DHAKA: A plane has crash-landed near South Sudan’s airport shortly after taking off. Conflicting reports suggest that up to 40 people have been killed on board and on the ground.The crashed plane may have had about 20 crew and passengers, two of which survived, according to the South

DHAKA: A car bomb targeting a policeman’s club in the Egyptian city of El Arish killed six people and wounded 10 on Wednesday.Egypt security sources said, reports The Jerusalem Post.Islamic State’s Egypt affiliate, Sinai Province, claimed responsibility for the attack, which it

DHAKA: Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy to Syria, will hold talks with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow, as diplomatic efforts gather fresh momentum in the wake of Vienna talks on Friday.‘The main subject will be the political process in Syria and starting a genuine

DHAKA: China president Xi Jinping (left) will discuss cross-strait issues with his Taiwanese counterpart Ma Ying-jeou.The presidents of Taiwan and China will stage a historic summit in Singapore on Saturday to discuss cross-strait issues, reports the stuff.co.nzIt will be the first ever

DHAKA: Astronomers from NASA have confirmed that the world will be in complete darkness from Sunday, November 15 to Monday, November 30. The darkness will occur from 3:00 AM on the 15th and will end at 4:45 PM on the 30th.The cause is an astronomical event between Venus and Jupiter.

DHAKA: A packed bus, with passengers also traveling on its roof, has plunged over a cliff and killed at least 30 people in central Nepal.Officials have said, reports Al Jazeera.Police said they were investigating the accident which occurred on Tuesday about 80km northwest of the capital,

DHAKA: Turkish police detained at least 35 people as part of a probe into alleged supporters of a US-based cleric who is accused of a plot against the Turkish president.Local media reported, says Al Jazeera.Police raided several addresses on Tuesday in the western coastal city of Izmir

DHAKA: President Barack Obama has said the US is not putting its troops on the front lines in Syria to fight the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria, despite his decision to deploy special operations troops on the ground.In his first comments since the deployment was announced on Friday,

DHAKA: Pakistani forces have killed two Indian soldiers in firing along the de facto border that divides Kashmir between the two countries, India’s army said.Quoting an army officer the BBC reported the incident happened in the Gurez area of Bandipora district on Monday evening.India

DHAKA: Islamist militant group Boko Haram has released photos apparently showing a rocket-making factory in north-eastern Nigeria.The group has used rocket-propelled grenades in the past and many Nigerians have been asking where the weapons have been coming from, reports the BBC.The

DHAKA: A rare tropical cyclone has hit the remote Yemeni island of Socotra, killing at least one person before heading towards the Yemeni mainland.Many residents took shelter in schools and caves as the storm, named Chapala, brought hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and powerful waves to

DHAKA: More than 218,000 refugees have crossed the Mediterranean to Europe in October - a monthly record and nearly the same number as in the whole of 2014.The United Nations said, reports Al Jazeera.‘Last month was a record month for arrivals,’ UN refugee agency spokesman Adrian

DHAKA: Iran has begun decommissioning uranium enrichment centrifuges under the terms of the nuclear deal struck with six world powers in July.Tehran’s nuclear chief was quoted as saying on Monday during a visit to Tokyo, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘We have started the preliminary

DHAKA: A Russian airliner which crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, killing all 224 people on board, broke up in mid-air.A Russian official says, reports the BBC.Victor Sorochenko, the head of Russia’s Interstate Aviation Committee, said it was too early to conclude what caused the

DHAKA: Australia will no longer appoint knights and dames under the honours system, PM Malcolm Turnbull has said.But former Prime Minister Tony Abbott revived them a year ago during his time in office and was widely ridiculed for making Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth II's husband, a

DHAKA: Islamic State (IS) fighters have reportedly captured the Syrian town of Maheen, in central Homs Province, from government forces.They launched the offensive with two suicide car blasts late on Saturday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says, reports the BB.Clashes

DHAKA: Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has won a critical parliamentary election, regaining the majority it lost in June.With almost all ballots counted, state-run Anadolu Agency said AKP had won 49.4% of the vote, with the main opposition CHP on 25.4%, reports the

DHAKA: At least 11 migrants, six of them children, have drowned as two boats making the hazardous crossing from Turkey capsized in the Aegean Sea off Greece on Sunday.The Turkish Coast Guard has said, adding to the three children and one woman who died off Turkey’s Çanakkale, reports

DHAKA: The leaders of South Korea, China and Japan have held their first summit in more than three years, setting aside historical animosities and territorial disputes to focus on shared security and trade concerns.No substantive breakthroughs were expected, but Sunday’s meeting in the

DHAKA: Turkey is heading to polls for a second time in five months amid instability spilling over from neighboring Syria and renewed tensions over 30-year-old Kurdish conflict.More than 54-million people are registered to vote at 175,000 stations on Sunday between 7:00am and 4:00pm in the