DHAKA: The Israeli parliament has elected veteran Likud lawmaker Reuven Rivlin as the country’s next president. Rivlin, a former parliamentary speaker and Cabinet minister, defeated long-time legislator Meir Sheetrit, by 63 to 53 in a secret runoff ballot. He will succeed Shimon

DHAKA: A bus carrying Russian tourists plunged into a river in northern India on Tuesday, killing at least two and injuring eight. A local official said, reports The Straits Times. The bus was travelling to Gangotri, source of the Ganges, in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand when it

DHAKA: Hundreds of activists protested in the Sri Lankan capital on Tuesday against India’s new prime minister Narendra Modi for urging the island to step up post-war reconciliation with ethnic minority Tamils. The pro-government protesters waved placards that read ‘Modi don’t be

DHAKA: Australia and Malaysia were on Tuesday set to discuss the next phase of the search for missing flight MH370, with the cost of the unprecedented mission on the agenda. Officials said, reports The Straits Times. Malaysia’s costs have so far been about one-tenth of the US$84

DHAKA: Militants have taken control of parts of Mosul, officials say, on a fifth day of fighting in the northern Iraqi city. Overnight, hundreds of men armed with rocket-propelled grenades, sniper rifles and machine-guns seized the provincial government’s headquarters. They also

DHAKA: A gun battle has erupted close to a Karachi air terminal one day after militants stormed Pakistan’s biggest and busiest airport, reports say.Local media say gunmen have attacked a training camp of the airport security forces.It is not clear if there are any casualties, reports

DHAKA: Five Nato soldiers have been killed in an incident in southern Afghanistan, the Nato-led force in the country says.The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) says the incident took place on Monday but gave no details.The Isaf force currently has soldiers from 50

DHAKA: The Pakistani military has carried out air strikes in tribal areas in the north-west of the country, killing at least 15 militants.Officials say, reports the BBC.The raids destroyed nine militant positions in the Tirah Valley in Khyber district, the military said.The strikes came

DHAKA: Over 50 suspected Boko Haram fighters were killed in a military operation by troops in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno. The authorities said on Monday, NTV reports on Tuesday. Nigerian military spokesperson Chris Olukolade said troops in the northeast region also foiled an

DHAKA: Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 20 young women over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, 8 kilometers from a town where more than 200 schoolgirls were taken nearly two months ago, local officials said. The incident in the village of Garkin Fulani is the latest in

DHAKA: The world’s oldest man, a 111-year old Polish immigrant to the US, has died at a New York home for the elderly. Media reported on Monday, says The Straits Times. Alexander Imich passed away early Sunday at a Manhattan senior residence where he had lived since 1986, the New York

DHAKA: In its first official engagement with India after the change of guard in Delhi, Beijing’s statecraft again came to the fore as visiting foreign minister Wang Yi used nothing short of a panegyric to PM Narendra Modi to reach out to the new government. Wang is in India as a

DHAKA: A radio broadcaster was shot dead in the Philippines Monday, police said, the third journalist in just over a month to be murdered in one of the most dangerous countries for media workers. A gunman riding a motorcycle shot Nilo Baculo, 67, from close range outside his home in the

DHAKA: Rescuers discovered five bodies on Monday in a river in northern India as they stepped up their search for 24 students washed away in a sudden surge of water released from a dam. The students were standing on the Beas river’s edge on Sunday evening taking photographs in the

DHAKA: Egypt’s interim prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab said his cabinet had resigned on Monday, allowing president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to choose a new team on his first day in office. Ex-army chief Sisi was sworn in on Sunday, nearly a year after he ousted elected president Mohamed

DHAKA: Twenty-eight people were killed as Pakistan’s military fought an all-night battle on Monday with Taliban gunmen who besieged Karachi airport armed with rocket launchers and suicide vests, leaving a nascent peace process in tatters. Ten militants were among the dead, officials

DHAKA: Security forces said Monday they have re-launched a military operation at Karachi airport as gunfire resumed several hours after they announced the end of a militant siege that left 24 dead.   Fresh gunfire was reported from the airport Monday morning and a loud explosion was

DHAKA: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack at Karachi airport in Pakistan.  Security forces said they have relaunched a military operation at Karachi airport as gunfire resumed several hours after they announced the end of a militant siege that

DHAKA: The bodies of two of the 24 students, who were washed away in the Beas river near Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, have been recovered from the Pandoh dam reservoir. The incident occurred at around 6 pm on Sunday when the students, six of them girls, were clicking pictures on the banks

DHAKA: Five people including the killers were killed in Las Vegas in US on Sunday night.  Two people have shot and killed two police officers in the US city of Las Vegas, before killing another person and then shooting themselves, says BBC.        The incident began in a pizza cafe