DHAKA: A large crowd of pro-Russian activists has stormed the regional administration’s headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk. Hundreds of people, led by about 20 youths armed with metal bars, were attempting to take over the building. A few dozen activists shouting

DHAKA: At least 37 people have been killed in explosions in the Syrian city of Homs, officials say. The attacks, which involved at least one car bomb, also injured dozens, reports the BBC. Earlier, at least 14 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in a mortar attack on a technical

DHAKA: Cricket-mad teenager Dhaval Lodaya was on his way to a temple when his Mumbai train derailed and he bled to death, becoming one of the ten people who die every day on the city’s rail network.  Known as the lifeline of India’s congested financial capital, the low-fare trains

DHAKA: Four new candidates have submitted applications to run for Syria’s presidency in elections that are expected to return president Bashar al-Assad to power next month. The parliamentary speaker said Tuesday, reports daily Hurriyet. Mohamed al-Lahham announced the names of the

DHAKA: A Muslim woman in eastern India has alleged she was gang-raped by more than a dozen men because of her work helping the Hindu nationalist opposition in ongoing elections. Police said Tuesday, reports The Straits Times. The woman from Jharkhand state has filed a complaint with

DHAKA: South Korea’s coastguard on Monday released a video showing the captain of a sinking ferry scrambling to safety as hundreds remained trapped inside, a move expected to intensify criticism of the crew over the disaster. The 10-minute video, taken by rescue officials and aired on

DHAKA: Twelve people have been killed and dozens more wounded in a mortar attack on a technical institute in central Damascus. Syrian state media say, reports the BBC. Four mortar shells struck the mainly Shia Shaghour neighbourhood of the city, police told the Sana news agency. Two of

DHAKA: United States president Barack Obama said a 10-year defence pact that the Philippines and the United States signed yesterday is not meant to counter or contain a rising China. ‘Our goal is not to counter China, our goal is not to contain China. Our goal is to make sure

DHAKA: The authorities are cancelling air and ship searches for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane and have switched to a larger underwater operation that will cost 60 million Australian dollars and could take at least eight months to complete. Australian prime minister Tony Abbott said

DHAKA: Israel approved plans for nearly 14,000 new settler homes during the nine months of peace talks with the Palestinians, an Israeli settlement watchdog said on Tuesday as the negotiation period formally ended. Figures quoted by Peace Now showed that during the talks, Israeli prime

DHAKA: Workers on London's Underground train system kicked off a 48-hour strike at 9:00pm (on Tuesday, threatening chaos for commuters on Wednesday and Thursday. Dozens of ‘Tube’ stations will remain shut and lines will either be entirely closed or carry a limited service as

DHAKA: Deadly twisters lashed Alabama and Mississippi on Monday as the South took a violent second-day assault from spring storms. Seven people were reported killed in Mississippi and as many as six were reported killed in Alabama, although only two had been confirmed and the total was

DHAKA: North Korea has begun a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea, one month after a similar exercise triggered the exchange of hundreds of artillery shells across the disputed boundary. The firing began at about 2 PM local time (0500 GMT) and no rounds appeared to

DHAKA: At least 10 people were killed and 20 others wounded in twin bombings at a market in a town northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday. The 10:00am blasts in Saadiyah came a day after a suicide bomb in the nearby town Khanaqin which killed 30 people, with Iraq due to hold its first

DHAKA: People in northern Mississippi and Alabama huddled in hallways and basements as a string of tornadoes ripped through their states Monday, a day after another line of storms killed 16 people to their west. Two people were killed at a trailer park west of Athens, Alabama, on Monday,

DHAKA: At least 30 people were killed and 50 others injured in a suicide bomb attack at a rally in north-eastern Iraq on Monday, report BBC.             The attack took place at a political gathering in the town of Khanaqin, which has a large Kurdish population.   It was the

DHAKA: Remains of about 50 mummies, including newborn babies, thought to belong to the 18th Pharaonic dynasty were found in a huge tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in Luxor. Egypt’s antiquities minister Mohamed Ibrahim said on Monday, reports The Jerusalem Post. Wooden coffins

DHAKA: The European Union agreed on Monday to impose sanctions on another 15 Russian and Ukrainian figures for their role in the Ukraine crisis. Diplomatic sources said, reports The Straits Times. The 15 will be subject to the same visa ban and asset freezes already imposed on more than

DHAKA: Al Jazeera Media Network has served Egypt with a $150m compensation claim on the grounds that its investments in the country have been damaged since July 2013. On Monday, the network lodged a formal ‘notification of dispute’ with the interim government of Egypt, reports Al

DHAKA: The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against seven Russian government officials and 17 companies linked to president Vladimir Putin in its latest action to punish Moscow for its intervention in Ukraine. The White House said the seven Russians, including Igor Sechin, head