DHAKA: There was a time when Aung San Suu Kyi was seen as Asia’s Nelson Mandela. To her more ardent fans, she was more than that, an icon, almost a saint.So why is the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s political party excluding Muslims from its list of candidates for November’s general

DHAKA: At least 14 policemen have been killed after a police bus was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) laid on a road by outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants in the eastern Turkish province of Iğdır.Doğan News Agency reported on September 8 that the bus was

DHAKA: At least 10 police officers have been killed and several others wounded in a bomb attack on a Turkish police minibus in the country’s east.Turkish officials blamed fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) for Tuesday’s attack, which targeted a bus carrying police

DHAKA: Iran’s president has said his country is ready to hold talks with the United States and Saudi Arabia on ways to resolve the Syrian civil war.Shia powerhouse Iran is a leading patron of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and accuses Sunni rival Saudi Arabia and the US of siding with

DHAKA: North and South Korea have agreed to hold rare reunions for families separated by the Korean War, according to Seoul.The meetings will take place in October at a mountain resort in North Korea.The decision follows an agreement last month that de-escalated tensions sparked by a

DHAKA: Germany can cope with at least 500,000 asylum-seekers a year for several years.The country’s vice-chancellor Sigmar Gabriel has said, reports the BBC.Officials have said they expect more than 800,000 asylum-seekers in 2015 alone - four times the 2014 figure.Gabriel repeated that

DHAKA: EU President Donald Tusk has warned that the refugee crisis affecting Europe was part of an ‘exodus; from war-torn countries that could last years.Speaking to the Bruegel Institute think-tank in Brussels on Monday, Tusk said the current movement of people mainly from the Middle

DHAKA: Around 1,000 Qatari soldiers have been deployed to Yemen, as part of the Arab coalition’s fight against Houthi rebels.An Al Jazeera journalist, reporting from the Saudi-Yemen border, said the troops were backed by more than 200 armored vehicles and 30 Apache combat

DHAKA: Hate crimes against Muslims in London have risen by 70% in the past year, according to Met Police statistics.Figures for the 12 months up to July showed 816 Islamophobic crimes, compared with 478 for the previous 12-month period.Tell MAMA, an organisation that monitors Islamophobic

DHAKA: Unemployed and unable to feed her five children anymore, a 40-year-old woman farmer set herself on fire in Maharashtra's drought-hit Marathwada region, which chief minister Devendra Fadnavis toured extensively last week.Manisha Gatkal doused herself with kerosene and set herself

DHAKA: Germany's coalition government is to release billions of euros to help federal states and municipalities cope with record numbers of migrants.Critics at home have accused Chancellor Angela Merkel of creating a dangerous precedent by opening Germany's borders, reports BBC.About

DHAKA: At least 15 people were killed when a bus crash on a steep winding road near the Brazilian colonial era town of Paraty.Another 30 people were injured. Some of the survivors were airlifted to local hospitals, reports BBC.The bus was travelling to a nearby beach popular with tourists

DHAKA: At least 20 people were killed after lightning struck different parts of Andhra Pradesh as heavy rains lashed the state of Sunday.The incidents occurred in Krishna, Guntur, East Godavari, Prakasam and Nellore districts, reports NDTV.Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced

DHAKA: Kurdish militants have said they killed 15 Turkish soldiers in an attack on a convoy of armoured vehicles in south-east Turkey, in what could be the bloodiest assault since the collapse of a ceasefire in July.The number of casualties could not be independently verified but in a

DHAKA: A convoy of cars driven by German and Austrian activists has crossed into Hungary to pick up migrants and help them reach western Europe.Thousands - many of whom initially fled conflict in Syria - have made their way through Austria since Hungary removed restrictions on transit on

DHAKA: Pope Francis has called on every European parish, religious community, monastery and sanctuary to take in one refugee family, as thousands of people from war-torn countries continued to stream into Germany via Austria.The pope said on Sunday the Vatican would open its doors to two

DHAKA: Thailand’s military-appointed National Reform Council has rejected a new draft constitution, delaying a return to democracy following last year’s coup.The authors of the draft in the National Reform Council had hoped the charter would move the country past almost a decade of

DHAKA: The US secretary of state John Kerry has expressed concern over reports of Russia’s enhanced military build-up in Syria in a telephone call with his Russian counterpart.The US state department said, reports Al Jazeera.The phone call came a day after media reports quoted US

DHAKA: Six people, including a pregnant woman, have been killed after a car veered off the road during a car rally in north-western Spain.Police said that 16 people had been injured, some critically, after the accident at the A Coruna car rally, reports BBC. Television footage showed the

DHAKA: Austria and Germany have taken in thousands of migrants who crossed the border after days stuck in Hungary.After being welcomed at the Austrian frontier by volunteers, many went directly to Vienna and on to Munich in southern Germany, reports BBC.Earlier this week there were