Australians divided over a debate many countries have already had

Melbourne (CNN)The happy couple wore matching cream flower garlands in their hair but, although they were married in front of thousands of witnesses, their union isn't legal.

SC asks Dhaka CMM to return Manna’s passport

The Appellate Division on Thursday directed the chief metropolitan magistrate of Dhaka to return passport of Nagarik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna for three months to facilitate his treatment in abroad.

B’desh risks ‘devastating’ hunger after major floods: UN

As food aid rolls out to more than 200,000 people in flood-hit Bangladesh, the United Nations said on Wednesday that long-term food supplies were at risk with so much farmland now ruined.

SAGAR-RUNI MURDER RAB misses 50 deadlines for probe report

A Dhaka metropolitan magistrate’s court on Wednesday asked Rapid Action Battalion to submit by October 8 its report on the investigation into the sensational murder of journalist couple Sagar Sarwar and Meherun Runi

PP’s daughter poisoned

Narayanganj public prosecutor SM Wajed Ali’s teenage daughter was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after she was allegedly poisoned at Chashara in Narayanganj Wednesday evening.

Eid-ul-Azha on Sept 2

Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on September 2 as the new moon of the Arabic month of Zilhajj was sighted in Bangladesh sky on Wednesday.

His greatest hope at freedom is escaping the US and being arrested

Montreal (CNN)Jean-Enice Frederic is looking to get arrested. "I have lots of family in Haiti and wanted to bring them to the United States, but I don't have residency," Frederic says. "I thought about them every day, my wife and kids." At a dead end called Roxham Road, Frederic is crossing a narrow ditch that separates the United States and Canada.

12 dead as Typhoon Hato lashes Macau, southern China

Hong Kong (CNN)A strong typhoon struck the coast of China Wednesday, bringing massive winds and flooding to the cities of Macau and Hong Kong.Twelve people have been reported killed so far following Typhoon Hato's arrival in southern China.

Exclusive: Top Trump aide's email draws new scrutiny in Russia inquiry

Washington (CNN)Congressional investigators have unearthed an email from a top Trump aide that referenced a previously unreported effort to arrange a meeting last year between Trump campaign officials and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to sources with direct knowledge of the matter.

Terror threat cancels Rotterdam concert

(CNN)A terror threat early Wednesday in the Netherlands caused the cancellation of a concert at a venue in Rotterdam, police there said.