Work has begun to construct Britain's first new permanent military base in the Middle East since 1971. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond

At least 13 migrants, six of them children, drowned as two boats making the hazardous crossing from Turkey capsized in the Aegean Sea

Turkish politicians yesterday held their final campaign rallies for a vote many fear is unlikely to bring an end to months of instability as the country confronts bloody jihadist attacks and a renewed Kurdish conflict.

Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said Friday the nation's main parties have reached an agreement to defend national unity as an

Romania was plunged into mourning yesterday after 27 people were killed and nearly 200 injured when a fire ripped through an

Germany on Friday said that asylum seekers would only be able to enter the country at five points along its border with Austria to

At least 22 migrants - many of them children - drown trying to reach Kalymnos and Rhodes from Turkey, in the second major boat tragedy off Greek islands this week.

The by-election to the Moulvibazar-3 constituency will be held on December 8, the Election Commission announced today.

The world's oldest bible is among 200 objects tracing Egypt's religious evolution in an exhibition at London's British Museum that spans the 1,200 years since Cleopatra's death.

Education Minister Nurul Islam Nahid today assured that the printing of textbooks would be completed on schedule and school students would get them by the start of next year.

Britain will keep its current level of 450 troops on non-combat missions in Afghanistan into 2016, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said in a written

The European Parliament has voted against a set of rules intended to safeguard "net neutrality" in the EU.

Europe's worst migration crisis since World War II risks triggering "tectonic changes", a top EU official warned yesterday, as figures showed more than 700,000 newcomers reached the continent's Mediterranean shores so far this year.

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed calls upon the diplomats of different countries residing in Bangladesh “not to overreact” on the matter of the killing of two foreign nationals.

Chief Election Commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad says there is no room for any new registration ahead of the local government polls.

A man suspected of ramming his car into the gates of a military barracks in the Belgian city of Namur yesterday morning was arrested after a short manhunt, a

Seven suspected Islamic State jihadists and two Turkish policemen were killed in a gun battle in the Kurdish-majority southeast yesterday, adding to tensions as the deeply divided country goes to the polls at the weekend.

An alliance of Free Syrian Army-related groups in southern Syria said yesterday Russia must stop bombing rebels before they could talk about cooperating with it, saying they hadn't turned down an offer of support but Moscow must first halt its attacks.

Southeast European countries facing an unprecedented influx of migrants reacted cautiously yesterday to new EU plans to help stem the crisis, following an emergency mini-summit at the weekend.

Syria's ally Russia says there should be talks between the Syrian government and the "full spectrum" of opposition.