Arrested Akayed Ullah, who went to the US from Bangladesh in 2011 on a visa available to certain relatives of US citizens, was born and raised in Dhaka, villagers say.

New York officials say they charged the Bangladeshi suspect with terrorism, accusing him of setting off a pipe bomb in a crowded Manhattan commuter hub, as investigators in his home country question his wife.

The Bangladeshi suspect in Monday's pipe bomb explosion beneath New York's Times Square is an angry former limousine driver who learned to build a bomb on the internet at his Brooklyn apartment, officials said.

The Bangladeshi man suspected of trying to bomb one of New York City's busiest commuter hubs had no criminal record in his home country which he last visited in September, Bangladesh's police chief says.

Condemning strongly the blast in a crowded subway corridor near Times Square in New York, Bangladesh government says that terrorists must be brought to justice.

The US, South Korea and Japan yesterday carried out joint exercises to track missiles from North Korea, as China

Crews battling a massive wind-driven California wildfire that has torched nearly 800 buildings and charred 230,000

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Sunday for a renewed push to end the "stupid war" in Yemen, saying

Bangladesh has said not only bilateral, but the international community’s urgent action is needed for the permanent solution to Rohingya crisis.

The United Nations political affairs chief told senior North Korean officials during a visit to Pyongyang this week that

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urges people and leaders everywhere to stand up for all human rights - civil, political, economic, social and cultural -- and for the values that underpin hopes for a fairer, safer and better world for all.

The United States on Friday advised its citizens to defer all non-essential travel to Pakistan, saying that foreign and

Donald Trump's deputy national security adviser and a key player in US diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, Dina

Bangladesh has reiterated its support to the Rome Statute as it urges the world to bring an end to the culture of impunity and to work towards full implementation of the Statute.

US President Donald Trump took the rare step Wednesday of publicly demanding that ally Saudi Arabia immediately allow humanitarian aid into war-ravaged Yemen, as residents in the capital Sanaa scrambled for supplies.

Donald Trump Jr was grilled behind closed doors in Congress Wednesday about his contacts with Russia as pressure builds on his father over alleged collusion with Moscow in last year's election.

US Senator Al Franken yesterday said he will resign in the face of multiple accusations of sexual misconduct against him, becoming the second prominent Democrat to be forced out in a week over the snowballing harassment allegations convulsing the country.

Time magazine has named the social movement aimed at raising awareness about sexual harassment and assault,

A US B-1B bomber yesterday joined large-scale US-South Korean military exercises that North Korea has denounced

In 1947, the United Nations devised a plan to divide British mandate Palestine into three entities: a Jewish state, an