DHAKA: At least 55 people were killed in two Boko Haram raids this week near Maiduguri, capital of restive northeastern Nigeria Borno state.A vigilante and two residents said on Friday, reports the Times of India.“Boko Haram fighters raided Bale and Kayamla villages where they killed at

DHAKA: Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza has returned to the capital Bujumbura in the wake of a failed coup attempt.Nkurunziza was in Tanzania when military leaders moved against his bid for a third term on Wednesday, reports the BBC.Three of the coup leaders have been arrested,

DHAKA: Three major meteorological agencies -- the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Japan's Meteorological Agency and the Australian Bureau of Meteorology -- have determined that water in the Pacific Ocean is now warm enough to say that El Niño is back.The El Niño

DHAKA: Malaysia has turned away two boats with up to 800 Rohingya Muslims, insisting that Myanmar must end its oppression of this minority group, reports the Straits Times.With 1,158 refugees, mainly Rohingyas from Myanmar but some from Bangladesh as well, landing in Langkawi on Sunday

DHAKA: The wreckage of a US military helicopter that disappeared this week while delivering aid near the Chinese border in Nepal has been found.Six US marines and two Nepali soldiers were on board. There is "no chance" of survivors, Nepali officials say, reports the bbc.comTuesday's

DHAKA: Almost 3,600 migrants have reportedly been rescued from overcrowded boats sailing from Africa to Europe over the past 48 hours, with sea conditions seen as perfect for attempting the crossing.While more than 600 migrants were brought ashore at the port of Catania in Sicily on

DHAKA: Around 800 migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh were brought ashore to the east coast of Aceh on Indonesia's island of Sumatra on Friday, a search and rescue official said."The latest information we have is about 794 people were found in the middle of the sea and brought ashore by

DHAKA: Indonesia faced calls on Thursday to stop virginity tests for women seeking to join the military, with a leading rights group calling the practice ‘cruel, inhuman and degrading’.Human Rights Watch (HRW) said interviews with female members of the military showed that the

DHAKA: A boat crammed with scores of Rohingya migrants, including many young children, was found drifting in Thai waters Thursday, according to a media reporter at the scene, with passengers saying several people had died over the last few days.Dozens of visibly weak-looking people were

DHAKA: Nearly 200 migrants detained since Thailand launched its recent crackdown against human trafficking in the country's deep south will be prosecuted for entering the country illegally, police said Thursday.In the last fortnight, Thai police have rounded up more than 250 Myanmar

DHAKA: The US military has denied claims by Iraq's government that a coalition air strike hit a mosque where the deputy commander of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group had been meeting other fighters in the north of the country.Iraq’s defence ministry said an air

DHAKA: Seventy-two people died in a huge blaze at a footwear factory in the Philippine capital, authorities said on Thursday, as angry relatives and workers described sweatshop conditions including dismal fire safety standards.Firefighters and police pulled dozens of corpses out of the

DHAKA: Celebrations have broken out in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura following a coup against the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza.The developments came after an army officer announced on Wednesday that Nkurunziza and his government had been dismissed hours after he left for

DHAKA: A commuter train that derailed in Philadelphia of US, killing at least seven people, was travelling at twice the speed limit.The driver applied the emergency brakes when the train hit 106mph (170km/h) on a 50mph track, said the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).But his

DHAKA: Two Indians and an American were among seven people killed when gunmen stormed a downtown Kabul guesthouse, trapping several foreigners and triggering a seven-hour-long overnight standoff with Afghan security forces.The officials said on Thursday, reports the NDTV.com.Authorities

DHAKA: A Burundi army general says senior officers are ‘dismissing’ President Pierre Nkurunziza, amid unrest over his re-election bid.Godefroid Niyombareh announced that a national salvation committee had been set up to run the country.However, it is not clear how much support he and

DHAKA: A fire at a Philippine rubber slipper factory killed 31 workers on Wednesday and dozens were missing and feared dead.Government and fire officials said, reports The Straits Times.Ariel Barayuga, head of bureau of fire protection, said investigators were trying to determine the

DHAKA: Japan on Wednesday began its first ever military trade fair, with a particular focus on maritime security at a time of rising regional tensions over territorial squabbles.The three-day fair, organized by a private British company with the backing of Japan’s defense and trade

DHAKA: A man once dubbed the world’s fattest has had between three and four stone (22 to 27kg) of skin removed.Paul Mason, 54, from Ipswich, used to weigh 70 stone (440kg) but has lost about 45 stone (285kg).He is currently in New York recuperating after a nine-hour operation there to

DHAKA: At least 43 people were killed and 13 others wounded on Wednesday when armed men opened fire inside a bus carrying members of the Ismaili community near Safoora Chowk in Karachi.Sindh Police Inspector General Ghulam Haider Jamali said that 60 people were on board the bus when six