DHAKA: The Taliban on Monday admitted covering up longtime leader Mullah Omar’s death for more than two years, saying he died in 2013 as was first claimed by the Afghan intelligence.The group had continued as recently as July to release official statements in the name of Omar, who had

DHAKA: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a speech on terror accused Israel of being founded on the basis of terror and it continues that legacy to the present day. ‘This regime began its work on the basis of intimidation, terror and occupation, and is continuing (on) the same

DHAKA: Fighters from the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria have blown up part of the Temple of Bel in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra.Sources have told Al Jazeera.An Al Jazeera reporter in the Syrian city of Homs was told that IS, on Sunday, detonated more than 30 tones of

DHAKA: Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak has refused to resign after mass protests, and has called for national unity.Tens of thousands of people took to the streets at the weekend, urging Najib to step down over allegations he took hundreds of millions of dollars of public funds, BBC

DHAKA: The European Union has called emergency talks on tackling the bloc's escalating migration crisis.The EU presidency said interior ministers from all 28 member states would hold an extraordinary meeting on 14 September, and the crisis had reached "unprecedented proportions".It

DHAKA: Former Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has called on protesters on the streets of Kuala Lumpur to ‘remove’ the country’s Prime Minister Najib Razak.‘To remove him, the people must show people’s power,’ he said as he joined the protests for a second day running,

DHAKA: Renowned Indian scholar and rationalist, M M Kalburgi, has been killed after being shot by unidentified men in the southern state of Karnataka.Police have said, reports Al Jazeera.Police said on Sunday that two men came to Kalburgi’s residence in the town of Dharwad, nearly 400km

DHAKA: Three people, including two police officers, have been shot dead and another wounded after a domestic row in Portugal.Media and officials say, reports the BBC.The incident took place in Quinta do Conde, 30km south of the capital Lisbon.A 77-year-old man is said to have opened fire

DHAKA: The lorry, believed to contain migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, was stopped in the small town of St Peter-am-Hart close to the German border, Austria’s APA news agency reported on Saturday.Three children are recovering in hospital in Austria after being rescued

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of Malaysians are expected to protest for a second day in Kuala Lumpur, calling for PM Najib Razak to quit over a financial scandal.On Saturday, crowds were undeterred by a heavy presence of police who had called the protests illegal, reports BBC.Protesters are

DHAKA: A Swaziland rights group says 38 girls and young women were killed in a road crash while travelling to a famous traditional festival, abcnews reported. The Swaziland Solidarity Network said in a statement on Saturday that about 20 others were injured when the truck they were in

DHAKA: A tropical storm heading across the Caribbean has killed at least 20 people on the island of Dominica, with dozens more missing.Tropical Storm Erika hit Dominica, in the eastern Caribbean, causing floods and mudslides that have set the country back 20 years, its prime minister

DHAKA: Authorities in Hungary and Italy have made arrests in the deaths of scores migrants and refugees this week, including 71 whose bodies were found in an abandoned truck in Austria.Those who died in Austria -- most likely fleeing war-ravaged Syria -- probably suffocated inside the

DHAKA: Thousands of Malaysians are set to protest in the capital Kuala Lumpur and elsewhere, calling for Prime Minister Najib Razak to step down over a financial scandal.He has faced public anger over a $700m (£455m) payment made to his bank account from unnamed foreign donors.It was

DHAKA: The United Nations (UN) has said "much more is required" to prevent the deaths of migrants fleeing to Europe after hundreds were reported dead in recent days.Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a "collective political response" to avert "a crisis of solidarity", reports BBC.He

DHAKA: Austrian officials now say more than 70 bodies, thought to be migrants, were in an abandoned lorry found on a motorway.They originally estimated that between 20 to 50 people died in the vehicle, found near the Hungarian border, reports BBC.Police discovered the decomposing bodies

DHAKA: The brazen killing of two US journalists during a live television broadcast by a former reporter who was fired by the station reignited calls on Thursday for tougher gun control in America - though hope for change is limited.Mass shootings in the United States - from the 2012

DHAKA: Hundreds of people, including Bangladeshis, are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsized off the Libyan city of Zuwara, residents and officials say.The first boat, which signaled for help early on Thursday, had nearly 50 people on board.The second

DHAKA: Up to 50 refugees have reportedly been found dead in a truck in Austria, as German chancellor Angela Merkel and Balkan leaders gathered in Vienna to decide on how to tackle together the biggest migration crisis to hit Europe since World War II.The Krone newspaper reported on

DHAKA: Two senior Iraqi commanders have been killed and 10 others injured in a suicide car bomb attack north of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, where fierce fighting with the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria group is continuing.Sources have told Al Jazeera.Brigadier Abderahman Muqtada