DHAKA: France prime minister Manuel Valls warned of an attack using ‘chemical or biological weapons’ as MPs extended the state of emergency security measures in a parliamentary vote after last week’s deadly violence in Paris.‘We must not rule anything out, there is also the risk

DHAKA: The United States said on Wednesday it would pay a $5 million reward for information leading to the location or identification of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu-Muhammad al-Shimali.The Jerusalem Post publishes this report.The US State Department said Al-Shimali has facilitated

DHAKA: The Paris prosecutor has said the fate of the suspected organiser of Friday’s attacks remains unknown after a police raid on a flat ended in bloodshed, reports the BBC.Francois Molins said Abdelhamid Abaaoud was not among eight people arrested during the raid in the Paris suburb

DHAKA: Facebook activated its ‘Safety Check’ feature in Nigeria after more than 30 people were killed and dozens wounded in a blast at a market in the northeastern city of Yola.Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social network, made the announcement in a post on his account early

DHAKA: Russia President Vladimir Putin has set up a new interdepartmental commission to combat terrorism financing.The Kremlin said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.In a decree, Putin ordered the prosecutor general’s office, the central bank and regional authorities to submit

DHAKA: Air strikes carried out by French jets and other forces have killed at least 33 Islamic State (IS) militants in the group’s Raqqa stronghold in Syria over the past three days.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem

DHAKA: Two Paris-bound Air France passenger jets, flying over the United States and Canada, were diverted because of unspecified threats.Flight 065 from Los Angeles and Flight 055 from Washington were ‘subject to anonymous threats received after their respective takeoff’, the airline

DHAKA: Attempts to block the entry of Syrian refugees into United States are ‘offensive and contrary to American values’.US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday, reports Al Jazeera.Some lawmakers have threatened to suspend the Obama administration’s efforts to allow 10,000 more

DHAKA: An explosion in the Nigerian city of Yola has caused multiple deaths and injuries, with some reports saying more than 30 people may have died.The blast appears to have struck a busy market area where traders were closing up for the day, reports the BBC.Nigerian President Muhammadu

DHAKA: French security sources say that surveillance video shows a possible ninth assailant during Friday's attacks in which 129 people died.The video reportedly shows a third figure in the car carrying the group which attacked several bars and restaurants, reports the BBC.It is not clear

DHAKA: French President Francois Hollande has called for a global coalition to eradicate the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria group following the deadly attacks in Paris.Speaking to members of the French parliament at the Palace of Versailles on Monday evening, Hollande said he wanted

DHAKA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and seven other former and current government officials are at risk of arrest if they set foot in Spain, after a Spanish judge effectively issued an arrest warrant for the group.According to the Latin American Herald Tribune, Spanish

DHAKA: Militant outfit Islamic State (IS) warned in a new video on Monday that countries taking part in air strikes against Syria would suffer the same fate as France, and threatened to attack in Washington.The video, which appeared on a site used by IS to post its messages, begins with

DHAKA: Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has returned to parliament after her party’s landslide election victory in legislative elections held last week.She was mobbed by journalists as she arrived at the parliament on Monday, but declined to make any comment as she takes a low-profile

DHAKA: French police have raided homes of suspected Islamists overnight across the country in the aftermath of the Paris attacks.French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Monday, reports The Jerusalem Post.Valls also said that French intelligence services had prevented several attacks

DHAKA: United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit North Korea this week.South Korean news agency Yonhap said, reports the BBC.Yonhap cited a senior UN source for its claim, which the UN has declined to comment on.If it goes ahead, it will be the first visit by a UN chief to

DHAKA: Human societies will soon start to experience adverse effects from manmade climate change, a prominent economist has warned.Prof Richard Tol predicts the downsides of warming will outweigh the advantages with a global warming of 1.1C - which has nearly been reached already.Prof Tol

DHAKA: At least 15 Sudanese refugees have been shot dead and eight more injured in Egypt’s Sinai region as they reportedly attempted to enter Israel. Speaking on the condition of anonymity, Egyptian security officials told the Associated Press that the refugees were killed while caught

DHAKA: More than 2,000 rescuers are searching for survivors of a landslide in eastern China that has killed at least 21 people.Several days of rain sparked a torrent of mud and rock, engulfing homes in Lidong village, Zhejiang province, reports the BBC.The landslide occurred shortly

DHAKA: A huge manhunt is under way for surviving members of the Islamist group that killed 129 people in Paris on Friday night, and their accomplices.French police have named Salah Abdeslam, 26, as a main suspect, reports the BBC.Officials say he was in a car when was stopped by police on