DHAKA: A Malaysian airliner was shot down over eastern Ukraine by militants on Thursday, killing all 295 people aboard, a Ukrainian interior ministry official was quoted as saying by Interfax-Ukraine news agency.The aircraft, which other sources said was a Boeing 777 flying from

DHAKA: A Boeing 777 Malaysian airlines crashed in Ukraine near the Russian border, Interfax is reporting, citing "a source in the aviation circles." "Boeing Malaysian airlines operate flights to Amsterdam — Kuala Lumpur for 50 miles before entering the airspace of Russia, began to

DHAKA: Israel's foreign minister and Hamas have denied earlier reports of a truce deal to end fighting in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian militants, reports BBC.Avigdor Lieberman said the reports were “as of now incorrect”, and Hamas, which controls Gaza, said talks in Egypt

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin has denied reports that he made a deal with Cuba to reopen an electronic listening post on the Caribbean island.The Lourdes base near Havana was used by the Soviets to spy on the US during the Cold War.Speaking at the Brics summit in Brazil,

DHAKA: A powerful storm that battered the central Philippines has killed 38 people and left millions without power. Ten more people were injured by typhoon Rammasun and another eight remain missing, according to authorities. The typhoon swept through the country on Tuesday night before

DHAKA: At least 14 Tunisian troops were killed when militants attacked checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains. The ministry of defence said on Thursday, raising the death toll, reports The Jerusalem Post. The attack on Wednesday evening was the deadliest yet carried out by

DHAKA: Pakistani security forces laid siege on Thursday to a suspected militant hideout just a few kilometres from the family home of prime minister Nawaz Sharif in the eastern city of Lahore.  Pakistan officials said, reports The Straits Times.  One policeman was killed and three

DHAKA: Israeli tank fire hit a house in southern Gaza on Thursday, killing three people, minutes before a five-hour truce went into effect. Palestine medics said, reports Channel News Asia. Emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said four other people were seriously wounded in the

DHAKA: Heavily armed militants who attacked Kabul International Airport with grenades and automatic weapons have been repelled. Afghan officials say, reports the BBC. The four insurgents who took part are dead, the authorities said, with one security official wounded. The Taliban said

DHAKA: At least 20 people have died in the past week as torrential rain batters swathes of China, with at least six killed by lightning, thousands of homes destroyed and more than 300,000 evacuated, state media said. There had been six deaths from lightning strikes in the central

DHAKA: Thailand’s military leaders have given ousted PM Yingluck Shinawatra permission to travel abroad for the first time since the coup. A military spokesman said the request had been approved because Yingluck had ‘kept a low profile’ since her government was overthrown on 22

DHAKA: At least three people were killed in firefighting helicopter crashed in South Korea’s southern city of Gwangju on Thursday. The fire officials said this that reports the Yonhab. A report was filed with fire authorities around 10:53 am (local time) that the chopper crashed in

DHAKA: The first typhoon of the Philippines’ rainy season killed to at least 27 on Thursday as millions in the capital and elsewhere endured a second day without power. The authorities said this which was reported by the Times of India. As Typhoon Rammasun moved further towards

DHAKA: The US and EU have bolstered sanctions against Russia over its alleged support for separatists fighting in Ukrainem says BBC.       The US has targeted major banks including Gazprombank, defence firms and energy companies including Rosneft. Russian President Vladimir Putin was

DHAKA: A security personnel was killed in a clash between security forces and suspected militants during a search operation in Lahore on Wednesday night.  Security forces, on a tip off about presence of suspected militants in the area, were conducting a search operation near Raiwind

DHAKA: A Firefight underway at Kabul airport after pre-dawn attack by insurgents, Afghan interior ministry said. Cable News Network is breaking the news on Thursday morning. BDST: 0841 HRS, JUL 17, 2014

DHAKA: Hamas and Israel both have agreed to respect a five-hour ceasefire in Gaza after nine days of fighting.  The Israeli military said it would stop firing from 10:00am to 15:00pm on Thursday to allow residents in Gaza to stock up on supplies. Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zukhri later

DHAKA: Australia's Senate has voted to repeal the carbon tax, a levy on the 300 biggest polluters passed by the Labor Party when they were in power in 2011, BBC breaking on Thursday.                          Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose Liberal coalition beat Labor in

DHAKA: The UAE has entered the space race with a project to send an unmanned probe to Mars by 2021 in the Arab world’s first mission to another planet. A new UAE Space Agency will be created to coordinate the UAE’s growing space technology sector and to supervise the mission. The

DHAKA: China issued a formal complaint to Britain on Wednesday after deputy prime minister Nick Clegg met Hong Kong pro-democracy activists campaigning against Beijing’s tightening control of the former British territory. Hong Kong reverted to Chinese rule in 1997 under a