The United Nations Day observance on Sunday highlighted Qatar's efforts and contributions towards strengthening the UN and it agencies.

The killers of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi may have taken his dismembered body out of Turkey in luggage, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar was quoted as saying by broadcaster CNN Turk on Sunday.

Saudi Arabia admitted on Saturday that critic Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside its Istanbul consulate, but mystery surrounded the whereabouts of his body as Turkey kept up its investigation.

The associate professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering had reported his wife missing on August 20.

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein yesterday expressed concern over the dramatic rise in murder incidents in Bangladesh.

The body of a 28-year-old Italian student who had disappeared in Cairo last week and was found dead was repatriated yesterday to Italy which has launched an investigation into his death.