Palestinian worshippers clashed with Israeli police at a highly sensitive Jerusalem holy site yesterday as an Israeli holiday coincided with the final days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

An Iraqi court yesterday sentenced to death an eighth Frenchman for joining the Islamic State group, rejecting his claims he was tortured into confessing.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison yesterday arrived in the Solomon Islands, the first visit by an Australian leader in more than a decade as Western nations seek to rein in China’s influence in the Pacific.

International donors pledged to contribute $1.2 billion to help rebuild areas and infrastructure de-stroyed by cyclones Kenneth and Idai in Mozambique, according to the United Nations, less than half the amount the government says is needed.

A massive cruise ship lost control as it docked in Venice yesterday, crashing into the wharf and hitting a tourist boat after suffering an engine failure.

Four police officials have been closed to the police lines in Dinajpur following an alleged scuffle with a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League, the student wing of ruling Awami League.

For the first time since the 1970s, the United States is planning to send equipment to the surface of the Moon in 2020 and 2021, in anticipation of a crewed lunar mission in 2024, Nasa said yesterday.

With Eid-ul-Fitr just two days away, the markets in Chattogram are abuzz with customers. This year, however, customers were not busy buying only clothes, but many were seen focusing on home decorative items -- particularly artificial flowers, plants and vases.

US President Donald Trump yesterday waded once again into Britain’s Brexit debate on the eve of a state visit to London, urging Theresa May’s successor to leave the EU with no deal.

Six youths were held in connection with the rape of two garment workers in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila on Saturday.

The students had only demanded fair prices of paddy for farmers, but the university authorities think it was anti-government activities.

By the time Saminul Islam reached the government buying centre with 500kg of paddy on Thursday, the officials had already wrapped up the procurement activities there. No more buying, he was told, because the procurement limit was reached.

For the second day, holidaymakers going to the northern districts faced long delays at Kamalapur Railway Station yesterday, as at least half a dozen trains were behind schedule by one to three and a half hour.

Police on Friday arrested three locals on charge of leaking recruitment test question papers for government primary school assistant teachers.

South Korean troops stationed along the world’s last Cold War frontier have been put on high alert in the face of a new infiltration threat from the nuclear-armed North -- fever-stricken wild boar.

A blast at a major explosives plant in central Russia yesterday injured 42 people and damaged nearly 200 buildings nearby, said local officials, Russian news agencies reported.

A US Department of Homeland Security report warned Friday of “dangerous overcrowding” in El Paso, Texas facilities for holding just-arrived migrants, with rooms packed with more than five times the number authorized.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on Sudan’s military rulers and protest groups to go back to the negotiating table and quickly reach a deal on handing over power to a civilian-led government.

Abortion services can continue in Missouri for now, a court ruled Friday, granting a temporary restraining order to keep open the sole clinic that performs the procedure in the US state.

American congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez returned to her restaurant roots on Friday, donning an apron and serving drinks in Manhattan in a push to raise the country’s minimum wage.