Thousands abandon homes as California fires spread
The only force fiercer than a 100-square-mile wildfire was Joe Welz's impulse to protect his home. Then came the moment when he relented: Welz turned his back on his home and evacuated.
Two horrific killings of children put Israel at a crossroads
Ori and Mika Banki did what no parent should ever face.On Monday they buried their daughter Shira. She was just 16.
Obama unveils major climate change proposal
The Obama administration unveiled a major climate change plan on Sunday aimed at a large reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the nation's coal-burning power plants. On Monday, President Barack Obama started selling it to the public at a White House event.
India's massive Internet porn purge
The country's government has ordered Internet service providers to disable access to 857 pornographic websites in the name of "morality."
MH370: Amid wait for plane part analysis, islanders seek more debris
Steve Wang still listens sometimes to the last voice mail his mother left for him before she boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Death row prisoner: 'I have been told I am going to be executed seven times'
After numerous postponements, Shafqat Hussain was hanged in a Karachi prison in the early hours of Tuesday morning, according to campaign group Reprieve.
BGMEA POLLS: 2-panel syndicate against any possible candidate after post sharing comprise
After reaching a consensus on selecting the next BGMEA leadership without any contest, two leading panels are now engaged in hectic negotiations for ensuring that no other panels or candidates vie for any post in the elections slated for September, sources in the apparel sector trade body said.
AL urges EC to cancel Latif Siddique’s seat
Awami League general secretary Syed Ashraful Islam on Sunday urged the Election Commission, through a letter, to cancel the parliament membership of suspended presidium member and former minister Abdul Latif Siddique.
New Master Plan for capital in the offing
The government recently notified in the official gazette a draft Master Plan spelling out the guidelines for the development of the capital over the next two decades beginning 2016. The new Master Plan earmarks a vast growth management area, which would swallow crop lands and flood flow zones in and around the capital. It would repeal the existing Master Plan, said the notification.
Keep unfit vehicles off roads, HC tells govt
The High Court on Monday directed the government to keep unfit motor vehicles off the roads across the country.
