DHAKA: At least 70 Kenyan students were massacred on Thursday when Somalia’s Shebab Islamist group attacked a university, the interior minister said, in the deadliest attack since US embassy bombings in 1998.‘We are mopping up the area,’ Interior Minster Joseph Nkaiserry told

DHAKA: Al-Shabab gunmen have attacked a college campus in the town of Garissa in northeast Kenya, shooting indiscriminately in dormitories and killing at least 15 people and wounding 65 others, police said.Witnesses said explosions and heavy gunfire rocked Garissa University College early

DHAKA: A major sandstorm has hit the United Arab Emirates, blotting out Dubai's famous skyline.High winds have whipped up desert sands, severely reducing visibility and causing residents to suffer breathing difficulties.The storm has led to flight diversions from Dubai's International

DHAKA: Houthi fighters and allies backed by tanks have advanced onto a key district in the main southern city of Aden, despite a week of air strikes by Saudi-led coalition forces.At least 19 people were killed in intense clashes between the rebels and local militia and residents loyal to

DHAKA: Masked gunmen have attacked a university in the town of Garissa in northern Kenya as ongoing gunfire could be heard from the university premises.Witnesses said explosion and heavy gunfire rocked Garissa University College early Thursday and ambulances were already at the

DHAKA: Thailand’s military government has announced it is lifting martial law, 10 months after it was imposed.It was introduced in May 2014, shortly before the army staged a coup, reports the BBC.Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha announced the move in a televised statement and has said

DHAKA: At least 54 sailors were so far confirmed dead as a Russian trawler has sunk off the Kamchatka peninsula of the country.Some 63 people have been rescued, many suffering from hypothermia, according to a maritime rescue centre in Russia’s Far East.The Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler

DHAKA: Islamic State (IS) militants have entered the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in Damascus, activists and Palestinian officials say.Clashes erupted between the militants and groups inside the camp, with IS seizing control of large parts of the camp, reports said, according to the

DHAKA: The world’s oldest living person, Japan’s Misao Okawa, has died from heart failure at the age of 117.She died in a nursing home in Osaka, the city she was born in on 5 March 1898.She is survived by three children, four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren, reports the

DHAKA: Palestine Wednesday officially joined the International Criminal Court, ICC, becoming the 123rd member of the court and fourth Arab country in addition to Jordan, Djibouti and Tunisia, reports WAM, an emirates news agency. The State of Palestine had submitted their instruments of

DHAKA: Progress has been made in talks on Iran’s nuclear program, Russian and Iranian officials say.Negotiations between six world powers and Iran are set to resume on Wednesday, overrunning a deadline for a deal.Russia’s foreign minister said ‘all key aspects’ had been agreed,

DHAKA: The winner of Nigeria’s presidential poll, Muhammadu Buhari, has hailed his victory as a vote for change and proof the nation has embraced democracy.Buhari also praised outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan as a ‘worthy opponent’ who peacefully relinquished power.Gen Buhari

DHAKA: Artillery shelling in Yemen’s Aden has killed 26 people as Houthi fighters and forces loyal to Yemen President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi battled over control of the southern port city.Medical officials said the deaths on Tuesday came as Saudi-led coalition fighter planes continued

DHAKA: Myanmar’s President Thein Sein has witnessed the signing of a draft ceasefire agreement between the government and 16 rebel groups.The agreement, which came after seven rounds of talks, is a significant step towards ending decades of conflict, reports the BBC.Negotiators from the

DHAKA: At least 15 people have been killed in landslides following floods in Indian-administered Kashmir.Rescue workers said they had recovered the bodies from the debris of a landslide which buried homes in Chadoora town, reports the BBC.Some 200 families have been evacuated after

DHAKA: A fire broke out at East Delhi’s Gandhinagar market in India on Tuesday afternoon and at least 20 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the flames.The market is considered the largest cloth market in Asia and it houses a number of textile units and factories, reports the

DHAKA: Turkey prime minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said officials are inspecting all possible causes, including a terror attack, for the electricity cut across Turkey, as power blackouts continue in several provinces including Istanbul and Ankara.Officials told daily Hürriyet that a technical

DHAKA: At least 16 people were killed on Tuesday when a bus went off a mountain road in southeastern Peru, plunging 1,000 meters into a ravine.Highway Police Chief Orfiles Bravo said the bus belonging to the Sanchez line was on a road linking the cities of Nazca and Puquio in the region

DHAKA: Kuwait’s emir Tuesday pledged half a billion dollars at the start of a major donor conference for Syria, describing the crisis unfolding as the ‘biggest humanitarian catastrophe in modern history’.‘I am pleased to announce the pledging of US$500 million from Kuwait’s

DHAKA: Partial results from Nigeria’s election give ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari more votes than the incumbent, president Goodluck Jonathan.However, populous states such as Lagos and Rivers are yet to declare.With just over half of Nigeria’s states declared, Gen Buhari’s All