DHAKA: Conservative Mauricio Macri has been confirmed as the winner in Argentina's presidential elections after his ruling party opponent conceded.With almost all votes counted, Macri led Daniel Scioli by 51.5% to 48.5%, reports the BBC.He danced on stage at a victory rally at his Buenos

DHAKA: Many people are still missing after a landslide at a jade mine in Myanmar's northern Kachin state, state media said.At least 104 bodies have now been recovered, with some estimates saying more than 100 people are still missing, reports the BBC.The incident happened in Hpakant on

DHAKA: At least 90 people have died in a huge landslide in a remote jade mining area of northern Myanmar, officials said Sunday, as search teams continued to find bodies in one of the deadliest disasters to strike the country's shadowy jade industry."We found 79 dead bodies on November 21

DHAKA: A Turkish Airlines flight from New York was diverted to Canada after a bomb threat, Canadian officials say.According to BBC report, the Turkey-bound flight with 256 people on board landed safely at Halifax International Airport in eastern Canada. Canadian police are investigating

DHAKA: A landslide at a jade mine in northern Myanmar has killed at least 50 people.The state of Kachin produces some of the best jade in the world, but landslides are not uncommon, reports the BBC. Most of the dead are thought to be people who tried to make a living by climbing on waste

DHAKA: Central Brussels is almost empty after restaurants and bars shut early amid fears of a Paris-style attack, hours after Belgium raised its terror alert.Soldiers patrolled the streets as a manhunt continued for the fugitive Salah Abdeslam, who was thought to be armed with a suicide

DHAKA: The three-month closure of Nepal’s main border crossing with India has led to a dangerous shortage of essential medicines and other supplies, including oxygen.The Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS) said on Saturday.The landlocked Himalayan nation imports more than 50 percent of its

DHAKA: A 10-day state of emergency has been announced in Mali following an attack on a hotel by suspected Islamist militants in the capital, Bamako, in which gunmen killed 19 people.President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has also declared three days of mourning.Announcing the death toll, the

DHAKA: A late-night fire at a coal mine killed 21 people and left one missing in China's northeastern province of Heilongjiang.State-run Xinhua news agency said on Saturday the fire at the Xinghua mine in the city of Jixi was brought under control, and 21 bodies were recovered from the

DHAKA: Belgium has placed Brussels at the highest terror alert level, citing a "serious and imminent threat that requires taking specific security measures as well as specific recommendations for the population."The announcement by the Crisis Centre of the Belgian Interior Ministry is

DHAKA: Egypt and Russia signed an agreement on Thursday under which Russia will build a nuclear power plant in Egypt.Egypt President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in comments on state television, reports The Jerusalem Post.Sisi did not give any value or time-frame for the project but said it

DHAKA: The International New York Times is going to cease printing and distributing its print edition in Thailand at the end of the year, attributing the decision to the rising cost of operating in the Southeast Asian country.The newspaper, known until 2013 as the International Herald

DHAKA: Syria President Bashar al-Assad has said a political process to end the country’s bloody civil war cannot begin while it is occupied by ‘terrorists’.Assad told Italian state television the timetable for elections ‘starts after starting to defeat terrorism’, reports the

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