DHAKA: United States Senator and Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz is expected Monday to confirm plans to run for president in 2016.The Houston Chronicle reported on Saturday, The Straits Times publishes this report on Sunday.The Texas Republican will announce his presidential bid, as opposed

DHAKA: Seven children were killed early in a Brooklyn house fire in New York that was apparently sparked by a hot plate meant to keep food warm over the Sabbath on Saturday.New York’s fire commissioner Daniel Nigro said this which reports the CNN.The four boys and three girls --

DHAKA: At least 80 militants were eliminated in a clash between security forces and militants in parts of Khyber Agency’s Tirah Valley on Saturday resulted.According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) seven soldiers also lost their lives during the operation, reports the Dawn

DHAKA: A US federal judge has ruled that Washington must release photographs showing abuse of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan.This is a longstanding court case on letting the world see potentially disturbing images of how the military treated prisoners.US District Judge Alvin

DHAKA: With 10 days to a nuclear deal deadline, top US and Iranian officials spoke Saturday of substantial headway.Iran’s president proclaimed that agreement was within reach. But America’s top diplomat said it was up to Tehran to make the decisions needed to get there, reports the

DHAKA: The US defense department says it is investigating an online threat allegedly made by Islamic State (IS) to about 100 of its military personnel.A list of names and addresses was posted on a website linked to the group alongside a call for them to be killed.The group said it

DHAKA: Al-Qaeda fighters captured the capital of a province in southern Yemen, killing about 20 soldiers, before they were driven out by the army late on Friday.Local officials and residents said, The Straits Times publishes this report on Saturday.The fighting came hours after suicide

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that world powers were ‘united’ in their nuclear talks with Iran, amid speculation of splits with France, and stressed that he would not rush into a bad deal.‘I emphasise: We are united in our goal, our approach, our resolve

DHAKA: Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on Saturday called for Kurds to hold a congress to bring an end to the 40-year armed struggle in Turkey waged by the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).‘A congress should be organised to bring an end to the 40-year struggle

DHAKA: US first lady Michelle Obama was greeted by flag-waving schoolchildren on Saturday during her first trip to Cambodia as she pushes a US-led initiative to combat a ‘crisis’ in girls’ education.Michelle visited a school on the outskirts of Siem Reap with Bun Rany, the wife of

DHAKA: The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are meeting later for their first talks in three years.The meeting in Seoul is likely to focus on ways to ease regional tensions over territorial and diplomatic disputes.The three states have strong economic ties but relations

DHAKA: Police found the bodies of five infants in a home near Bordeaux, France, according to news reports. Four of the bodies were frozen, the reports say.The mother, 35, was hospitalized at Pellegrin Hospital in Bordeaux for gynecological and psychiatric examinations, the French

DHAKA: Islamic State (IS) say its militants carried out suicide bombings on two mosques in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, which killed at least 137 people.The attacks are the first claimed by IS - a Sunni group - since it set up a branch in Yemen in November, reports BBC.Both mosques were

DHAKA: Millions of people are set to see an astronomical triple play when a rare total solar eclipse occurs on the same day as the vernal equinox, and a supermoon makes an appearance. The moon will also reach perigee on Friday, the point where it is closest to the Earth, creating a

DHAKA: At least 35 people were killed, 150 injured as two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa have been attacked by suicide bombers during the rush for Friday prayers.Three blasts were heard in two central mosques used by Houthi Shia Muslims, sources have told Al Jazeera.A report on a TV

DHAKA: Six people including three security personnel were killed and10 others injured as a ‘fidayeen’ squad of militants in Army fatigues stormed a police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district in India on Friday.Two militants were also killed in the subsequent encounter

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has told the Iranian people that a deal to transform the relationship between the two countries could be within reach.“We have the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries,” he said in a video message for Persian

DHAKA: Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe are witnessing the best solar eclipse in years.In a solar eclipse, a path across the Earth's surface is plunged into darkness as the Moon comes between us and the Sun.This commenced at 07:41 GMT and the deepest part of the Moon's

DHAKA: At least 30 people died and over 50 were injured as two coaches of the Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district of India on Friday. The accident took place around 9:30am (Indian time) as the train was coming to a stop at the Bachhrawan

DHAKA: In a small step toward a possible thaw in relations, officials from Japan and China on Thursday held their first meeting on security issues in four years, discussing the creation of a hotline to ease tensions in the East China Sea.The world's second- and third-largest economies,