tenure was marked by allegations of bribery, promotion business, gross negligence in duties and misbehaviour with his colleagues.

Declaring “Joy Bangla” as the country’s national slogan, the High Court yesterday directed the government to take necessary steps so that the slogan is used at all state functions and academic institutions’ assemblies.

The outer anchorage of Chittagong port, the largest entrance to the naval facilities of Bangladesh, has been almost out of the customs’ watch for the last nine years.

Bangabandhu’s communications to the leading countries of the world to ensure the safe return of Bengalees from Pakistan have received positive response, informs Foreign Minister Abdus Samad Azad.

Facebook and Twitter both added tags denoting false or manipulated content to a video reposted by President Donald Trump of his Democrat rival Joe Biden.

A suspected criminal was killed in a “gunfight” between two rival gangs in Bogura town early yesterday, police said.

North Korea launched multiple short-range projectiles into the sea yesterday as part of firing drills, a week after it resumed missile tests following a three-month break, South Korea’s military said.

As India braces itself to tackle fresh incidences of coronavirus, Kerala’s successful handling of the nation’s first three positive cases, backed by a rigid protocol, including a 28-day quarantine to contain its spread, offers a model to others.

Four people, including a woman and her two-year-old daughter, were sent to a hospital after they arrived at Dhaka airport from abroad yesterday.

Biman has halved its international flights as fewer people are flying due to the global coronavirus outbreak.