Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday hailed final tests of a hypersonic missile, which he earlier said would render existing missile defence systems obsolete.

Two people holding replica guns sparked a panic at Paris' main Charles de Gaulle airport yesterday before they were quickly arrested, sources close to the investigation said.

A search was underway for 152 Vietnamese who arrived in Taiwan on tourist visas, authorities said yesterday, as local media reported they may have come to the island to work illegally.

Baltimore police have collected nearly 2,000 weapons including a rocket launcher as part of a buy-back program aimed at reducing violence in the eastern US city.

Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission has asked the mobile operators and international internet gateways to be ready for immediate implementation of its instructions regarding internet speed and content from December 29 to 31.

A former Chhatra League leader was killed as two Awami League factions clashed during an election rally in Cox's Bazar's Ramu on Tuesday night.

Blue-collar constituents, sympathy vote, and parochialism are likely to play a pivotal role in the city's three major constituencies, Chattogram-9, -10 and -11.

Though Lalmonirhat-3 has been a stronghold of the Jatiya Party, a partner in the Awami League-led grand alliance, since 1991, the Jatiya Oikyafront, led by the BNP and several other parties, is eyeing a win this time.

Police have stepped up monitoring of city hotels and messes as they are strictly checking the identities of guests and boarders ahead of Sunday's national election.

Chattogram division consists of 11 districts – Chattogram, Cox's Bazar, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Bandarban, Noakhali, Laxmipur, Feni, Cumilla, Brahmanbaria and Chandpur

US President Donald Trump vowed Tuesday he would not reopen the government until he gets $5 billion to fund his border wall, as the partial government shutdown dragged into a fourth day.

Jatiya Party Chairman HM Ershad returned home last night after a two-week “medical checkup” in Singapore.

The Sampadak Parishad (Editors' Council) yesterday urged the Election Commission to ensure free movement of media vehicles across the country from the day before the polls to the day after.

An hours-long gun and suicide attack on a Kabul government compound killed at least 43 people, officials said yesterday, making it one of the deadliest assaults on the Afghan capital this year.

BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia's petitions seeking the Supreme Court's permission to contest the December 30 polls may not be heard before the election, as the court, which is now on annual vacation, will reopen on January 2.

A Tunisian journalist has died after setting himself on fire, officials said, in a protest over harsh living conditions that prompted overnight clashes with police in the country's west.

British Security Minister Ben Wallace said Monday the government can now deploy drone detection systems nationwide, after days of device sightings caused chaos at Gatwick Airport and criticism of the government response.

North Korea yesterday hit back at a latest UN resolution that condemned Pyongyang's rights abuses, calling it a "serious... provocation" that would undermine peace efforts on the Korean peninsula.

The governor of the Mexican state of Puebla and her husband, a senator and former governor, were killed on Monday in a helicopter crash, the country's president said.

Indian rescuers desperately battled rising water levels and a lack of effective machinery yesterday in a race against the clock to reach 15 miners trapped for nearly two weeks in a flooded mineshaft.