DHAKA: Former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam died on Monday after collapsing during a lecture in Shillong, PTI reported.Kalam, 84, collapsed during a speech at the IIM Shillong and was rushed to the nearby Bethany Hospital where doctors put him on oxygen and tried to revive him.“He

DHAKA:  India tightened security on its border with Pakistan on Monday after terrorists dressed in army uniform stormed a police station in Punjab state, killing at least five people and injuring several others. The dead included three civilians and two homeguards, reports

DHAKA: Turkey has called a special meeting of Nato ambassadors to discuss military operations against the Islamic State (IS) group and PKK Kurdish separatists.The session is to take place in Brussels on Tuesday.Turkey launched air attacks against IS militants in Syria and resumed air

DHAKA: David Cameron says business deals worth more than £750m ($1.2bn) will be made during his tour of South East Asia.Mr Cameron is to be accompanied by 31 UK business leaders on the trade mission, which starts in Indonesia, reports bbc.com The UK prime minister says he wants to forge

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign minister began a charm offensive in the Gulf on Sunday to defend a nuclear deal seen by some Arab states as heralding greater Iranian support for armed groups and governments opposed to the hereditary monarchies.Most Gulf Arab states are worried that Iran’s July

DHAKA: Syrian president Bashar Assad said on Sunday the army had been forced to give up areas in order to hold onto more important ones in its fight with insurgents, and the scale of the war meant the military faced a manpower shortage.In a remarkably frank assessment of the strains

DHAKA: UK Prime Minister David Cameron is expected to offer Indonesia and Malaysia support in tackling Islamist extremists, during a trade mission to South East Asia.It comes amid growing concern that the next branch of so-called Islamic State (IS) could emerge in the region.David Cameron

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama is to conclude his visit to Kenya with a televised address at a sports stadium in the capital, Nairobi.The BBC’s Karen Allen in Nairobi says he is expected to underscore the shared values of the two countries but also touch on human rights.On Saturday,

DHAKA: Turkey's air force has attacked Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria and Kurdish PKK militants in northern Iraq to defend the country's security, Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu says.Davutoglu added that 590 suspected IS and PKK members had been arrested.This follows a week which saw a

DHAKA: The first cargo ships have passed through Egypt's second Suez Canal, amid tight security, ahead of the new waterway's official opening next month.Construction on the new lane, which runs alongside part of the existing canal, started less than a year ago.The 72km (44 mile) route

DHAKA: An Afghan government delegation due to meet Taliban representatives for a second round of official peace talks next week will press for a cease-fire in the fighting.A negotiator said Saturday, reports TDS.Any temporary reduction in attacks would represent a breakthrough and boost

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has praised Africa’s economic and business potential in a speech in Nairobi on the first full day of his visit to Kenya.‘Africa is on the move... People are being lifted out of poverty, incomes are up (and) the middle class is growing,’ he told a

DHAKA: A Saudi-led airstrike on Yemen’s Taiz killed at least 55 people and left tens injured.Houthi-controlled news agency Saba said on Saturday, reports The Jerusalem Post.A coalition of Arab states, led by Saudi Arabia, has been bombarding Iran-allied Houthi forces in Yemen since late

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday it would be a huge mistake if Israel decided to take unilateral military action against Iran over its nuclear program in the future.Kerry was asked in an NBC Today show interview if the nuclear deal reached last week between Iran and

DHAKA: Maoists torched 30 vehicles of the Central Coalfield Limited (CCL) engaged in mining work in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district.Police said on Saturday, reports NDTV.More than 100 Maoists on Friday night raided the CCL project site at Jharkhand’s Bermo area, around 130 km from

DHAKA: A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck very close to Pakistan's capital of Islamabad, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.Although the quake had a moderate magnitude, its epicentre was only 10 miles (16 km) northeast of the populous city, the Channel NewsAsia reported.It struck at 2059

DHAKA: Turkey has vowed to keep up a crackdown on Islamic State (IS) militants, after launching its first air strikes against their positions in Syria.Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the strikes were part of a broad "process".Turkish jets are reported to have also carried out strikes

DHAKA: Barack Obama has arrived in Kenya on the first visit to his ancestral home as serving US president.During his two-day visit, Obama will hold talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and other top officials.Trade will feature strongly, but Obama also said he would deliver a "blunt

DHAKA: Thai prosecutors have indicted 72 people, including politicians and an army general, over the trafficking of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh.Quoting the attorney general’s office, BBC reports arrest warrants have been issued for more than 30 others.The investigation follows

DHAKA: The Supreme Court of India on Friday directed the central government and all the states to install CCTV cameras in all the prisons across the country and take a call on installing them in police lock-ups, if there are incidents.The apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur and