DHAKA: A suicide car bomber has attacked a convoy of NATO troops in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul.The country’s interior ministry said, reports Al Jazeera.Sunday’s explosion caused civilian casualties, the ministry said without elaborating.NATO said three civilians were wounded in the

DHAKA: Child abuse linked to exorcism and witchcraft accusations is on the rise, figures obtained by the BBC suggest.The Metropolitan Police said there had been 60 crimes linked to faith in London so far this year. It saw reports double from 23 in 2013 to 46 in 2014.Half of UK police

DHAKA: Turkey is beginning three days of mourning after two blasts at a peace rally in the capital Ankara killed at least 95 people on Saturday, the deadliest ever such attack in Turkey.The attack left 245 people injured, with 48 of them in a serious condition, reports the BBC.TV footage

DHAKA : The Pentagon is to pay compensation for those killed and injured in a US strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) hospital in northern Afghanistan.At least 22 staff and patients were killed in the bombing in the city of Kunduz a week ago.The US has said the strike was a mistake

DHAKA : Suicide bombers have attacked a fish market and refugee camp in the town of Baga Sola in western Chad, killing more than 30 people, officials say.More than 50 people are being treated at the hospital in the town, which is on the shores of Lake Chad, reports BBC.The camp on the

DHAKA: At least 86 people died in two explosions that shook a road junction in the center of the Turkish capital Ankara on October 10 ahead of a ‘peace’ meeting.Turkey health minister Mehmet Müezzionğlu said nearly six hours after the attack, reports hurriyetdailynews.com.The

DHAKA: Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians in separate incidents in East Jerusalem after they reportedly attacked Israelis, the latest incidents in a wave of violence across Israel and the Palestinian Territories.  A 16-year-old Palestinian was killed on Saturday near occupied

DHAKA: Two explosions shook a road junction in the center of the Turkish capital Ankara on October 10, causing many casualties including fatalities, at least 30 according to Turkey interior ministry, ahead of a ‘peace’ meeting.Doğan News Agency reported, says hurriyetdailynews.com.At

DHAKA: A week of deadly violence between Israelis and Palestinians spread to the Gaza Strip on Friday, with Israeli troops killing six Palestinians in clashes on the border and Hamas, which controls the besieged territory, calling for more unrest.A fresh wave of stabbings also hit Israel

DHAKA: Islamic State has seized control of several villages north of Aleppo, Syria, despite Russian and US air strikes said to be targeting the group.Moscow says its air force has killed 300 militants over the past 24 hours.But a BBC correspondent in the area says the strikes seem to be

DHAKA: The German government says there have been almost 500 attacks on homes intended for asylum seekers this year - three times more than in 2014.German interior minister Thomas de Maiziere called such violence ‘shameful’.Two-thirds of the attacks were carried out by locals who had

DHAKA: In sixth phase, 73 more Bangladeshi trafficking victims, who were rescued from Myanmar coast, will be brought back home on Monday, said officials of Border Guard Bangladesh.BGB Cox’s Bazar sector commander colonel M Anisur Rahman said that the process to bring 73 fortune seekers

DHAKA: Russia has agreed to resume talks with the US on air safety during Syria bombing campaigns, says the Pentagon.The talks "are likely to take place as soon as this weekend," said press secretary Peter Cook.There have been concerns that there could be an accidental clash as the two

DHAKA: Two people have died after two separate university shootings in Texas and Arizona, just hours apart.One person was killed and three injured in the first shooting at Northern Arizona University early on Friday, which involved fraternity members, BBC reported.Later that morning a

DHAKA: Research published in the medical journal The Lancet says one in three of all the young men in China are likely to die from tobacco, but that the number can fall if the men quit smoking.The studies, conducted by researchers from Oxford University, the Chinese Academy of Medical

DHAKA: Four Russian cruise missiles fired at Syria from the Caspian Sea landed in Iran, unnamed US officials say.It was unclear whether the missiles caused any damage, they said, reports BBCOn Wednesday, Russia said it had fired 26 missiles at 11 targets in north and north-west Syria -

DHAKA: The United Nations envoy for Libya has proposed the formation of a national unity government after months of difficult talks.Since 2014, Libya has had two rival parliaments - an Islamist-backed one in Tripoli and an internationally recognised government in the east, reports BBC.UN

DHAKA: The UN human rights chief Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein has called for calm in the West Bank after a week of violence in the occupied territory, as well as occupied-East Jerusalem, and inside Israel.Hussein warned on Thursday that ‘more bloodshed will only lead to more

DHAKA: The president of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said she has received US President Barack Obama’s apology over the US military strike on the charity’s hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan.But MSF still wants an independent investigation, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘We reiterate

DHAKA: The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2015 is awarded to the Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich.The prize was bestowed to the Belarusian author "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time’.A press release by nobelprize.org said on Thursday.BDST: