Italian President Sergio Mattarella has begun talks with key players in a bid to end Italy’s political limbo the day after Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte resigned.

Heavily polluted water is reducing economic growth by up to a third in some countries, a World Bank report said, calling for action to address human and environmental harm.

The United Nations has postponed a conference against torture due to be held in Cairo after fierce criticism of Egypt’s rights record, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.

Zimbabwean police outlawed anti-government protests that had been scheduled to take place on Tuesday in Gweru, the country’s third largest city, the main opposition MDC said.

US President Donald Trump said Tuesday Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats display “either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty,” sparking accusations that he is promoting and politicizing anti-Semitism.

An employee of Britain’s consulate in Hong Kong who went missing earlier this month is being held in China, Beijing confirmed yesterday.

Police yesterday arrested a man for allegedly raping a fifth grader in Mymensingh, while another was sued for attempted rape in Jashore.

A Dhaka court yesterday sentenced Saiful Islam, former officer-in-charge of Goalanda Police Station, to fourteen years’ rigorous imprisonment in two graft cases.

The High Court yesterday issued a rule asking the government to explain within a week why Aysha Siddika Minni should not be granted bail in a case filed over the killing of her husband Rifat Sharif.

A man gathering firewood in Alaska discovered a bottle with a handwritten message inside wishing the finder “happy sailing” more than 50 years after it was dropped into the sea by a Russian sailor.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” with Rab at Pekua upazila in Cox’s Bazar early yesterday.

Pakistan yesterday said it would take its dispute with India over Kashmir to the International Court of Justice, after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the region earlier this month.

A Chattogram court yesterday framed charges against 33 people, including High Court lawyer Shakila Farzana, in two cases filed over their alleged involvement with Shaheed Hamza Brigade (SHB), a militant outfit busted by the Rab members in 2015.

A parliamentary body yesterday expressed strong resentment over the grabbing of around 4,000 acres of land belonging to the state-owned Bangladesh Milk Producers Co-operative Union Limited, popularly known as Milk Vita.

Afghanistan’s ambassador to Spain was mugged at the weekend in Barcelona, police and diplomatic sources said Monday, the latest in a string of high-profile crimes in the city.

A team from Myanmar’s Independent Commission of Enquiry (ICOE) has arrived in Cox’s Bazar to interview 150 to 200 Rohingya refugees.

The Muslim convert dubbed “Jihadi Jack”, who is being held in northern Syria after joining the Islamic State group, on Monday said that Britain’s decision to revoke his citizenship was “not something I recognise.”

Ten more witnesses, including four doctors, yesterday testified before a special court in the capital in the Holey Artisan attack case.

More than a dozen soldiers died on Monday during a “major attack” by “terrorist armed groups” in northern Burkina Faso, the army said.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed frustration Monday over the “very unfortunate” decision to release an Iranian tanker held off Gibraltar, in an implicit rebuke to ally Britain.