DHAKA: Unidentified gunmen killed 16 staff members at a Missionaries of Charity home for the elderly in the Yemeni city of Aden on Friday, a local security official said.The latest deadly attack shakes the southern port since a Saudi-led military coalition took it over last year, reports

DHAKA: Turkish police have raided the offices of the opposition Zaman newspaper, hours after a court ruling placed it under state control.Police entered the building in Istanbul late on Friday, firing tear gas at protesters who had gathered outside, reports the BBC.Zaman is closely linked

DHAKA: The discovery of a 30-feet-long and 10-feet-deep tunnel running through the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's RS Pura sector has come as a real shocker to the Army.The discovery of a 30-feet-long and 10-feet-deep tunnel running through the Line of Control in Jammu and

DHAKA: For a second day, North Korea appeared to be flexing its military muscles in the wake of a United Nations vote meant to cripple the nation's nuclear program.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the country's "nuclear warheads need to be ready for use at any time," the North Korean

DHAKA: US Presidential contender Donald Trump has come under attack at a Republican debate, hours after being hammered by some of the party's veteran politicians.The front-runner in the race to be the party's nominee took to the stage in Detroit with rivals Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz keen

DHAKA: European Council President Donald Tusk has warned illegal economic migrants against coming to Europe, during a new push to solve the EU migrant crisis.He said illegal economic migrants were risking "lives and money" for nothing, reports the BBC.Donald Tusk is visiting Greece and

DHAKA: Republican ex-presidential candidate Mitt Romney has urged his party to reject Donald Trump, reportedly calling the front-runner a "phony" and "fraud".Romney accuses Trump of "playing the American public for suckers", in a planned speech leaked to the media, reports the BBC.Trump

DHAKA: Syria’s electricity network is down across the whole of the country for unknown reasons.Syria state media say, reports the BBC.They cited sources as saying power had been cut in all provinces and teams were trying to determine the cause.In most parts of war-torn Syria,

DHAKA: North Korea has fired six short-range projectiles into the sea, South Korea's defence ministry has said, hours after the UN imposed tough new sanctions.A South Korean spokesman told the Yonhap news agency the projectiles were fired at about 10:00 local time (01:00 GMT) from Wonsan

DHAKA: New Zealanders have begun voting in the second stage of a referendum on whether to change their national flag.They have until 24 March to send in a postal ballot choosing between the current flag and an alternative called Silver Fern, which won a previous vote, reports the BBC.The

DHAKA: Senior Republicans are speaking out against front-runner Donald Trump after his seven-state victory in the race for the party’s presidential pick.Trump has declared himself a “unifier”, but he is strongly opposed by veteran Republican politicians, reports the BBC.Senator

DHAKA: A 7.9 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of western Indonesia, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.Quoting search and rescue agency officials international news agencies say ‘there are some who have died’ following earthquake.The USGS said the earthquake struck

DHAKA: Indonesia has issued a tsunami warning after the powerful and shallow 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the west coast of the island of Sumatra. The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometers on Wednesday (March 2), triggering a tsunami alert for parts of Sumatra, including West

DHAKA: A powerful and shallow earthquake of magnitude 8.1 struck off the west coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra on Wednesday (March 2).The US Geological Survey said, itv.com reports.The epicenter was 502 miles southwest of Padang, USGS said.It was six miles deep.BDST: 1919 HRS,

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump carved out dominant positions in their party nominating races on Super Tuesday, marching ever closer to a scorched-earth general election clash on November 8.Trump swamped his rivals by piling up seven wins across the nation, demonstrating broad

DHAKA: Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden left a personal fortune of around $29m after his death in a raid in 2011, his will shows.The will is among a trove of documents released to US media. It was seized in the US assault in Abbotabad, Pakistan.Bin Laden urged his family to ‘obey my

DHAKA: Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump have both taken early leads in their respective contests for the US presidential nomination.Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and Virginia were among the states both candidates won. Trump was defeated by Ted Cruz in Texas and

DHAKA: Palestinian foreign minister Riyad Malki on Tuesday called on the international community not to allow Israeli settlers to enter their countries and to boycott products from those West Bank communities.‘They must not deal directly or indirectly with the occupation system, in

DHAKA: The authorities in Nepal are to extend for free permits for foreigners prevented from climbing Mount Everest by last year’s earthquakes.More than 800 foreign climbers had paid up to $11,000 for permits for expeditions cancelled after quakes in April and May, reports the

DHAKA: The funeral is taking place in Pakistan of the former bodyguard executed for killing Punjab’s governor over his opposition to blasphemy laws.Security was tight as about 50,000 mourners gathered to pay their last respects to Mumtaz Qadri in Rawalpindi, reports the BBC.Qadri was