South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has become the country’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. Judges unanimously upheld Parliament’s decision to impeach Park over her role in a corruption scandal involving close friend Choi Soon-sil, reports the

DHAKA: Two suicide bombers have blown themselves up, killing 26 people, as wedding guests gathered in a village near the Iraqi city of Tikrit. So-called Islamic State said two of its fighters had carried out the attack in the village of Hajaj on Wednesday (March 9), reports the BBC.

DHAKA: More than 30 people have been killed after attackers dressed as doctors stormed the largest military hospital in Kabul, Afghan officials say. Militants armed with guns and grenades gained entry after one detonated explosives at a hospital gate and then opened fire on staff and

DHAKA: China has proposed that North Korea suspend its tests of missile and nuclear technology to “defuse a looming crisis”. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that in exchange, the US and South Korea could halt annual joint military drills, which consistently infuriate the

DHAKA: Already embroiled in a row with President Donald Trump amid his claims that spies are leaking secrets against him, now the CIA is facing its own damaging leaks. This time it's the American intelligence community's familiar foe - Wikileaks - with another cache of what

Republicans’ long-awaited plan to replace former US President Barack Obama’s health law is facing opposition from members of their own party. House committees plan to begin voting on the legislation - which would repeal penalties for those who do not buy health insurance - on

DHAKA: US House Republicans have unveiled a long-awaited plan to replace the signature health care law of former US President Barack Obama. The proposed legislation would repeal penalties for those who do not buy health insurancem, reports BBC. It would also replace income-based

North Korea has banned Malaysians inside its country from leaving, in a growing diplomatic row over the killing of Kim Jong-nam. In response, Malaysia has banned North Korean embassy officials from leaving, saying it “needs to be done”, reports the BBC. The tit-for-tat actions

DHAKA: Donald Trump is to sign a new executive order on immigration later on Monday, his aide Kellyanne Conway has said. A revised order has been expected from the White House since the earlier ban was blocked by a federal court, reports the BBC. The previous order suspended the

North Korea has launched four ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. Three of them fell into Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) after flying some 1,000km (620 miles), in what PM Shinzo Abe called a “new stage of threat”. Quoting the South Korean military, BBC reports

DHAKA: President Donald Trump made a stunning claim Saturday, alleging without offering evidence that his predecessor, Barack Obama, wiretapped his phones at Trump Tower ahead of the 2016 election. “Terrible! Just found out that Obama had my ‘wires tapped’ in Trump Tower just

DHAKA: At least 110 people, most of them women and children, have died from starvation and drought-related illness in Somalia in the past 48 hours, Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire said Saturday. Khaire made the announcement while speaking to the drought committee in Mogadishu, four

The North Korean suspect questioned in connection with the death of Kim Jong-nam has said he was the victim of a conspiracy by the Malaysian authorities. Quoting Reuters BBC reports that Ri Jong Chol said his detention was a “plot” to “damage the honor of the republic”. He

DHAKA: Seventeen persons were killed when their jeep collided with a truck in Rajasthan’s Hanumangarh district on Friday (March 03), police said. The mishap occurred in Hanumangarh town police station area on Rawatsar-Hanumangarh mega highway, reports the Hindustan Times.  The

Attorney General of USA Jeff Sessions has bowed to pressure and removed himself from an FBI inquiry into alleged Russian meddling in the US election. USA’s top prosecutor said he did not lie when he testified at a January confirmation hearing that he had “no communications with the

DHAKA: The United States conducted airstrikes against al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Yemen overnight, according to a senior US official. There were conflicting reports as to whether one or multiple locations were struck, reports CNN. The strikes are the first ones to target

DHAKA: Attorney General Jeff Sessions met Russia's ambassador during Donald Trump's presidential campaign, despite telling his confirmation hearing he had “no communications with the Russians”. The justice department confirmed he met Sergei Kislyak in July and September

DHAKA: Two women accused of killing Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader, have been charged with his murder. The women, Doan Thi Huong from Vietnam and Siti Aisyah from Indonesia, allegedly smeared deadly VX nerve agent on Kim's face in Kuala Lumpur

President Donald Trump has promised a “renewal of the American spirit”, in his first speech to Congress. The president said a “new surge of optimism is placing impossible dreams firmly within our grasp”, opening a “new chapter of American greatness”, reports the BBC.

US President Donald Trump has said he believes Barack Obama is behind the protests against Republican lawmakers, and national security leaks. He told Fox News: “I think President Obama’s behind it because his people are certainly behind it”, but added: “I also think it’s just