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

DHAKA: At least eight people have been killed in a suicide attack on a hotel in the Somali capital Mogadishu.Gunmen used a vehicle packed with explosives to blast their way into the Sahafi hotel compound before storming the building, police said, reports the BBC.African Union troops and

DHAKA: The heads of the UN and Red Cross have issued a rare joint rebuke to world leaders, accusing them of "disturbing paralysis" in the face of conflict."This flouts the very raison d'etre of the UN," its chief, Ban Ki-moon, said.International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) President

DHAKA: An investigation is under way after a Russian airliner crashed in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.Egypt's prime minister said a technical fault was the most likely cause, dismissing claims from Islamic State militants that they were responsible, reports the BBC.However,

DHAKA: An investigation is under way after a Russian airliner crashed in Sinai, killing all 224 people on board.Egypt's prime minister said a technical fault was the most likely cause, dismissing claims from Islamic State militants that they were responsible, reports the BBC.However,

DHAKA: A militant group affiliated to Islamic State (IS) in Egypt claimed responsibility for the downing of a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Saturday.The group said in a statement circulated by supporters on Twitter, reports The Times of

DHAKA: None of the 224 passengers and crew on board a Russian passenger plane that crashed in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula have survived.Egyptian medical and security sources said, reports Al Jazeera.Search and rescue team members are still gathering the remains of victims after the crash on

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has been appointed as the new Iranian ambassador to Malaysia.She will be first Iranian woman who has been appointed to such as post since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Tehran Times publishes this report on Saturday.Afkham is

DHAKA: Russia has warned of the risk of a ‘proxy war’ in the Middle East after the US said it would send special forces to Syria.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this increased the need for co-operation between the US and Russia.US officials said ‘fewer than 50’ troops

DHAKA: A Russian plane carrying more than 200 people has crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said, reports Al Jazeera.The statement said search-and-rescue teams found on Saturday the wreckage of the Russian passenger jet in the Hassana area, south of the

DHAKA: Fifteen traders including six children have been killed in a fire at a public market in the Philippines.Police say, reports the BBC.About 13 others were injured in the blaze at a market in the southern city of Zamboanga.The fire began when sparks from low-hanging electric cables

DHAKA: A Russian airliner has crashed in central Sinai with more than 200 people on board.The office of Egypt’s prime minister has confirmed, reports the BBC.The Airbus A-321 had just taken off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on its way to the Russian city of St

DHAKA: Confusion surrounds the fate of a Russian airliner carrying more than 200 people that went missing after taking off from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.One report said the plane, flying to Russia from Sharm al-Sheikh, had reappeared over Turkey, reports the BBC.But other reports in the

DHAKA: Authorities in central China say 17 workers have been killed and 23 injured when a building collapsed during renovations.The Wuyang County government in Henan province says on its website that the building collapsed on Friday afternoon while work was being done on its foundation,

DHAKA: At least 27 people have been killed after fire broke out at a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest, government officials say.Romanian media said a large fire took hold at the Colectiv club on Friday night, causing a stampede for the exit, reports the BBC.Emergency response

DHAKA: Former secretary general of Amnesty International Irene Khan pocketed £533,103 when she quit the organisation in December 2009.The pay-out, made just seven months after she launched an anti poverty campaign, was more than four times the £132,490 she picked up in 2009, reported