DHAKA: There is no evidence so far that a gunman who attacked Canada’s capital had links to Middle Eastern Islamist extremists.The government said that reports the BBC on Friday.Foreign Minister John Baird told that Michael Zehaf-Bibeau was ‘certainly radicalized’ but not on a

DHAKA: China launched an experimental spacecraft early Friday that is scheduled to orbit the moon before returning to Earth, a first for the country's ambitious space program and considered a precursor to a planned mission to the moon.The unmanned spacecraft was launched by a Long

DHAKA: A New York doctor who recently returned from Ebola-hit Guinea in West Africa has tested positive for the disease.Dr Craig Spencer, who treated Ebola patients while working for the charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), came down with a fever on Thursday, days after his return,

DHAKA: Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday the government will expedite plans to give more powers of detention and surveillance to security agencies in the wake of an attack on Parliament. ‘They need to be much strengthened, and I assure you, Mr Speaker, that work

DHAKA: The Zimbabwe students’ union on Thursday made war not love over a new code of conduct banning students from kissing on campus at the country’s top university. In a circular displayed at halls of residence, authorities at the University of Zimbabwe said students ‘caught in

DHAKA: US-led air strikes in Syria were reported to have killed more than 500 militants in a month, as fighting raged in the embattled border town of Kobane. The air strikes have killed 553 people since their launch, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, including 464 IS fighters

DHAKA: A Russian spy plane has been intercepted by Nato jets over the Baltic Sea, the alliance says, amid heightened tensions in the region. Estonia summoned Russia’s ambassador on Wednesday after its military said the Ilyushin-20 plane had entered its airspace for about a minute. But

DHAKA: Military leaders failed to calculate the magnitude of the conflict in Afghanistan, the former head of the British army has told the BBC.Gen Sir Peter Wall said they thought they had a ‘reasonable force’ for their limited objectives, but he now admits they got it wrong.The

DHAKA: A man has jumped the White House fence and was attacked by Secret Service dogs, a Secret Service spokesman said, in the second incident to happen in a few weeks.Video released on Wednesday showed Secret Service agents surrounding the man on the north lawn of the White House,

DHAKA: Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong have marched to the residence of the territory's leader, criticising his stance on democratic reform.The protesters were also angered by CY Leung's recent comments, where he argued that poorer residents should not be given too much

DHAKA: A US federal jury has found four Blackwater security guards guilty of killing 14 Iraqis in a square in Baghdad in 2007.One former guard was found guilty of murder with three others guilty of voluntary manslaughter.A further 17 Iraqis were injured as the private contractors opened

DHAKA: Mexico's government has ordered the arrest of the mayor of the southern town of Iguala, where six people died and 43 students disappeared after clashing with local police last month.Mexico's chief prosecutor said Mayor Jose Luis Abarca ordered the police operation, to stop the

DHAKA: A gunman shot and killed a soldier at a war memorial in Ottawa, before police engaged in a gun battle inside the parliament building.Police confirmed a gunman was shot dead, but Canada's capital remained on alert through much of the day, reports BBC.PM Stephen Harper said the

DHAKA: Multiple shots have been fired at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, just steps from the nation's parliament. Witnesses reported seeing a man running toward the government buildings, which have been placed on lockdown. A soldier has been wounded in the attack, Canadian media

DHAKA: An anti-government cleric who has been campaigning in Islamabad, calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, has ended his 65-day-long protest. Tahir ul-Qadri - who leads both the Pakistan Awami Tehreek party and the Minhaj-ul-Quran international network of

DHAKA: A British couple was found dead in their hotel room in Agra. Police have been suspecting that they died from drug overdose. The bodies of a 29-year-old man and a 24-year-old woman were found on Tuesday morning in the Maya Hotel close to the Taj Mahal, a senior police officer said

DHAKA: New US rules requiring air passengers from the three West African countries worst hit by Ebola to travel via one of five airports are coming into effect. Travellers from Sierra Leone, Liberia or Guinea must now arrive at O'Hare in Chicago, JFK, Newark, Washington's Dulles or

DHAKA: The US defence department has said it is examining an Islamic State video appearing to show militants in control of US weapons intended for Syrian Kurdish fighters. Some 27 bundles containing small arms, ammunition and other weaponry were dropped on Monday for militias defending

DHAKA: Ben Bradlee, the zestful, charismatic Washington Post editor who guided the paper through the era of the Pentagon Papers and Watergate and was immortalized on screen in "All the President's Men," has died. He was 93.Bradlee began end-of-life care at his home last month after

DHAKA: Jeffrey Fowle, one of three US citizens detained in North Korea, has been released.State department spokeswoman Marie Harf confirmed that Fowle was on his way home on Tuesday following negotiations, reports BBC.She said the US was working to secure the release of two other US