Pakistani authorities yesterday vowed to carry out a "massive" crackdown targeting hate speech and extremism on social media, as a minister boasted arrests have already been made.

Cameroon opposition leader Maurice Kamto, who says he was cheated out of the presidency in elections last year, has been charged with "rebellion" and "insurrection", one of his lawyers said yesterday.

A Kenyan pilot and four foreigners have died after a small plane carrying them from Kenya's Maasai Mara nature reserve crashed in the west of the country, police said yesterday.

A suspected robber was killed in a “gunfight” between two groups of robbers in Rahmatpur Kanagate area of Jashore's Sadar upazila early yesterday.

Leaders of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) went to Madhur Canteen yesterday for the first time in nine years , after which they shared the same table with Chhatra League leaders, ahead of the upcoming Dhaka University Central Students' Union (Ducsu) polls.

At least 40 people, including 20 policemen, were injured in Tuesday night's attack on several houses and shops of Ahmadiyya people in Ahmadnagar village of Panchagarh Sadar upazila.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina leaves this morning for a three-day visit to Munich, Germany, where she will join other world leaders in a security conference. Afterwards, she will pay a bilateral visit to the UAE on her way back home.

The High Court yesterday fined a former district and sessions judge Tk 5,000 for not providing an HC judge with protocol in 2003.

A 16-year-old indigenous girl was allegedly raped by her employer in Dhaka's Kalachandpur area yesterday.

The High Court yesterday observed that the media cannot publish names, addresses and photos of children involved in criminal cases.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday urged members of Ansar and VDP to remain vigilant against drug abuse, militancy and terrorism.

An 18-year-old girl, who came to Dhaka from Bhola a few days ago in search of work, was allegedly raped in the city's Rupnagar area on Sunday.

Catalan separatist leaders accused of rebellion for trying to make their region independent from Spain launched their defence yesterday at the start of a long-awaited trial.

Germany will put on a show of unity with the United States in talks on importing natural gas, as Berlin battles accusations an under-construction pipeline deepens European energy dependence on Russia.

French rail authorities yesterday said they were investigating the cause of a rare tram collision in a Paris suburb which injured 12 people, one of them seriously.

Five people were killed in southeast Nigeria during clashes between supporters of the two main political parties, police said Monday, just days before a general election.

A Japanese cultivator of bonsai trees yesterday appealed for the thieves who made off with his expensive potted plants to take good care of them.

Food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxic chemicals is a mounting health hazard and a crippling economic burden, a global conference on food safety has been told.

The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) yesterday knocked down 118 structures, including three two-storey buildings, in the city's Shaheed Nagar and Kamrangirchar areas as part of its ongoing drive to demolish illegal establishments along the Buriganga.

Bangladesh will be hoping to seal their first ever victory against New Zealand in their own backyard when they take on Kane Williamson's side in the first of three ODIs at McLean Park in Napier today.