DHAKA: Air strikes killed at least 15 suspected militants in Pakistan’s north-western Shawal Valley on Thursday, intelligence officials said, a week after security forces moved in on Taliban strongholds there.The deeply forested ravines of the valley are a key smuggling route between

DHAKA: The world’s largest particle smasher broke the record for energy levels late on Wednesday in a test run after a two-year upgrade.The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (Cern) announced on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.‘Last night, protons collided in the Large

DHAKA: David Cameron says he will not give up on his immigration target despite net migration to the UK reaching its highest level for a decade.Net migration rose by 50% to 318,000 last year - with sharp increases from inside and outside the EU.A total of 641,000 people moved to the UK in

DHAKA: Myanmar was braced on Thursday for its first talks with US and southeast Asian envoys on the migrant exodus from its shores, as Malaysia ordered search and rescue missions for thousands of boatpeople stranded at sea.Foreign ministers Anifah Aman of Malaysia and Retno Marsudi of

DHAKA: Islamic State militants have taken near complete control of the Syrian city of Palmyra, home to some of the world’s most magnificent ancient ruins.There are fears that the militants will destroy the ruins, which UNESCO has designated a World Heritage site.Government troops have

DHAKA: A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific on Thursday.The US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued, reports the Times of India.The quake hit at a depth of 19 kilometres (11 miles), some 184 kilometres from Lata and 487 kilometres

DHAKA: German rail travel was paralyzed on Wednesday by an open-ended strike, the ninth stoppage in less than a year, as the government prepares a law to stop small unions from bringing entire sectors to a standstill.Railways operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) said it cancelled two-thirds of

DHAKA: Burundian security forces fired shots and tear gas in battles with protesters on Wednesday, the latest violence in weeks of anti-government demonstrations, as the presidency delayed elections by over a week.In the capital Bujumbura, hundreds defied government orders to call off

DHAKA: Warplanes from a Saudi-led coalition carried out the most sustained bombardment of Yemen’s capital Sana’a in nearly two months of air strikes on Tuesday night, residents of the city said, hitting army bases and weapons depots.It was the first time air strikes continued from

DHAKA: Malaysia and Indonesia on Wednesday agreed to provide shelter to migrants stuck at sea.This development comes after foreign ministers from Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand held talks on Wednesday morning on human trafficking, reports The Straits Times.The talks involved

DHAKA: Iraq's government has called for volunteers to fight against Islamic State (IS) and help retake the city of Ramadi, reports BBC.A cabinet statement said a voluntary recruitment drive was necessary to fill shortages in squads in the west of Anbar province.Thousands have fled Ramadi

DHAKA: Mother Teresa of Kolkata’s elevation to sainthood has been set for September 2016.A top Catholic cleric said, reports The Straits Times.Archbishop Salvatore Fisichella was quoted by Italian media Tuesday as telling municipal officials in Rome that Pope Francis would canonize the

DHAKA: A rebel coalition including Al-Qaeda’s local affiliate seized the Syrian regime’s largest remaining military base in northwest Idlib province on Tuesday, after an explosion and heavy clashes.A monitor said, reports The Straits Times.‘All regime forces have withdrawn from

DHAKA: Indonesia said Tuesday a migrant boat crisis was a problem for all of southeast Asia ahead of key regional talks, as Jakarta and other countries came under more pressure to let the boat-people land.Nearly 3,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have made it to shore in Indonesia,

DHAKA: Over 1,800 people had been killed and more than 500,000 displaced as a result of the conflict raging in Yemen since late March.The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.As of May 15, 1,849 people had been killed and 7,394 had been injured, the UN humanitarian

DHAKA: A man alleged to be a suspected human smuggling kingpin was in police custody on Monday after a brief manhunt along the Thai and Malaysian border as part of the ongoing crackdown on a vast network in the trafficking of Rohingya and other migrants.Pajjuban Angchotephan, also known

DHAKA: Egyptian security forces are using sexual violence against detainees on a massive scale.The International Federation for Human Rights, says, reports the BBC.A report by the organization suggests men, women and children are being abused ‘to eliminate public protest’.Many are

DHAKA: Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from traveling overseas on Tuesday at the start of her trial on negligence charges, the latest in a slew of cases her supporters say are part of an attempt to tighten the junta’s grip on power.The court banned her from

DHAKA: More than 50 people have been killed in a landslide in Antioquia province in north-west Colombia, officials say.President Juan Manuel Santos said the authorities do not know how many people are still missing, reports bbc.comHeavy rains caused the river Liboriana, in the town of

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama plans to put in place new restrictions on the use of military equipment by police departments, following unrest in United States cities over the deaths of black men at the hands of police officers.The White House said on Monday, reports The Straits