DHAKA: Several thousand civilians remain trapped by militants on a mountain in northern Iraq and need ‘life-saving assistance’.The United Nations warns, reports the BBC.Members of the Yazidi sect fled there 10 days ago after fighters from Islamic State (IS) seized the town of

DHAKA: South Africa’s ex-president Thabo Mbeki has called for a boycott of Israeli goods to show solidarity with Palestinians.The public should mobilise against Israel so that it ‘does pay a price for the position that it is taking’, Mbeki said in the capital, Pretoria, reports

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Israel and the Palestinians to utilize the temporary cease-fire in Gaza. He also urged the groups for ensuing indirect diplomatic negotiations in Egypt to reach talks regarding a ‘bigger, broader approach to a two-state solution’. In

DHAKA: Dozens of people have been killed in an air strike in the rebel-held northern Iraqi city of Mosul, reports say. At least 30 died when a drone attacked a prison used by the Islamic State (IS) as a base, sources told the BBC. Iraqi state TV said 60 suspected militants had been

DHAKA: An Indian fashion shoot showing a woman being groped on a bus has caused anger, with social media users saying it glamorises the 2012 Delhi gang rape. Photographer Raj Shetye’s images show a model fighting off men on a bus, in a scene reminiscent of the rape and murder that

DHAKA: Some four Bangladeshi nationals were killed as two separate missiles blasted in Serraj area of Tripoli in Libya on Tuesday. Assistant Secretary of External Publicity Wing in Foreign Ministry Dayamayee Chakraborty issued a press release in this regard on Wednesday. The deceased

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Vienna on Sunday for talks with foreign ministers from the six powers negotiating with Tehran on its nuclear program. Kerry arrived in the early hours after clinching a deal in Kabul with Afghanistan’s presidential candidates to end

DHAKA: North Korea fired two short-range missiles early Sunday towards waters east of the Korean Peninsula, the latest such launch in the tense region, a South Korean official said. The projectiles were fired at 1:20am and 1:30am Sunday according to the South Korean defense ministry

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has called for a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, BBC reports.Israeli air strikes hit the territory's security HQ and police stations early on Sunday, in what Palestinian sources described as the heaviest bombing since

DHAKA: Gunmen have stormed two buildings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least 29 people including 20 women.  The attack took place late on Saturday in the neighbourhood of Zayouna in east Baghdad, police said. One officer said he "found bodies everywhere". The motive for the

DHAKA: A Thai court Thursday passed a suspended prison sentence on an anti-coup activist for breaching a ban on political gatherings, his lawyer said, in the first protest-related verdict since the military takeover.Weerayuth Kongkanathan, 49, was given a one-month suspended jail

DHAKA: An Indian passenger train set a new national speed record of 160 kilometres an hour on Thursday during a test between the capital and the Taj Mahal city of Agra.The introduction of high-speed links and bullet trains were one of the key poll campaign promises of India’s new

DHAKA: Myanmar police imposed an overnight curfew in the country’s second largest city of Mandalay on Thursday, after two nights of sectarian unrest that left two people dead.Dozens of police were seen patrolling the streets and shops were shuttered as tension gripped the normally

DHAKA: Iraq’s Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) president Masoud Barzani asked the region’s parliament on Thursday to form a committee to organize a referendum on independence.A parliament member who attended the closed session, said. Turkish daily Hurriyet publishes this

DHAKA: Iran and six world powers resumed talks on Thursday aimed at hammering out an accord later this month to end a long-running dispute over Tehran’s nuclear program, seeking to bridge still wide gaps in their negotiating positions.After informal contacts on Wednesday, chief

DHAKA: The al-Qaida affiliated Sinai-based Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, which reportedly recently pledged allegiance to The Islamic State, formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has claimed responsibility for the murder of the three yeshiva students in Judea.The

DHAKA: Baghdad’s forces struggled Thursday to break a military stalemate with Sunni militants, as US officials reached out to key leaders to push for an end to political chaos in Iraq.Iraq prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has offered an amnesty aimed at undercutting support for the

DHAKA: Afghan president Hamid Karzai signed a law aimed at curbing the financing of terrorist groups, a government statement said on Thursday, the second of two measures needed to save its banks from being put on an international blacklist.‘After the judiciary verified that this law

DHAKA: Australia’s immigration minister has described an incident in which an asylum-seeker sent himself on fire as ‘distressing’ but said it would not change the way the government handles refugee claims. Scott Morrison said late on Saturday he was waiting to be briefed about the

DHAKA: Israeli forces shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank as they continued a search for three missing Israeli teens. Palestinian medical and security officials said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times. In Ramallah, 30-year-old Mohammed Tarifi was shot dead during early morning