DHAKA: The leader of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Iraq's Anbar province has been killed in a coalition air strike. Abu Waheeb, formerly a member of al-Qaeda in Iraq, was killed in a raid on Friday, according to the Pentagon, BBC reports Monday (May 9). Waheeb has falsely been

DHAKA: People in the Philippines are voting for a new president and other leaders, with candid mayor Rodrigo ‘Digong’ Duterte the favourite to win. Five candidates are running but Mr Duterte led polls ahead of voting, despite controversial comments while campaigning and a hard-line

DHAKA: As much as 73 people have been killed and dozens of others injured after two passenger buses and a fuel tanker burst into flames following a head-on collision in eastern Afghanistan. Many of the dead, including children, were burned beyond recognition as a result of Sunday's

DHAKA: At least nine people, including four women and a child, were killed when a truck hit a van at Thappathi in Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu in India.  All the deceased were passengers in the van, Times of India reports on Monday (May 9). Police said a group of people were

DHAKA: At least eight people confirmed dead, and some 41 construction workers are missing after a landslide at a construction site for a hydroelectric power plant in southeastern China. The incident occurred after eight inches of rain fell in less than 24 hours last weekend in

DHAKA: Some four gunmen killed eight police officers dressed in plainclothes south of Cairo on Sunday (May 8). The officers were traveling in a government minivan and conducting security checks in Helwan district when they were attacked, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said in a

DHAKA: At least 50 people were killed in a traffic accident in central Ghazni province of Afghanistan early Sunday Local officials said, 57 other people were injured. The incident took place in Muqur district of the province after two passenger buses crashed with a fuel tanker, a

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia, the world's largest crude oil exporter, appointed Khalid al-Falih, chairman of the state oil giant Saudi Aramco, as its new energy minister, replacing Ali al-Naimi, who had held the post since 1995. A royal decree quoted on local television said that the

DHAKA: An Egyptian court Saturday sentenced six people to death, including two Al Jazeera journalists, who were accused of leaking state secrets to Qatar. The case of jailed former President Mohamed Morsi, who is also charged for espionage for Qatar, was however, adjourned. The

DHAKA: More than 50 mass graves have been discovered in territory formerly controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq, including three burial pits in a football field. Jan Kubis, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Iraq, told the Security

DHAKA: At least seventeen people are missing after a Chinese fishing boat collided with a foreign cargo ship and sank in the East China Sea.   The fishing boat, Lu Rong Yu had 19 people on board when the incident happened, it is said that adding that two people had been rescued by

DHAKA: A truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo has been extended for till Monday to “prevent the situation from worsening”. Quoting the Russian defence ministry officials, BBC reports the matter. The Syrian army announced a two-day truce on Wednesday, after two weeks of clashes

DHAKA: The only land convoy evacuating the Canadian city of Fort McMurray has been disrupted due to 200ft (60m) flames flanking the road. Quoting officials, BBC reports the matter. The police-escorted convoy of 1,500 vehicles was due to pass by the southern part of the city but was

DHAKA: Sadiq Khan has been elected the new Mayor of London - boosting Labour after it slumped in Scotland’s elections. Khan is the city’s first Muslim mayor, after beating Tory Zac Goldsmith by 1,310,143 votes to 994,614, reports the BBC. The result bolsters leader Jeremy Corbyn

DHAKA: Police have arrested three men three days after the gang rape of a 19-years-old nursing student in an auto-rickshaw in Kerala, India. The teen girl, a second year student, had told the police that she was assaulted by her friend Shyju and Sujith in an auto-rickshaw on Tuesday at

DHAKA: North Korea is holding its first party congress in decades, as leader Kim Jong-un seeks to make stronger his status and chart a vision for the future. Thousands of delegates are meeting for a choreographed show of support being seen as an unofficial coronation, BBC reports on

DHAKA: A massive wildfire in Alberta, Canada, has moved south, forcing more evacuations. The fire is now 85,000 hectares, or 850 sq km, which is larger than the city of Calgary. It has grown five times its initial size since it broke out, prompting more than 88,000 evacuations.

DHAKA: US House Speaker Paul Ryan has said he cannot currently support Donald Trump as Republican presidential nominee. Ryan, the highest-ranked elected Republican, called for Trump to strive for ‘higher aspirations’. Trump, he said, ‘deserved’ the nomination but must do

DHAKA: Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in an air strike on a refugee camp in rebel-held northern Syria. Syria war monitors say, the BBC publishes the report on Friday (May 6). Images on social media showed tents destroyed at the Kamouna camp near Sarmada in Idlib

DHAKA: Former US presidents George H W Bush and George W Bush will not endorse Donald Trump’s candidacy for president. Aides have told local media, reports the BBC. This marks a first for the 91-year-old former president Bush, who had endorsed Republicans in the past five