DHAKA: A bomb blast killed two Egyptian policemen and two civilians near the foreign ministry in central Cairo on Sunday.A security official said, reports The Straits Times.State television reported that a police officer and a conscript were killed in the blast in the crowded area on

DHAKA: A deal to form a government of national unity in Afghanistan has been signed at a ceremony in Kabul.The signing, broadcast live on national TV, comes after months of wrangling following presidential elections in April and June.Under the deal, Ashraf Ghani becomes president while

DHAKA: Thousands of Hong Kong students will begin a week-long boycott of classes on Monday, the start of what democracy activists say will be a wider campaign of civil disobedience against Beijing’s refusal to grant the city full universal suffrage. China dashed hopes last month for

DHAKA: Boko Haram militants attacked a rural market in the north-east Nigerian town of Mainok, killing dozens of people, BBC reports.Gunmen shot at traders and customers as they raided the busy market for food supplies on Friday.The number of casualties is not yet clear, with some

DHAKA: Some 66,000 refugees - mainly Syrian Kurds - have crossed into Turkey in 24 hours as Islamic State militants advance in northern Syria, BBC reports. Turkey opened its border on Friday to Syrians fleeing the Kurdish town of Kobane in fear of an IS attack.The UN refugee agency said

DHAKA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and actor Leonardo di Caprio will join thousands in a march for climate action in New York on Sunday.The Manhattan demonstration is part of a global protest, with over 2,000 marches taking place around the world.Ban will also tackle the issue with

DHAKA: Nato's most senior military commander has said the ceasefire between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists currently exists 'in name only'. Gen Philip Breedlove said the numbers of artillery rounds fired recently was comparable to periods before the truce came into effect two weeks

DHAKA: Security has been tightened in Saint Peter’s Square after intelligence services intercepted a possible plan to attack the Vatican, Italian media reported on Saturday, increasing fears that Pope Francis could be in danger. A foreign security service alerted Italy this week after

DHAKA: New Zealand’s conservative prime minister John Key swept to a historic election victory on Saturday, securing a third term as voters ignored campaign allegations of dirty tricks and mass spying. The resounding win makes Key the first New Zealand leader able to govern in his own

DHAKA: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the gen-next politician of Pakistan, has said that his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would take entire Kashmir from India. Bilawal, in his 20s, was addressing the party workers in Multan region in Punjab on Friday, Hindustan Times publish this report on

DHAKA: An Israeli drone crashed in Lebanon on Saturday morning, an IDF spokeswoman confirmed. The plane was flying across the northern border on a regular surveillance mission when it fell from the sky. Media outlets in Lebanon first reported that a drone had crashed in the southern

DHAKA: Malaysia said on Saturday that the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week is the ‘right platform’ to seek justice for victims of flight MH17 which was shot down in Ukraine. Malaysia prime minister Najib Tun Razak, who will address the assembly, would raise the

DHAKA: The Australian government will introduce tough new legislation in Parliament next week to tackle terrorism, reports said on Saturday, in the aftermath of the biggest crackdown in the country’s history. Australia prime minister Tony Abbott will seek sweeping counter-terror powers

DHAKA: Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been released and brought to Turkey. Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times. ‘Early in the

DHAKA: The Queen has said she believes Scotland will unite in a "spirit of mutual respect and support" following the independence referendum. She said she understood there would be "strong feelings and contrasting emotions".But she had "no doubt" this would be tempered by "an

DHAKA: Six Russian fighter jets were intercepted by American and Canadian planes off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday, BBC reports. They entered what is known as the Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ), but did not enter US air space.The planes, two of which were MiG 31 jets, left

DHAKA: Iran can play a role in confronting and destroying the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said.Addressing a session of the UN Security Council on Iraq on Friday, Kerry said there was a role for nearly every country in the

DHAKA: Ukraine's government and pro-Russia rebels have agreed a memorandum on a peace plan for the eastern conflict.The deal includes setting up a 30km (19-mile) buffer zone, a ban on overflights of part of eastern Ukraine by military aircraft and the withdrawal of "foreign

DHAKA: Alex Salmond is to step down as first minister of Scotland after voters decisively rejected independence.He will also resign as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) after the ‘No’ side won Thursday’s referendum by 2,001,926 to 1,617,989 for ‘Yes’.The national

DHAKA: A Pakistani court on Friday cleared Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his brother, Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif of all charges pertaining to a money laundering case filed 14 years ago. During a hearing presided over by Justice Anwar Ahmed at the National Accountability