DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry says all alleged violations of the partial truce in Syria will be investigated.He said the US and Russia were working on a mechanism to ensure any strikes targeted so-called Islamic State (IS) or al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.Kerry said they had

DHAKA: Europe cannot allow Greece to fall into ‘chaos’, German Chancellor Angela Merkel says, amid sharp divisions among members over the migrant crisis.Austria and several Balkan countries have introduced restrictions stranding migrants in Greece.Merkel said EU nations had not

DHAKA: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he is leaving the ruling party because it is ‘seen as supporting corruption’.Mahathir said he was ‘embarrassed’ to be associated with the United Malays National Organisation (Umno) because of its support for current PM

DHAKA: Pakistan has hanged the former police bodyguard who shot dead Punjab's governor over his opposition to blasphemy laws.Officials say, reports the BBC.Mumtaz Qadri killed Salman Taseer in Islamabad in 2011, a high profile murder that shocked the country.He was hailed as a hero by

DHAKA: White supremacists from the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) group and anti-racism protesters clashed in the US state of California during rival demonstrations, with several people stabbed and injured in scuffles.All three stabbing victims, including one suffering critical injuries, were part of

DHAKA: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has earned an emphatic vote of confidence and reformist partners secured surprise gains in parliament in early results from elections that could accelerate the Islamic Republic’s emergence from years of isolation.As of Sunday morning, latest

DHAKA: A 35-year-old man allegedly killed 14 members of his family at their house near Thane in Maharashtra of India and then committed suicide early hours of Sunday.Among the 14 killed are seven children and six women. According to Indian news agency ANI, the man allegedly killed them by

DHAKA: Hillary Clinton has won the South Carolina Democratic presidential primary, with polls projecting a large margin between her and rival Bernie Sanders.Victory for Hillary was widely expected but it gives her momentum ahead of the "Super Tuesday" primaries in 11 states next week,

DHAKA: New Jersey governor and former Republican candidate Chris Christie is endorsing frontrunner Donald Trump for president, he has announced.Christie dropped out of the 2016 presidential race after a lacklustre showing in polls and state races.‘I’m happy to be on the Trump team and

DHAKA: A suicide bomber killed an Afghan militia commander and at least 10 others in the eastern province of Kunar near the border with Pakistan on Saturday.Provincial Governor Wahidullah Kalimzai said the bomber rode up on a motorcycle to the entrance of the government compound in the

DHAKA: Cameroon’s army has killed at least 92 members of the Boko Haram armed group and freed 850 villagers in a joint operation with Nigerian forces.Cameroon’s government said, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Saturday.The operation in the northeastern Nigerian village of Kumshe,

DHAKA: Reformists and moderate conservatives were leading in parliamentary elections according to early results on Saturday, an indication President Hassan Rouhani may face a more friendly house to pursue his domestic agenda.Early returns from Friday’s polls show that none of the three

DHAKA: An unidentified gunman killed four family members then fatally shot himself after a hourslong standoff with police in rural Washington state in US on Friday, authorities said.The only survivor was a 12-year-old girl, who managed to get away from the shooter, Mason County Chief

DHAKA: At least 12 people were killed Friday as twin blasts and gunfire rocked a hotel and neighbouring park in central Mogadishu, police said, in an attack claimed by the Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab militants.Two loud explosions went off near the popular SYL hotel and neighbouring Peace

DHAKA: A landmark temporary truce has come into effect in Syria.If the "cessation of hostilities" holds it would be the first time a pause in Syria's five-year civil war has been negotiated by world powers, reports the BBC.In the run-up to the midnight (22:00 GMT) deadline, US President

DHAKA: A small plane carrying 11 people crashed Friday in mountainous western Nepal, in the country's second deadly plane accident this week, officials said.Government official Padamlal Lamichane said at least one person had died according to initial reports.He said the plane belonging to

DHAKA: The US, backed by China, has submitted a draft resolution to the UN Security Council aimed at imposing tougher sanctions on North Korea.It comes in response to North Korea's recent nuclear test and missile launch, reports the BBC.The measures would for the first time require UN

DHAKA:  India is home to the highest number of people who have died while taking photos of themselves (selfie), with 19 of the world's 49 recorded selfie-linked deaths since 2014.According to San Francisco-based data service provider Priceonomics,  It may in part be due to India's sheer

DHAKA: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the global economy is ‘highly vulnerable’ and urged the United States and other large nations to prepare contingency plans that could be rolled out quickly.The report was prepared for senior officials of the G20, the world’s

DHAKA: All 23 people, including three crewmembers and two children, who were on board the ill-fated Tara Twin-Otter plane, were killed in the crash in Rupse of Myagdi district in western Nepal on Wednesday.Shankar Koirala, Western Regional Administrator quoting the Civil Aviation