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on Tuesday, after an explosion and heavy clashes.A monitor said, reports The Straits Times.‘All regime forces have withdrawn from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

DHAKA: A day after Islamic State (IS) militants completed their capture of Ramadi, Shia militias are assembling east of the Iraqi city ready for a possible counter-attack.Iraqi state TV described columns of tanks and other military vehicles entering al-Habbaniyah military camp.The Iraqi

DHAKA: Myanmar acknowledged on Monday that the international community had ‘concerns’ about waves of boat people fleeing its shores but insisted it should not be solely blamed for the regional migrant crisis.Myanmar information minister Ye Htut said his country understood ‘the

DHAKA: An Indian nurse who was in a vegetative state for 42 years after being raped by a hospital ward attendant while on duty has died.Aruna Shanbaug was left with severe brain damage and paralysed after her rape in a Mumbai hospital in 1973.She was kept alive by being fed through her

DHAKA: EU foreign and defense ministers are expected to approve a mission to destroy the boats used by people-smugglers operating in Libya.At a meeting in Brussels, the ministers will also discuss the mission’s command-and-control structure and HQ, reports the BBC.It is part of the

DHAKA: A Saudi-led coalition has resumed its air strikes against Yemen's rebels after the end of a ceasefire.Yemeni military officials and witnesses say, reports the BBC.They say the strikes targeted Houthi rebel positions in the southern port of Aden after the five-day humanitarian truce

DHAKA: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said that he was increasingly concerned by the humanitarian crisis sparked by refugees stranded in boats in Southeast Asia, and offered help from the United Nations.Ban said he had spoken by phone with the prime ministers of Malaysia and Thailand