German prosecutors on Wednesday said they were investigating three people who allegedly spied for China, with media reporting that a German former EU diplomat was among the suspects.

UN investigators yesterday called for the children of IS jihadists to be repatriated from Syria and said they could be harmed if the parents were stripped of their nationalities.

Three far-right Israeli political parties joined forces late Wednesday, seeking to strengthen their hand in a coming election after a left-leaning alliance was announced earlier in the week.

The past decade has been the hottest on record, the UN said Wednesday, warning that the higher temperatures were expected to fuel numerous extreme weather events in 2020 and beyond.

Qatar scrapped mandatory exit permits for migrant domestic staff and other groups yesterday, as part of efforts to boost rights for guest workers amid scrutiny of its record.

It was a record-baking effort. Hundreds of bakers and chefs in southern India came together Wednesday to create what they said is the world’s longest cake -- about 6.5 kilometres (four miles).

The government of Myanmar should take steps to urgently restore full citizenship rights for Rohingyas, Fortify Rights said yesterday.

People’s welfare was the mainstay in all the activities of Sir Fazle Hasan Abed and this drove him to excel in all the ventures of Brac throughout his life, eminent educationists and development experts said yesterday.

A verditer flycatcher rests on a twig in Donoil village in Naogaon’s Badalgachhi upazila. This species, found in different areas from the Himalayas

Articles of impeachment charging President Donald Trump with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress were set to be formally read to the Senate yesterday, setting in motion a historic trial that threatens the US leader with removal from office.

As the world struggles with plastic pollution, self-taught artist Emilia Roy found a creative way of recycling the waste generated by the synthetic matter.

Egypt has accused four staff of Turkey’s state news agency Anadolu whom it arrested of spreading “false news” and working with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group.

Germany’s foreign minister headed to Libya yesterday to persuade strongman Khalifa Haftar to join an international conference on the conflict, as the UN urged support for the peace initiative.

Singapore’s controversial law against online misinformation was challenged in court for the first time yesterday as concerns mount it is being used to stifle criticism ahead of elections.

Russia’s government resigned in a shock announcement yesterday after President Vladimir Putin proposed a shake-up of the constitution.

The Islamic State group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for an attack on an army base in western Niger on January 9 that killed scores of soldiers, the monitoring group SITE said.

The United States warned Sudan Tuesday that payment of reparations for victims of terrorism is a priority for Washington as it considers removing Khartoum from a US blacklist.

China must rethink its hardline stance towards Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen said yesterday, as she warned the island was already independent and that any invasion would be “very costly” for Beijing.

The UN’s top court will deliver its decision next week on whether emergency measures should be imposed on Myanmar over alleged genocide against its Rohingya Muslims, the Gambian government tweeted yesterday.

New video footage has emerged showing two Iranian missiles tearing through the night sky and hitting a Ukrainian passenger plane, sending the aircraft down in flames and killing all 176 passengers and crew on board.