DHAKA: The naked bodies of two British tourists were found on a Thai beach on Monday, the police said, sparking a murder probe on the popular resort island of Koh Tao.The unidentified man and woman, both aged 24, were found stripped, with several wounds to their bodies close to a

DHAKA: United States president Barack Obama plans to ask Congress to approve his request for US$88 million to fund a major Ebola offensive in West Africa that would include greater military involvement.The Wall Street Journal reported Monday, reports The Straits Times.Obama is due to

DHAKA: French president Francois Hollande says the global threat posed by Islamic State (IS) militants must meet a global response.He was opening an international summit of foreign ministers in Paris aimed at combating the jihadist group, reports the BBC.About 40 countries, including 10

DHAKA: Hillary Rodham Clinton has returned to Iowa for the first time since her 2008 presidential campaign, telling Democrats that voters face a choice between ‘the guardians of gridlock’ and those who push for shared opportunity and prosperity. Former president Bill Clinton joined

DHAKA: Four foreign nationals believed to be linked to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been arrested by counter-terrorism police in central Sulawesi, in the first known instance of foreign radicals travelling to the archipelago to establish links with local groups in

DHAKA: A boat filled with up to 250 migrants heading for Europe has sunk on off the Libyan coast and many passengers have died, aljazeera reports.  Only 26 people have been rescued after the boat sunk near Tajoura, east of the capital Tripoli, said Libyan navy spokesman Ayub Qassem, 

DHAKA: Several Arab countries have offered to take part in air strikes against Islamic State (IS) militants in Iraq, US officials say. But any action is subject to approval from the Iraqi government, they add. US Secretary of State John Kerry says he is "extremely encouraged" by

DHAKA: Construction has begun on a giant observation tower in the heart of the Amazon basin to monitor climate change. The Amazon Tall Tower Observatory is expected to rise 325m from the ground. Its instruments will gather data on greenhouse gases, aerosol particles and the weather in

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet foreign ministers from around the world in Paris on Monday to discuss how to defeat Islamic State (IS) militants. French President Francois Hollande said the beheading of a British aid worker showed the world must act against IS. About

DHAKA: US law enforcement is investigating a new phenomenon of women from the American heartland joining Islamic State (IS) as president Barack Obama vows to cut off the militants' recruiting at home. At least three Somali families in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have female relatives

DHAKA: New Delhi authorities cut power and water supplies to homes of former ministers and lawmakers, including India’s last federal civil aviation minister, after they ignored repeated eviction warnings. Reports said Sunday, according to The Straits Times. Congress Party ally and

DHAKA: Forty people have now died as a result of a building collapse at the megachurch of one of Nigeria’s most famous preachers and televangelists. The country’s main rescue body said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times. ‘It’s now 40 dead,’ Ibrahim Farinloye, southwest

DHAKA: A Syrian air strike on an Islamic State (IS) training camp in the jihadist-held east killed 17 militants and a child. A monitoring group said in a new toll Sunday, reports The Straits Times. The Saturday strike hit dormitories in the camp in the Euphrates valley town of Tibni in

DHAKA: Pope Francis married 20 couples on Sunday, some of whom had already lived together and had children, in the latest sign that the Argentine pontiff wants the Catholic church to be more open and inclusive. In the first wedding he has performed in his 18-month-old papacy, Pope

DHAKA: A boat sank on Sunday in bad weather off eastern Indonesia, killing at least 14 people and leaving 12 others missing. An Indonesia official said, reports The Straits Times. The long wooden boat carrying 35 passengers went down in the waters off Sula islands after it was hit by

DHAKA: An Islamic State terrorist, in a video released Saturday showing the execution of David Haines, threatened that British citizen Alan Henning could be the next victim. A masked man in the video said Henning would be killed if British prime minister David Cameron continued to

DHAKA: Around 930 French citizens or residents, including at least 60 women, are either actively engaged in jihad in Iraq and Syria or are planning to go there. French interior minister said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times. In an interview with ‘Le Journal de Dimanche’ weekly,

DHAKA: Australia will deploy military forces and aircraft to a global coalition in fighting Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, responding to a request from the United States to become involved militarily in the conflict in Iraq and Syria.A 600-strong force comprising

DHAKA: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) claimed the beheading of a British aid worker on Saturday, an act slammed as ‘pure evil’ by UK prime minister David Cameron who vowed Britain would do all it could to catch the killers.President Barack Obama offered US support for

DHAKA: Ugandan forces arrested several terror suspects and recovered explosives in an operation to foil an "imminent" terrorist attack on the city of Kampala in Uganda, CNN reports. Meanwhile, the U.S. Embassy warned Americans there to stay indoors. The country's security forces have