The Sea-Watch 3 charity ship carrying dozens of migrants rescued off Libya forced its way into the Italian port of Lampedusa after a lengthy standoff, the charity has said.

Days after she lost her small daughter and husband to the treacherous currents of the Rio Grande, Tania Vanessa Avalos, 23, arrives back in El Salvador to await her family's return -- in coffins.

The creators of an application allowing users to virtually "undress" women using artificial intelligence shut it down after a social media uproar over its potential for abuse.

At least 17 people have been killed after a boundary wall of a residential apartment complex collapsed and came crashing down on a cluster of huts adjacent to it in western Indian city of Pune.

More than 450,000 people have signed two petitions demanding that the Indian government declare a climate emergency as severe heatwaves and crippling water shortages grip the country.

The Permanent Representative (PR) of Bangladesh Ambassador Masud Bin Momen highlights the UN's systematic failure to prevent atrocities in Rakhaine state of Myanmar.

Eyeing a history-making photo opportunity, President Donald Trump has issued a Twitter invitation to North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to join him for a hand shake during a visit to the demilitarized zone (DMZ) with South Korea.

Hello dear readers! How was your day today? Here are the news headlines on June 28, 2019

France registers its highest temperature since records began as the death toll rises from a heatwave suffocating much of Europe.

Locals block Dhaka-Mawa highway in Rajendrapur area of Keraniganj demanding removal of highway police from the area.

Land related dispute leads to the death of a man in Patuakhali and assault on a mother-daughter duo in Netrakona.

Law Minister Anisul Huq says the government will discharge its duties properly so that the killers of Barguna youth Rifat Sharif be brought to trial.

Local Government and Rural Development (LGRD) Minister Md Tajul Islam has said people will have to pay to receive better quality of Wasa water.

Indian Border Security Force (BSF) has shot and injured a Bangladeshi cattle trader in Indian territory near Putkhali border in Benapole.

Three including two women have been arrested in Mymensingh city who were carrying yaba tablets inside their shoes.

Air Vice Marshall Muhammad Mafidur Rahman has been appointed as the new chairman of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (Caab).

BNP has welcomes the new platform floated by Liberal Democratic Party President Oli Ahmed, “Jatiya Muktimancha”.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will seek stronger role from China in addressing the Rohingya crisis during her visit to the country from July 1 to 5.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad has improved further under treatment at hospital, says a spokesperson of his party. His condition has improved 40 percent, Ershad's Deputy Press Secretary Khandaker Delwar Jalali said in a statement quoting the doctors of Combined Military Hospital.

Eminent environmentalist and rights activist Sultana Kamal has said that the establishment of Rampal power plant near the Sundarbans is illegal and anti-constitutional.