Saudi Arabia has reportedly responded to the growing number of people fleeing the Middle East for western Europe – by offering to build 200 mosques in

Disturbing footage yesterday emerged of the way migrants are being treated inside Hungary's main refugee camp on the border with

Greece's radical-left Syriza party has established a narrow lead over conservative rivals New Democracy nine days from a snap election, according to a poll

Activists planned new protests in Venezuela yesterday after jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez was sentenced to nearly 14 years in prison for inciting

Turkish warplanes struck 64 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in overnight raids on northern Iraq, dropping 80 bombs, the Turkish media reported

Russia plans to finally bury the remains of Tsar Nicholas II's son and heir Alexei and daughter Maria alongside their family in Saint Petersburg.

There is something almost Biblical about the mass exodus of desperate people fleeing Syria and other war-torn and impoverished countries. For European governments, struggling to manage the crisis engulfing their borders, the Bible has a succinct lesson they might do well to ponder: "For whatever one sows, that will he also reap."

Dhirendranath Samanto, 64, of Purbo Basudebhpur village in Dinajpur's Phulbari, is proud of his business success. In 1977 after

Europe was increasingly divided over its refugee crisis yesterday as record numbers of migrants streamed through the Balkans into Hungary, forcing Austria to suspend cross-border train services.

A Supreme Court chamber judge imposes a status quo till September 14 on release and screening of the Rana Plaza movie.

Akkelpur municipality and Gopinathpur village in Akkelpur upazila of Joypurhat district have been declared free from drug trading, robbery, mugging and stealing.

Police arrested nine activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from a students' mess in Rangpur city yesterday on charge of planning subversive activities.

Angela Merkel may be the most powerful politician in Europe, but she has rarely shown much inclination for bold leadership. Both in

The EU executive has drawn up a new set of national quotas under which Germany will take in more than 40,000 and France 30,000 of a

Vilified as a heartless penny-pincher during the Greek crisis, Germany is winning plaudits in the other great challenge facing Europe this year through the warm welcome it has given to refugees.

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel yesterday underlined her call for European counterparts to do more to find a solution to a historic wave of migrants seeking asylum, as documents showed the European Commission will lay out potentially controversial proposals to better share the burden of the spiralling crisis.

Elizabeth, now 89, ascended to the throne in 1952 at the twilight of British empire, with Britain slowly emerging from the ravages of World War Two.

The British government is poised to accept 15,000 Syrian refugees and hopes next month to get backing for air strikes against Islamic

Villagers of the areas surrounding Barapukuia Coal Mining Company Ltd (BCMCL) staged demonstration and held a rally yesterday at the mine site demanding arrest of two employees of the company for their alleged attempt to rape a woman.

In Hungary, hundreds of migrants surrounded by armed police officers were tricked into boarding a train with promises of freedom,