Somerset and England wicketkeeper-batsman Craig Kieswetter has announced his immediate retirement from cricket because of an eye injury.

Australia pledges grant of $5 million Australian dollars in humanitarian assistance for Rohingyas living in Cox's Bazar and Myanmar's Rakhine state.

Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia are three of the largest destinations for Bangladeshi expatriate workers.

Andy Murray and Heather Watson face familiar opponents in the French Open second round on Thursday.

All players in the Indian cricket team will have to undergo a fitness test on June 06 at Kolkata before leaving for Bangladesh to play a Test and three one-day international matches.

Australia plans to pass a law within weeks to give the government power to strip citizenship from dual nationals who are suspected terrorists even if they are not convicted of a crime, the prime minister says.

Indonesia has told Australia that most of migrants stranded at sea are illegal labourers from Bangladesh, not oppressed Muslim Rohingya, Australian minister says.

Having don the test cap nearly two years ago against Australia, Harbhajan Singh has a chance to revive his test career when Bangladesh face India on June 10 at Fatullah.

The gap between the rich and the poor keeps widening, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) says.

Test cricket is coming back to Fatullah after nine years when the ground will host the Test match between Bangladesh and India on June 10, 2015.

Johnny Depp's pet dogs Pistol and Boo face being put down unless they "bugger off" back to Hollywood after he brought them into Australia illegally on his private jet.

Australian police arrested a 17-year-old on terror charges in a Melbourne suburb and say they have halted a plot to detonate three homemade bombs in the city.

An Australian government inquiry is to investigate labour exploitation following revelations of widespread abuse of foreign workers.

Australia and Canada call upon the Election Commission and all responsible authorities to swiftly and impartially investigate the reports of irregularities and violence during the city corporation elections in Dhaka and Chittagong on April 28.

An Indonesian firing squad executes eight convicted drug-traffickers from several countries on Wednesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to Jakarta and bringing an angry reaction from Brazil.

Islamic State appears to have released a promotional video for its own health service featuring NHS-style branding and an Australian doctor.

The Queen presents her husband with his Australian knighthood in a ceremony at Windsor Castle.

Phil Rudd, drummer of Australian rock band AC/DC, changes his plea to guilty on a charge of a threat to kill, at a court in Tauranga, New Zealand.

Australia and Iran agrees to share intelligence about Australians fighting with militant groups in Iraq.

Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event.