DHAKA: Pope Francis has created a new Vatican tribunal section to hear cases of bishops who fail to protect children from sexually abusive priests.The announcement came years after victims groups started urging the Vatican to establish clear procedures to make bishops more accountable for

DHAKA: The US is to send up to 450 military advisers to Iraq to help train local forces fighting Islamic State.President Obama made the decision following a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, the White House said.The troops will be deployed to the Taqaddum military base in

DHAKA: Hundreds of thousands of people risk starvation in South Sudan where resurgence in fighting and deepening food shortages has left some with nothing to eat except water lilies.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.Violence

DHAKA: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader, has arrived in China on her first visit at a time of tension between the two countries.Suu Kyi will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, but no other details have been provided, reports the BBC.Relations between the

DHAKA: A Dallas-area policeman seen in a viral video tossing a bathing suit-clad, black teenage girl to the ground resigned on Tuesday from the McKinney Police force, local broadcaster Fox 4 and others cited his lawyer as saying.McKinney Police Corporal Eric Casebolt had been placed on

DHAKA: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader, is expected to begin her first visit to China on Wednesday, at a time of tension between the two countries.Suu Kyi will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, but no other details have been provided, reports the

DHAKA: A series of bomb attacks in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad has left at least 18 people dead.The deadliest attack took place near a restaurant in the city’s Palestine Street, killing eight people, reports the BBC.The militant Islamic State (IS) group, which seized last

DHAKA: The Indian Army has said that it engaged groups of militants at two locations on the Indo-Myanmar border today and inflicted ‘significant damage’ on them.The army said the militants suffered big casualties, reports NDTV.The army has launched major counter operations after

DHAKA: The Indian Army has said that it engaged groups of militants at two locations on the Indo-Myanmar border today and inflicted ‘significant damage’ on them.The army said the militants suffered big casualties, reports NDTV.The army has launched major counter operations after

DHAKA: An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 11 men to death for involvement in deadly soccer stadium violence in 2012.One of the 11 men was sentenced in absentia, reports the Jerusalem Post.In April the judge had referred the sentencing of the 11 to Egypt’s Grand Mufti, the

DHAKA: The US army has temporarily taken down its website after a hacking attack.It says an element of the army.mil website was compromised and preventative measures had to be taken to ensure there was no breach of data.The Syrian Electronic Army, which supports President Bashar al-Assad,

DHAKA: Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar of the Aam Aadmi Party was arrested by the Delhi Police Tuesday morning. He is at a police station in Vasant Vihar and will be taken to court soon, reports the NDTV.Police sources said an FIR was registered last night against Tomar on charges

DHAKA: Twelve suspected Maoist rebels were killed in an encounter with the police in Bihar’s Palamu district in the early Tuesday.The incident took place around 2:30am (Indian Time) in Bakoria village, about 140 kilometres from state capital Ranchi, reports the NDTV.The police had

DHAKA: The Philippines and Japan will hold fresh joint naval drills this month, the Filipino military said Tuesday, as the World War II foes swiftly ramp up security ties while China develops islands in disputed waters.The June 22-26 joint maneuvers with the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence

DHAKA: Maggi instant noodles produced in India are safe to eat, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) said on Monday night.AVA has informed affected Singapore importers that sale of the brand’s noodles from India may be resumed, after food safety tests found that the

DHAKA: The UN has presented a draft proposal for a Libyan unity government to warring factions in an attempt to stabilize the conflict-torn country.The plan unveiled at talks in Morocco on Monday addresses terms of a truce and disarmament of armed groups, the BBC publishes this report on

DHAKA: Air traffic controllers in Spain on Monday launched a staggered four-day strike that could affect around 5,300 flights in the world’s third most visited country.The staggered strike this week was called by the controllers’ Usca union for Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday

DHAKA: Mexicans have voted in mid-term elections which are being seen as a test for President Enrique Pena Nieto.Eighty million people are eligible to select the lower house of congress, hundreds of mayors and nine governors, reports the BBC.The run-up to the poll has been marked by

DHAKA: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has apologized to the nation for human right abuses committed by the police.“I apologize to every Egyptian citizen who has been subjected to any abuse. I am accountable for anything that happens to an Egyptian citizen,” Sisi said on

DHAKA: Turkey’s governing AK party has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 13 years, near-complete election results show.The surprise outcome also sees the pro-Kurdish HDP crossing the 10 percent threshold, securing seats for the first time.With 99 percent of the vote