DHAKA: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has killed 13 Iraqi soldiers in a triple suicide car bombing at an army base south of Fallujah.Those killed in Sunday’s attack in the village of Al Hayakil included the commander of the second army regiment of the first army

DHAKA: External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Sunday admitted to helping controversial IPL founder and enforcement directorate offender Lalit Modi with his travel documents, but made it clear that she did so only on humanitarian grounds.Responding to a Times Now expose that showed

DHAKA: South Korea reported Sunday seven new cases of the Middle East respiratory syndrome (Mers) virus in an outbreak that has killed 15 people, as one citizen was hospitalized in Slovakia after being suspected of carrying the disease there and a hard-hit Seoul hospital suspended

DHAKA: A South African man who received the world's first successful penis transplant is to become a father just months after undergoing surgery.His doctor said Friday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Saturday.Urologist Andre van der Merwe, who led the team that performed the

DHAKA: UK intelligence agents have been moved because Russia and China have access to classified information which reveals how they operate.Moscow and Beijing have deciphered documents stolen by whistleblower Edward Snowden.BBC reports on Sunday quoting a senior UK government source.The

DHAKA: Taliban fighters have overrun police checkpoints in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, killing at least 20 officers.Officials said, reports the BBC.Dozens of militants took part in the raids in the remote and volatile Musa Qala district.The Taliban said they had killed as

DHAKA: Greece does not believe its European partners will ultimately let the country leave the euro zone, finance minister Yanis Varoufakis said on Saturday, as the country races to agree on a cash-for-reforms deal with its creditors.Athens is trying to clinch a deal before an end-June

DHAKA: South Korea’s health ministry on Saturday reported 12 new cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (Mers), bringing the total to 138, and said a 14th person had died in the outbreak.The 12 new cases, including an ambulance driver who transported a previous patient, follow four

DHAKA: 22 people have died after a van fell into a barrage near Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh's East Godavari district early Saturday.Eight women and seven children are among the victims. Only a 12-year-old child survived the accident and is admitted in hospital.The van, carrying

DHAKA: Hackers with suspected links to China appear to have accessed sensitive data on US intelligence and military personnel, American officials say.Details of a major hack emerged last week, but officials have now given details of a potential second breach, reports bbc.comIt is feared

DHAKA: At least nine fighters were killed in clashes on Friday between Islamic State and another Islamist force in the eastern Libyan city of Derna.Fighting had first erupted in Derna - a long-time gathering point for jihadists - on Tuesday after a leader in the Islamist umbrella group

DHAKA: Across the globe more than 150 million children between age five and 14 are involved in child labour, while India is home to the highest number of working children in the world.On ‘International Day Against Child Labor’ on Friday, attempts are under way to put a stop to it. In

DHAKA: The Malaysia Police has discovered more mass graves of human trafficking victims, who were kept in cages during period of ransom negotiations with the families, and later were tortured to death if ransom is not paid.Malaysia English daily The Sun on Friday reports the gruesome

DHAKA: Germany has dropped an investigation into alleged tapping of Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone by the US National Security Agency (NSA).The office of federal prosecutor Harald Range said the NSA had failed to provide enough evidence to justify legal action, reports the BBC.The

ISLAMABAD: Authorities on Thursday ordered the international aid group Save the Children to leave the country saying the charity was “working against the country”, police and government officials said.Government administration officials accompanied by police arrived at the charity’s

DHAKA: Colombia's Farc rebels have shot dead three police officers and cut off power to almost half a million people, the military has said.The twin attacks come despite continuing peace talks between the government and the left-wing group, reports bbc online.The negotiations aim to end a

DHAKA: A Malaysia Airlines plane reportedly dumped fuel before making an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport due to an engine fire.Flight MH148, which was headed to Kuala Lumpur, appeared to circle the airport a number of times before landing.The Metropolitan Fire Brigade has confirmed

DHAKA: At least 20 Druze villagers have been shot dead by the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front in north-western Syria, activist and opposition groups say.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said elderly people and a child were among those killed in Qalb Lawzah in Idlib province on

DHAKA: Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive of the media-entertainment conglomerate 21st Century Fox and hand the job to his son James.CNBC television reported Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The report, citing ‘numerous sources close to the Murdoch family’,

DHAKA: China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life, the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule.He was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power and ‘intentionally disclosing national secrets’, China’s official Xinhua news agency