DHAKA: Truckers in Assam on Saturday stopped plying their vehicles from here to Dimapur and other parts of Nagaland in protest against the lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland’s commercial hub Dimapur on Thursday.At least 17 truckers' bodies in Assam said on Saturday that the

DHAKA: The military chief and several top commanders of the Al Qaida-affiliated Al Nusra Front have been reported killed in northwestern Syria, where the militia has been making major gains in recent months.Syrian state media, a monitoring group and a local activist reported that Abu

DHAKA: Two men have been arrested over the murder of Russian opposition politician Boris Nemtsov.The head of the Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced, reports the BBC.Anzor Gubashev and Zaur Dadayev were detained on Saturday, FSB director Alexander Bortnikov said, speaking on

DHAKA: Pakistani marine forces have arrested 45 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters in the Arabian Sea.Police said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.Pakistan’s Maritime Security Agency (MSA) detained the fishermen on Friday after they strayed into Pakistani waters,

DHAKA: Five people have been killed in a machine-gun and grenade attack on a nightclub in Mali’s capital Bamako. A BBC correspondent at the scene said a French national was shot dead at the bar. Two Malian men were killed as the gunmen fled the scene. A Belgian man died when a grenade

DHAKA: Iraqi forces have pushed Islamic State (IS) fighters out of the western town of al-Baghdadi, the US military says. The town, which was taken over by IS last month, is about 8km (5 miles) from a base housing hundreds of US troops who are training Iraqi soldiers. Iraqi forces moved

DHAKA: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's ruling PML-N has won 18 out of the 48 seats being contested for in the Senate elections marred by controversies and allegations of vote buying.According to unofficial results, PML-N got the lion’s share in the polls, winning 18 seats

DHAKA: The military chief of Syria's al-Nusra Front militant group has been killed in an air strike, the group has said.The jihadist group said on social media that three other leaders were killed along with Abu Homam al-Shami.Syria's state-run news agency said the army had targeted Nusra

DHAKA: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters have used a bulldozer to start destroying a 3,000-year-old Assyrian city near Mosul in Iraq.The archaeologists and other sources have told Al Jazeera.The demolition at Nimrud on Thursday comes less than a week after video was

DHAKA: The military chief of Syria’s al-Nusra Front militant group has been killed in an air strike, the group has said.The jihadist group said on social media that three other leaders were killed along with Abu Homam al-Shami.Syria’s state-run news agency said the army had targeted

DHAKA: Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed at least 64 people in a village in Borno state in north-east Nigeria.The witnesses have said which reports the BBC.The gunmen who stormed Njaba targeted men and boys before setting the village on fire, survivors added.The raid happened

DHAKA: A military operation to retake the Iraqi city of Tikrit from Islamic State (IS) has caused about 28,000 people to flee their homes.Those displaced are headed towards the city of Samarra, the UN said, but many families are stranded at checkpoints.Aid convoys carrying relief

DHAKA: In their battle against ‘terrorists’, countries around the world must root out the injustices that fuel extremism and are used as recruiting tools. The UN human rights chief said Thursday, reports The Straits Times. ‘The struggle to combat extremist violence must tackle the

DHAKA: Russia’s defense ministry said on Thursday that large-scale military exercises had started in southern Russia and in disputed territories on Russia’s borders.The exercises involve over 2,000 anti-aircraft troops and 500 items of weaponry and will last until April 10, Interfax

DHAKA: The father of a woman who died after a savage gang-rape in Delhi said Thursday he thought everyone should watch a documentary about the attack broadcast by the BBC but banned in India. The British broadcaster brought forward its screening of ‘India’s Daughter’ to Wednesday

DHAKA: A panel appointed by Thailand’s military government to draft a new Constitution has proposed a two-year political ban for junta members to prevent them ‘hogging power’.The chairman said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The army seized power on May 22 last year in a bid

DHAKA: Amid a slowing economy, China has raised its defense budget by 10.1 percent to 887 billion yuan this year, keeping its nearly two-decade run of double-digit increases in military spending unbroken.The figure, released at the opening session of the National People’s Congress (NPC)

DHAKA: The US ambassador to South Korea, Mark Lippert, has been injured by a knife-wielding attacker in Seoul Wednesday. Lippert, 42, was attending a breakfast meeting when he was slashed on his face and left hand.  He was taken to hospital but his injuries are not life-threatening.

DHAKA: Palestinian activists in the West Bank have started confiscating goods and urging people to boycott Israeli products. The confiscation began after activists from the Fatah political movement, whose leader is President Mahmoud Abbas, dumped a truckload of Israeli milk and yoghurt

DHAKA : About 45,000 people have fled their homes in the impoverished southern Philippines as the military hunts Islamic militants, including a top terror suspect wanted by the United States.   Authorities said Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.   Soldiers have killed dozens of