DHAKA: Cuba returned to the United States an inert Hellfire missile that had been wrongly shipped to Havana in June 2014.The missile, which did not contain explosives, had been shipped to Spain for a Nato training exercise, the Wall Street Journal said, reports the BBC.It was then taken

DHAKA: Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists have killed at least 30 people in raids on two villages in the crisis-stricken northeast of Nigeria.According to local sources, the militants, on bikes and in vans, first attacked Kachifa village in the country’s northeastern Borno province on Friday

DHAKA: Paramedics are responding to a number of calls from people who fell as a magnitude 5.7 earthquake hit near Christchurch of New Zealand.The quake struck shortly after 1pm on Sunday (11am AEDT) and was initially reported as 5.9 magnitude by GeoNet.Pictures have emerged of a cliff

DHAKA: Charlotte Von Schedvin was a blonde, blue-eyed young woman who hailed from Swedish nobility.PK Mahanandia was a poor art student from eastern India, seen as an “untouchable” in his country’s caste system.Yet their chance meeting in Delhi, late 1975, when Von Schedvin asked

DHAKA: The US has deployed an additional Patriot missile battery in South Korea, the military said on Saturday, ahead of talks to set up an even more sophisticated US defense system - a move that has worried China and Russia.The US military command in South Korea said an air defense

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia is sending troops and fighter jets to Turkey’s Incirlik military base ahead of a possible ground invasion of Syria.The Turkish foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, confirmed the deployment in a statement to the Yeni Şafak newspaper on Saturday, days before a

DHAKA: More than 5.5 million people worldwide are dying prematurely every year as a result of air pollutionA new research says, reports the BBC.Most of these deaths are occurring in the rapidly developing economies of China and India.The main culprit is the emission of small particles

DHAKA: ‘Thank you Russia! Thank you Hezbollah! Thank you Iran!,’ shouts the man, as he passes us in the busy square.Nearby, a photograph of Bashar al-Assad beams down from the front of the town hall, and banners in support of the Syrian President hang outside the main mosque, reports

DHAKA: Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill have called for restored Christian unity between the two churches at historic talks in Cuba.The meeting was the first between a Pope and a Russian Church head since the Western and Eastern branches of Christianity split in the 11th

DHAKA: The Independent is to become the first national newspaper of England to move to a digital-only future, owners ESI Media have announced.The move will capitalize on The Independent’s position as the fastest growing UK quality newspaper website, and will ensure a sustainable and

DHAKA: Three people have died in Venezuela from complications related to the Zika virus, President Nicolas Maduro said.There have been 319 confirmed cases of the Zika virus in the nation, reports the state-run newspaper Correo Del Orinoco on Thursday.Venezuela's deaths come as Latin

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton wants Bernie Sanders to know she's got President Barack Obama's back.Much of the debate lacked the bitterness of earlier forums as Clinton and Sanders laid out differences on policy questions, reports the CNN.But the confrontation during the PBS "NewsHour"

DHAKA: World powers have agreed to seek a nationwide "cessation of hostilities" in Syria to begin in a week's time, after talks in Germany.The halt will not apply to the battle against jihadist groups Islamic State (IS) and al-Nusra Front, reports the BBC.Ministers from the International

DHAKA: Scientists are claiming a stunning discovery in their quest to fully understand gravity.They have observed the warping of space-time generated by the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years from Earth.The international team says the first detection of these

DHAKA: Dozens of people have been killed in a riot at a prison in northeastern Mexico, according to local media.At least 50 people died after a riot broke out in the early hours of Thursday local time in the prison of Topo Chico, in the state of Nuevo Leon.Milenio TV images showed police

DHAKA: North Korea has vowed to cut two key communication hotlines with the South, amid rising tensions after Pyongyang’s recent rocket and nuclear tests.It comes after Seoul suspended its operations at the jointly-run Kaesong industrial complex in the North, reports the BBC.Kaesong is

DHAKA: Nato is ready to patrol the Aegean Sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter says.The announcement followed a request from Nato members Turkey, Germany and Greece, reports the BBC.Nato defence ministers are meeting in

DHAKA: A US push for an immediate ceasefire in Syria has run into Russian opposition ahead of talks aimed at reviving peace negotiations on the conflict.Russia proposed a 1 March ceasefire, but the US believes Moscow is giving itself and the Syrian regime three weeks to crush rebels,

DHAKA: A 20-year-old man allegedly shot and decapitated his grandparents inside an Oklahoma City home that doubled as a day care.Investigators who came to the house for welfare check Tuesday afternoon found three children huddled inside an attached garage. The children were unharmed,

DHAKA: The US Senate has voted unanimously in favor of tougher sanctions against North Korea, after the country’s recent nuclear and rocket tests.It targets anyone who directly or indirectly helps Pyongyang’s weapons proliferation or human rights abuses, reports the BBC.On Thursday,