DHAKA: A Kenyan air strike has killed the intelligence chief of Somalia's militant Islamist group al-Shabab, an army statement has said.Mohammed Karatey and 10 other al-Shabab commanders were killed in the strike in southern Somalia on 8 February, it added.He played a key role in last

DHAKA: President Obama is to visit Cuba in the coming weeks as part of a broader trip to Latin America.Reports say, according to the BBC.He will be only the second sitting US president in history to travel to the island, after Calvin Coolidge in 1928.US Republicans have criticized the

DHAKA: At least 53 people were killed after a bus hit a truck head-on north of Ghana's capital, Accra on Wednesday night. This is the country's worst road crash in years, reports the australian.com.auThe Metro Mass Transit coach was heading to the northern town of Tamale from the

DHAKA: Pope Francis has decried the ‘tragedy’ of people who are forced to migrate, as he celebrated Mass in Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez city on the border with the US.He climbed a ramp overlooking the Rio Grande that separates the city and El Paso, Texas, and laid flowers on a cross

DHAKA: A large explosion in the Turkish capital, Ankara, has left at least 28 people dead and 61 injured.Quoting Turkish officials, the BBC reported the explosion on Thursday.A vehicle full of explosives was detonated as military buses were passing by, according to the Ankara governor’s

DHAKA: Boutros Boutros-Ghali, a history-making diplomat who made his mark as an architect of the Camp David accords and then became the United Nations’ first African secretary-general, has died.He was 93, reports CNN.Rafael Ramirez Carreno, Venezuela’s U.N. ambassador and current head

DHAKA: Russia will sign this year a contract with Iran to supply a batch of its Sukhoi Su-30SM multi-role fighter jets to the Islamic Republic.RIA news agency on Wednesday quoted a senior official at Russia’s arms export agency as saying, reports The Jerusalem Post.Iranian defense

DHAKA: The US has deployed four F-22 stealth jets in South Korea, in a show of force following North Korea’s recent nuclear tests and satellite launch.The Raptors flew over the US military air base in Osan in Gyeonggi province, bordering North Korea, on Wednesday, reports the BBC.The

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has a message for Donald Trump — being president is tougher than being on a reality show and the American people are too "sensible" to elect him."I continue to believe Trump will not be president," Obama said at a news conference in California after a

DHAKA: An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale hit Assam on Wednesday dawn. The epicentre of the quake was located Dokmoka in Assam. The quake, which has been reportedly felt in several other north-eastern states, 34km (21mi) SSW of Bokakhat, India; was felt at 5.06 am. The quake

DHAKA: The Canadian government has confirmed that the number of missing or murdered indigenous women in the country may be higher than the previously cited 1,200.Ministers recently spoke to survivors across Canada to begin a government inquiry into the matter.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

DHAKA: Russia says it ‘categorically rejects’ accusations of war crimes over the bombing of hospitals in Syria.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said ‘those who make such statements are not capable of backing them up with proof’, reports Al Jazeera.Up to 50 people were killed in

DHAKA: Four US journalists have been arrested in Bahrain, accused of entering the country illegally, joining protests and lying to border staff.Bahraini police said on Monday that they had detained four ‘foreign nationals’, while the US State Department said it was aware of reports

DHAKA: Pope Francis has asked Mexican indigenous people in Chiapas state for forgiveness over they way they have been excluded from society.He made his appeal while celebrating Mass in three native languages after a new Vatican decree approved their use, reports the BBC.The Pope also used

DHAKA: France and Turkey have said that air strikes on hospitals in northern Syria constitute war crimes.Up to 50 people have been killed in missile attacks on schools and hospitals in the region, the UN said.Turkey’s foreign ministry blamed Russia for the attacks, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Hasan Nasrallah, the secretary general of Hezbollah, arrived in Iran on Sunday to receive urgent medical treatment for his cancer, after his condition recently deteriorated.Lebanese media reported on Monday, says The Jerusalem Post.According to the reports, Nasrallah was evacuated

DHAKA: A hospital in north-west Syria backed by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has been destroyed in an air strike.The medical charity said eight members of staff were missing after the attack in Maarat al-Numan, but it did not identify who was responsible.One monitoring group reported

DHAKA: Turkey has denied reports that some of its soldiers have entered Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency says.Turkish Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz also told a parliamentary commission it was not considering deploying troops there.In letters of complaint to the UN, Syria had

DHAKA: Turkey has denied reports that some of its soldiers have entered Syria, the state-run Anadolu news agency says.Turkish Defence Minister Ismet Yilmaz also told a parliamentary commission it was not considering deploying troops there.In letters of complaint to the UN, Syria had

DHAKA: A massive fire that broke out during a cultural event at the 'Make In India Week' in Mumbai on Sunday evening was put out after efforts by fire fighters for nearly 30 minutes. Top politicians, celebrities and industrialists were among 8,000 people present there, reports the