DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has ordered an investigation into whether it is ‘appropriate’ for the US military to sell battle-grade hardware to local police. A senior US official said on Saturday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Sunday. The order follows widespread

DHAKA: A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake jolted central Chile on Saturday, officials said, though there were no immediate reports of fatalities or serious damage. The quake struck at 6.32pm about 108 kilometers north-west of the capital Santiago, at a depth of 35 kilometers, the US

DHAKA: Imran Khan, Chairman of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) came up with a fresh demand on Saturday asking that Nawaz Sharif should resign for a month and during this period the inquiry into alleged poll rigging by a judicial commission is completed.Only minutes after talks between

DHAKA: Hamas is pushing a different tactic in its conflict with Israel, urging Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to go before the International Criminal Court to prosecute Israeli leaders for war crimes. The idea of pursuing an investigation into Israel by the international body

DHAKA: Libya's newly-elected parliament has condemned as terrorists the militia alliance which says it has captured Tripoli's international airport. It said the alliance was now a legitimate target for the armed forces. The alliance includes Islamists and fighters from the city of

DHAKA: Two suicide bombers in Iraq killed at least 17 people in apparent revenge attacks after a major assault on a Sunni mosque heightened sectarian tensions. In Baghdad, a bomber rammed a vehicle into an intelligence headquarters on Saturday, killing at least eight people, police and

DHAKA: German chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday the standoff over Ukraine could be solved but only if control was tightened over the Ukraine-Russia border across which, the West alleges, Russia has been funneling arms to help a separatist rebellion. Merkel was visiting Kiev as a

DHAKA: More than 35,000 Nepalese made a bid Saturday to form the world’s largest ‘human national flag’ as they sought to set a new international record. As the country’s anthem played, participants held up crimson, blue and white coloured cardboard for 10 minutes on an open

DHAKA: A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into an intelligence headquarters in Baghdad Saturday, killing at least eight people. Police and medical sources said, reports TDS. The attack came a day after Shiite militiamen machinegunned 68 Sunni worshipers at a village mosque in Diyala

DHAKA: Hamas has signed a proposal for the Palestinians to apply to join the International Criminal Court at which legal action could be taken against Israel. A senior official of the Islamist movement said Saturday, reports The Straits Times. ‘Hamas signed the document which

DHAKA: Martial law will remain in effect after junta leader Prayuth Chan-ocha becomes prime minister, according to a spokesperson for the ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). NCPO spokesman Sirichan Ngathong said Friday it was hoped that martial law would help the country

DHAKA: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said military operations will ‘intensify’ after an Israeli boy was killed by fire from Gaza. The four-year-old died in a mortar attack on a southern Israeli village near the Gaza border. Meanwhile Israeli air strikes have

DHAKA: The police in Central Java have tightened security measures at the Borobudur Temple in Magelang in response to an apparent threat made by Islamic State (IS) supporters to attack the world-renowned cultural heritage site. National Police spokesman Ronny F Sompie said on Friday that

    DHAKA: A boat carrying 170 undocumented migrants from sub-Saharan Africa was feared lost at sea off the Libyan capital Tripoli, a local coast guard official told media.“We are looking for 170 African passengers on a wooden boat that has foundered off the Guarakouzi area”

DHAKA: The death toll from the deadly landslides in the city of Hiroshima rose to 42 on Saturday, with 43 still missing, as rescuers continued to remove mud and pick through rubble in search of any survivors three days after torrential rain triggered the mountainside disaster.

DHAKA: In a major ceasefire violation along the International Border, Pakistani troops targeted 22 Border Security Force posts and several villages last night, killing at least two civilians and injuring four others.One jawan has also been injured in the most intense firing on the

DHAKA: Mounting further pressure, 34 Opposition lawmakers resigned from the National Assembly to force the Nawaz Sharif government to quit but their party Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf surprisingly decided to resume talks after the failed first round.For the second time since it mobilised

DHAKA: Lorries from a Russian aid convoy streamed into Ukraine without permission, after Russia accused Ukraine of unreasonable obstruction.Russia's foreign ministry said Ukraine had held up the convoy in order to pursue war against rebels in Luhansk, where the aid is destined.The

DHAKA: At least 73 people have been killed after a Shia Muslim armed group opened fired inside an Iraqi Sunni mosque in the country’s eastern Diyala province on Friday. A security source said bodies had been arriving at the hospital in the city of Baquba in Diyala province, reports Al

DHAKA: Jnanpith awardee and renowned Kannada writer UR Ananthamurthy died on Friday at a hospital in Bangalore of India, where he was undergoing treatment for kidney failure.The 82-year-old was said to be in critical condition and was on multi-monitor support. He was hospitalized for