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

DHAKA: Two of the attackers involved in the wave of shooting in Paris on Friday came from Brussels.Belgian public broadcaster RTBF said on Sunday, quoting the federal prosecutor’s office, reports The Jerusalem Post.In a short statement on its website, RTBF said ‘two of the

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin held informal talks on the sidelines of a G20 leader summit in Turkey on Sunday.Live footage from the meeting showed, reports The Jerusalem Post.It was not immediately clear how long the two leaders spoke for, or what

DHAKA: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has said his group is determined to continue its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (IS) following a double suicide bombing in Beirut’s southern suburbs that killed 43 people and left over 200 injured.Nasrallah made the remarks in

DHAKA: Syria should hold elections within 18 months, groups opposing the Syrian president should be involved in future talks about the country’s political process, and a truce - minus two rebel groups - should be put in place immediately.World leaders said, reports Al Jazeera.The

DHAKA: Authorities in France and Belgium took people into custody Saturday in the aftermath of the worst violence in France since World War II, a series of terror attacks that killed more than 120 people.ISIS claimed responsibility for the horrific Paris attacks, for which France vowed

DHAKA: A high-speed TGV train has derailed near the eastern French city of Strasbourg, killing at least 10 people, officials say.The crash happened during a test run in the town of Eckwersheim, on a new Paris-Strasbourg line, reports the BB.The train was carrying 49 railway technicians

DHAKA: Three teams carried out the attacks in the French capital, which killed 129 people and left more than 350 wounded, the Paris chief prosecutor says."We have to find out where they came from... and how they were financed," Francois Molins told reporters, reports the BBC.He said seven