DHAKA: Twenty-six Asian sailors, freed after being held hostage by Somali pirates for more than four years, arrived in Kenya’s Nairobi on Sunday (October 23). The sailors were released after a ransom was paid, and international mediators said it “represents the end of captivity for

DHAKA: The Donald Trump campaign has admitted the Republican lags behind Hillary Clinton with just over two weeks to go before Americans cast their votes.   “We are behind. She has some advantages,” said his campaign manager Kellyanne Conway, who added: “We’re not giving

DHAKA: Thirteen people have been killed and more than 30 injured in southern California after a tour bus ran into the back of a lorry, media reports say. Most of the passengers are reported to be from Latin America. The crash happened on Interstate 10 close to the resort town of

DHAKA: The Afghan Taliban has uploaded a drone footage showing a suicide bomber driving into a police base and blowing it up in the southern Helmand province. The fighters say the footage proves that they can now deploy drones as an “addition to their sophisticated possessions of

DHAKA: Kurdish forces have carried out new attacks on positions of so-called Islamic State north-east of Mosul to retake the town of Bashiqa. Kurdish Peshmerga commanders said they made large advances into IS territory and secured part of a highway that will limit IS’s freedom of

DHAKA: Donald Trump, lagging behind Hillary Clinton in polls, has outlined what he would do in his first 100 days were he to become US president. With 17 days until the election, much of the recent focus has been on controversies linked to his campaign. But in a speech in

DHAKA: Opium production in Afghanistan has increased by 43% in the past year, United Nations officials have said. The UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) said the area used to farm the poppy plant, the source of opium, increased by 10% to 201,000 hectares, reports the BBC. But

DHAKA: Parliament in Iraq has voted to ban the sale, import and production of alcohol, with backers of the move arguing that its availability contradicts Islam and is unconstitutional. Opponents argue that the vote infringes constitutional guarantees of freedom of religious belief for

DHAKA: The first woman to ascend Everest, Japanese climber Junko Tabei, has died aged 77, her family say. Tabei conquered Everest in May 1975, aged 35, before climbing all of the world’s seven highest peaks by 1992. She was diagnosed with cancer of the abdomen four years ago, and

DHAKA: Google has agreed to co-operate with the removal of online content insulting Thailand's monarchy. Country’s Deputy Prime Minister Prajin Juntong said he had met Google representatives to complain about material found using the search engine and on YouTube, a Google

At least 53 people were killed when a packed passenger train derailed and overturned in Cameroon. Quoting the transport minister of Cameroon, BBC reports that the train was travelling between the two biggest cities, Yaounde and Douala, when it overturned near Eseka. There were 1,300

At least 19 people were killed when a helicopter crashed in northwestern Siberia, Russia’s Investigative Committee said on Saturday.  A Mi-8 helicopter carrying 22 people had crashed on Friday night outside the city of Novy Urengoy, repots NDTV.  19 people have died from

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has launched a rare attack on Michelle Obama, saying “all she wants to do is campaign” for his rival. Speaking at a North Carolina rally, Trump called the country’s leadership “babies” and “losers”. He also accused

ISIS executed 284 men and boys as coalition forces closed in on Mosul. Quoting an Iraqi intelligence source, CNN reports those killed on Thursday and Friday had been rounded up near and in the city for use as human shields against attacks that are forcing ISIS out of the southern

A trade deal between the EU and Canada is on the brink of collapse because a Belgian region with a population of just 3.6 million opposes it. An emotional Canadian Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland left the talks in Brussels, saying the EU was “not capable” of signing a trade

DHAKA: Islamic State (IS) militants have raided government buildings in and around the Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing at least six police officers and 16 civilians. Twelve IS jihadists were also killed in the dawn attack. BBC reported that suicide bombers had attacked police stations

DHAKA: North Korea has conducted an unsuccessful launch of an intermediate-range missile, according to the South Korean military. This is the second failed test in less than a week after the North’s recent launch of a Musudan missile, which has an estimated range of 4,000km (2,500

DHAKA: A Turkish air raid killed as many as 200 Kurdish militia members at north of the Syrian city of Aleppo on the wee hour of Thursday (October 20). Turkish military says they hit 18 targets with 26 airstrikes in the areas under the control of Kurdish militia, destroying their

DHAKA: Kurdish fighters say they have launched a large-scale operation east and north of Mosul, as an offensive to oust so-called Islamic State (IS) militants from the Iraqi city continues. The Kurds say the operation aims to tighten the noose around the militants’ last major

DHAKA: The Philippines has been hit by Super Typhoon Haima, bringing sustained winds of up to 225km/h. The storm made landfall over Cagayan in the north on Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of deaths or injuries. Tens of thousands of people had been evacuated from