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

DHAKA: At least 28 people have been killed and dozens injured in Brussels after a series of terror attacks struck the city’s airport and a metro station near the EU headquarters.Witnesses described apocalyptic scenes with blood and ‘dismembered bodies everywhere’ after two blasts

DHAKA: A series of attacks has struck Brussels airport and the metro system, causing at least 13 deaths.Belgian media say, reports the BBC.Two blasts tore through the departures area of Zaventem airport shortly after 08:00 local time (07:00 GMT).An hour later, explosions hit Maalbeek

DHAKA: Several people have been injured and hundreds are trapped after two explosions rocked Brussels Airport.Witnesses said they ‘felt the shockwaves’ of the blasts which are believed to have centered on the American Airlines check-in desk at 8am (7am GMT), reports

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has revealed the first members of his foreign policy team.The advisers include academics and former military officers with expertise on the Middle East and energy issues, reports the BBC.Trump told the Washington Post that he would

DHAKA: Aung San Suu Kyi, whose National League for Democracy (NLD) party won historic elections in Myanmar in November, has been given a place in the new cabinet.Her name was on a list of 18 cabinet members submitted to parliament by President-elect Htin Kyaw.The list contains only names,

DHAKA: Cuban President Raul Castro and US President Barack Obama sparred over human rights issues including the American prison at Guantanamo Bay and Cuba’s political prisoners.At a historic news conference, Castro said if he was given a list of political prisoners, he would “release

DHAKA: North Korea has fired several short-range missiles into the waters off its east coast.South Korea’s Yonhap news agency says, reports the BBC.The launches come three days after South Korea said the north fired a medium-range missile into the sea for the first time since