DHAKA: Affluent nations have taken in a "pitiful" number of the million of Syrian refugees uprooted by the country's civil war, placing the burden on Syria's ill-equipped neighbours, according to Amnesty International. The London-based rights group, in advance of a December 9 donors'

DHAKA: About half a million people have fled coastal villages and evacuated their homes in the Philippines as a powerful storm approaches the archipelago, reports BBC. Typhoon Hagupit, which weakened slightly on Friday night, is due to make landfall on Saturday evening. It is on course

DHAKA: At least 60 Indians have lost their eyesight after an operation at an eye camp organised by an NGO in Gurdaspur district of Punjab of India, civil and medical authorities said on Thursday.While 16 persons belonged to villages of Amritsar the rest were from Gurdaspur district.

DHAKA: South Africans have started marking the first anniversary of the death of anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, who died last year at the age of 95.Official ceremonies to mark the passing of the former South African leader will include an interfaith prayer service early on

DHAKA: At least five Indian army men and 2 police officials were killed in a gunbattle that broke out after militants attacked an army base camp in Uri sector of Jammu & Kashmir in India on Friday, according to Times Now.Two terrorists are also reported to have been killed in the

DHAKA: The US has revealed it tried to rescue UK-born American hostage Luke Somers, who is being held by al-Qaeda in Yemen.President Barack Obama authorized the mission last month, it said.“Regrettably, Luke was not present, though hostages of other nationalities were present and were

DHAKA: The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Thursday declared highest alert as Typhoon Ruby or Hagupit is expected to make a landfall in eastern Philippines on Saturday.The red alert status came into effect enabling AFP’s Central Command to work with other agencies, including

DHAKA: At least 18 people were killed in two separate car bomb attacks at a group of restaurants and a market in Iraq’s capital Baghdad on Thursday.The Iraqi officials informed this that reports Times of India.Police officials said the first attack targeted a line of small restaurants

DHAKA: Justice Sardar Mohammad Raza Khan named Pakistan’s new chief election commissioner, a day before the expiry of a Supreme Court deadline to fill the key constitutional office lying vacant for over 16 months.The announcement was made by Senator Rafiq Rajwana, chief of the

DHAKA: A Kenyan plane has come down near the Somali town of Kismayo on Thursday.The defense officials informed this which reposts Al Jazeera.There are reports that the pilot is dead and two of the crews are missing.Kenyan defense forces said in a statement that the jet had developed

DHAKA: Chinese president Xi Jinping on Thursday hailed visiting South African president Jacob Zuma as China’s ‘good friend’, months after the latter’s government refused the Dalai Lama a visa. ‘President Zuma is the Chinese people’s old friend and good friend,’ Xi said as

DHAKA: Rebel gunmen have shot their way into the heavily fortified Chechen capital, Grozny, in a night-time attack which left as many as 16 people dead. Arriving at 01:00 (22:00 GMT Wednesday) in cars, they fired on a traffic police checkpoint before attacking a media building and a

DHAKA: Police in Kenya are holding 77 Chinese nationals accused of running a cyber crime centre from upmarket houses in the capital Nairobi. Reports said Thursday, according to The Straits Times. The Daily Nation newspaper said Kenyan police believed the gang were ‘preparing to raid

DHAKA: Ten Pakistani children have been infected with HIV after receiving tainted blood transfusions, officials said Thursday, in a ‘shocking’ case highlighting the abysmal state of blood screening in the country. The children, aged from five to sixteen, all suffer from the

DHAKA: Russia president Vladimir Putin said on Thursday some countries would like Russia to be dismantled like Yugoslavia was but Moscow would not let it happen. In his annual state-of-the-nation address at the Kremlin, Putin also said events in Ukraine showed that Russia's policy was

DHAKA: A US space capsule that could help get humans to Mars is due to make its maiden flight later. Orion will be launched on a Delta rocket out of Cape Canaveral in Florida on a short journey above the Earth to test key technologies. The conical vessel is reminiscent of the Apollo

DHAKA: Islamic State militants have set up training camps in eastern Libya, the head of the US Africa command says. Gen David Rodriguez said there could be "a couple of hundred'' IS fighters undergoing training at the sites. He said the camps were at a very early stage, but the US was

DHAKA: An employee of China’s central bank shot and killed two colleagues on Wednesday at a branch in the northeastern province of Liaoning.The Xinhua state news agency reported, says The Straits Times.Incidents of gun violence are rare in China as firearms are tightly controlled and

DHAKA: The US-led coalition has inflicted serious damage on Islamic State (IS), carrying out around 1,000 air strikes so far in the two countries, but the fight against the militants could last years.US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.The

DHAKA: Several people have been killed in a suicide car bomb blast next to a UN convoy in Somalia. Police say, reports the BBC. The bomber drove between the convoy and its security escort near the airport in the capital, Mogadishu, police said. The United Nations and the British and