DHAKA: The FBI has managed to unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino gunman without Apple’s help.   Apple had been resisting a court order issued last month requiring the firm to write new software to allow officials to access Syed Rizwan Farook’s phone. But officials on

DHAKA: An EgyptAir domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and landed in Cyprus, state radio said.   The Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation reported that 55 people were on board, with a crew of seven. There were earlier reports of about 80 to 81 people on

DHAKA: At least 69 people were killed and scores injured in an explosion at a public park in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore. The park was crowded with families, some celebrating Easter. Many victims are said to be women and children. Quoting local police, BBC reported that it

DHAKA: An explosion occurred in Gulshan-i-Iqbal Park of Iqbal Town on Sunday evening, killing at least 53 people and injuring over a 100, police said. Iqbal Town Superintendent of Police Dr Muhammad Iqbal said the explosion was a suicide attack and took place in a children’s park,

DHAKA: Syrian government forces recaptured Palmyra on Sunday, state media and a monitoring group said, inflicting a significant defeat on the Islamic State (IS) group which had controlled the desert city since May last year. Syrian television quoted a military source saying the army

DHAKA: Pope Francis preached an Easter message of hope after a grim week in Europe, calling on Christians not to let fear and pessimism ‘imprison’ them. Speaking amid tight security at the Vatican, the Pope said, “Let us not allow darkness and fear to distract us and control our

DHAKA: Bernie Sanders has won two more US states in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, as he tries to close the gap on Hillary Clinton. Senator Sanders took the biggest prize of the day, Washington state, and Alaska. Hawaii also went to the polls. Sanders was

DHAKA: Brussels international airport will not reopen before Tuesday, authorities say, following attacks in the Belgian capital that left 31 dead. Zaventem airport was the first target on 22 March, with two suicide bomb explosions in the departures hall, reports the BBC. An hour

DHAKA: Several key leaders of the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria, including its finance minister, were killed in an airstrike in Syria this week, according to US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter. Carter told a press conference in Washington on Friday that US forces had killed Abd

DHAKA: A suicide bomber has blown himself up at a football stadium south of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, killing at least 30 people and injuring 95 others. The blast in Iskandariya happened in the early evening on Friday at the end of an amateur football game, Falah al-Khafaji, the head

DHAKA: At least 22 people have been killed and scores injured by three suicide bombings in checkpoints in the southern Yemeni city of Aden. The Islamic State group (IS) has said it carried out the attacks, reports the BBC. The group has established a presence in Yemen since a civil

DHAKA: The second-in-command of Islamic State (IS) has been killed in a US operation in Syria. Quoting the US defence officials, NBC published a news item in this regard, reports the BBC. The report said Abdul Rahman Mustafa al-Qaduli, an Iraqi who was also known as Hajji Iman, was

DHAKA: New Zealanders have voted to keep their existing flag after a national referendum, preliminary results show. The referendum asked whether the flag which includes the Union Jack should be replaced by a design called Silver Fern, which won an earlier ballot. The results show

DHAKA: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been convicted of genocide and war crimes during the 1992-95 war, and sentenced to 40 years in jail. UN judges in The Hague found him guilty of 10 of 11 charges, including genocide over the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, reports the

DHAKA: Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam has changed his mind and will not fight extradition from Belgium to France. Quoting his lawyer says, BBC reports the matter on Thursday. Salah Abdeslam is one of the key suspects in November’s Paris attacks which left 130 people dead.

DHAKA: A key suspect in the attacks in Brussels has been arrested, Belgian media say, quoting judicial sources.Najim Laachraoui, thought to be the man on the right in a CCTV image taken before the Zaventem airport attack, was detained in the Anderlecht area.Two of the other attackers have

DHAKA: Two of the men who carried out attacks in Brussels on Tuesday have been named by Belgian media as the brothers Khalid and Brahim el-Bakraoui.The RTBF broadcaster said the pair were known to police. It is believed at least one was among three suspects seen in a CCTV image at

DHAKA: Belgium is observing three days of mourning following bomb attacks in the capital Brussels that left 34 people dead and about 250 wounded.A minute’s silence for the victims will be held at midday (11:00 GMT).Police are continuing a huge manhunt for a suspect caught on CCTV

DHAKA: US presidential front-runners, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, have continued their winning streaks, taking Arizona.The issue of immigration loomed large in the south-western state, the biggest prize in the latest round of contests, reports the BBC.Polls

DHAKA: Cowering under desks and running for their lives, this is the terrifying moment passengers were caught up in a suicide bomb attack at Brussels Airport this morning in a series of blasts that have killed at least 34 people across the city.Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes with