New Delhi / AFP Bangladesh police have charged seven people including a senior opposition official over the murder of an Italian aid worker last September, an officer said on Tuesday. The killing near the capital’s diplomatic zone was the first in a wave of attacks to be claimed by the IS group, and was followed days later by the ...

  Gaza City / AFP Palestinian movement Hamas has thanked Turkey for its efforts on behalf of Gazans in a weekend reconciliation deal with Israel but urged it to increase pressure for an end to a decade-old blockade. In its first reaction to the agreement, Hamas expressed its “thanks and gratitude to Turkish President (Recep Tayyip) Erdogan” and the Turkish ...

  Bloomberg As markets went into turmoil and the pound plunged to a three-decade low after Britain voted to leave the European Union, the Bank of England issued an early morning statement and its governor stepped in with a pledge to provide an extra 250 billion pounds (US$345 billion) for the financial system. He also said the BOE has further ...