DHAKA: The Taliban has elected Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as its new leader, Taliban sources have told Al Jazeera, as the group confirmed the death of Mullah Omar.The election, which was reported on Thursday, however, was not officially confirmed by the group, reports Al Jazeera.The Afghan

DHAKA: Russia has used its veto at the UN to block a draft resolution to set up an international tribunal into the MH17 air disaster in July 2014.It was the only nation at the 15-member UN Security Council to oppose the move, triggering widespread condemnation.The Malaysian Airlines

DHAKA:  Thousands gathered to bid farewell to the President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, popularly known as people’s president, who was buried with full state honours at a public ground in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram town of India where he was born.Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi

DHAKA: Myanmar has pardoned and released 6,966 prisoners, including 210 foreigners, the government says.The amnesties, which the information ministry says the president issued ‘on humanitarian grounds’, come ahead of general elections in November.It is not clear if Burmese political

DHAKA: The last rites of former president of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam were held on Thursday in his hometown Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu of India, reports hindustantimes.Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and a host of other dignitaries, including

DHAKA: Landslides in a mountain area of Nepal buried two villages Thursday, killing at least 15 people with several more believed to be buried, authorities said.The Nepal Home Ministry said 11 people were killed when the landslide triggered by heavy overnight rainfall buried the village

DHAKA: Yakub Memon, convicted as “a driving spirit” for the 1993 blasts in Mumbai, was hanged a little before 7:00am (local time) at Nagpur Central Prison of India, reports ndtv.At 5:00am, the Supreme Court of India had rejected his last-minute petition to stop his hanging after an

DHAKA: The death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, the supreme leader of the Afghan Taliban, has been confirmed by authorities in Pakistan who have shared the information with Afghan government officials.A media report said on Wednesday, according to Hindustan Times.The issue was reportedly

DHAKA: Pakistani police say they have shot dead Malik Ishaq, the leader of banned Sunni militant group Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.Ishaq, who had been detained last week, was in a prison convoy in Punjab province when supporters opened fire in an attempt to free him, said police, reports the

DHAKA: Three people have died after a three-storeyed building collapsed in Maharashtra's Thane district late last night. 16 people have been pulled out of the debris; six are still feared trapped.Local municipal authorities say the building had been served a notice declaring it a weak

DHAKA: At least 25 people have died in a fire that has gutted an Egyptian furniture factory north of Cairo, a health ministry official says.Twenty-two more workers suffered from burns and smoke inhalation in the blaze in the Al-Helw factory on the outskirts of the capital, health ministry

DHAKA: Toyota has fallen behind Volkswagen in the race for the world’s biggest automaker title, figures showed Tuesday, as the German giant outsold its Japanese rival in the first half of the year.Toyota said it sold 5.02 million vehicles worldwide between January and June, falling

DHAKA: Barack Obama has chided African leaders who refuse to give up power in the first speech at the African Union headquarters by a US president.The scolding came in the course of his address on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to the 54-member continental bloc, reports Al

DHAKA: Thailand and Myanmar signed an agreement on Tuesday to allow citizens with ordinary passports to make visa-free visits of up to 14 days.The agreement was signed by Thailand foreign minister Tanasak Patimapragorn and his Myanmar counterpart Wunna Maung Lwin during the Thai-Myanmar

DHAKA: India former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam’s funeral will be held on Thursday in Rameswaram in Tamil Nadu, where he was born.The former president is survived by his older brother Mohammad Muthu Meera Lebbai Maraicker, who is 99.The body of Dr Kalam was brought to 10 Rajaji Marg,

DHAKA: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has sacked his deputy in a cabinet reshuffle after Muhyiddin Yassin had called on the leader to explain a growing corruption scandal at debt-laden state investment fund 1MDB.Muhyiddin had said at the weekend the ruling coalition could lose the

DHAKA: Rescuers found 13 dead migrants on a boat off the coast of Libya with more than 500 others aboard, an Italian coast guard spokesman said on Tuesday, giving o details about how they had died.An Irish naval ship, mobilized as part of the EU’s Triton mission, and one operated by the

DHAKA: Saif al-Islam, the most prominent son of Libya’s slain leader, Muammar Gaddafi, has been sentenced to death by firing squad.He was sentenced in absentia on Tuesday in Tripoli along with eight other senior members of the former regime, overthrown in 2011, reports Al Jazeera.They

DHAKA: All 28 Nato members are joining an extraordinary meeting to discuss Turkey’s campaign against the Islamic State (IS) group and Kurdish militants.The meeting was called by Turkey, which has staged a dramatic shift in its approach to the Syrian conflict.The previously reluctant

DHAKA: Former President of India APJ Abdul Kalam, the renowned missile scientist who played a stellar role in advancing India’s nuclear programme, died on Monday after collapsing at an event in Meghalaya.His body was flown to Guwahati in Assam Tuesday morning and will be brought to