DHAKA: Gunmen disguised as soldiers opened fire at a museum in Tunis, the Tunisian capital, on Wednesday, killing 19 people.The attack was sparking a hostage drama that ended with security forces storming the building, leaving two assailants and a police officer dead, reports the Al

DHAKA: At least 34 militants were killed when fighter jets pounded their positions in the restive northwestern tribal region on Wednesday.The Pakistani military said this which reports the Times of India.Pakistan intensified operations against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants

DHAKA: French president Francois Hollande on Wednesday expressed his country’s ‘solidarity’ with Tunisia after at least seven foreigners and a Tunisian national were killed in a brazen day-time attack.In a brief call with his Tunisian counterpart Beji Caid Essebsi, Hollande

DHAKA: The Greek parliament adopted a ‘humanitarian crisis’ bill on Wednesday, the first package of social measures put forward by prime minister Alexis Tsipras’ radical left-wing government.In going ahead with presenting the bill of housing allowances and emergency food aid for the

DHAKA: Three gunmen have attacked Tunisia’s parliament building, local radio reported, citing one of its reporters at the scene.At least eight tourists were killed and others were taken hostage by the militants who attacked Tunisia’s parliament compound, which includes a museum.A

DHAKA: Michelle Obama arrived in Japan on Wednesday afternoon on her first visit to the country, as part of a trip to highlight the importance of girls’ education.The first lady, who stepped off a US government plane wearing a bright yellow dress, was without her husband president

DHAKA: The Palestinians slammed Israelis on Wednesday for voting for prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s rightwing Likud party, saying they had chosen ‘occupation and settlement building’ over peace talks.‘Israel chose the path of racism, occupation and settlement building, and

DHAKA: In yet another blow to the Islamists in Egypt, Muslim Brotherhood’s chief Mohamed Badie and 21 other members of the banned movement have been sentenced to death in separate cases for inciting violence and murder.Badie and 13 other Brotherhood members were convicted of

DHAKA: A strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia's Molucca Sea on Wednesday (Mar 18), the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of damage. The quake struck at a depth of 41km, 134km northwest of Kota Ternate at 6.12am Singapore time,

DHAKA: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed victory in Israel’s parliamentary election.This was despite TV exit polls suggesting his Likud party had finished in a virtual tie with the left-of-centre Zionist Union, reports the BBC.Netanyahu said he had already spoken to the

DHAKA: Iran and the United States have agreed on 90 percent of the technical questions in bilateral talks on Teheran’s nuclear program.An Iranian official at the Lausanne negotiations said Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.‘We have agreed on 90 percent of the technical issues’ in

DHAKA: Egypt’s state prosecutor referred on Tuesday a police officer to trial for allegedly shooting to death a leftist female protester during a peaceful rally in central Cairo.The death of Shaima al-Sabbagh, which was partly recorded by a photographer, prompted president Abdel

DHAKA: Shops and schools in a town in eastern India where an elderly nun was gang-raped closed March 17 in protest over perceived police inaction, as anger mounts over the ‘inhuman’ crime.Business owners said, Turkish daily Hurriyet reports.Police have detained around 10 people

DHAKA: In its latest effort to reach out to supporters in South-east Asia, the Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria has posted photos and a video of Malay-speaking children training with weapons.The footage depicts a group of at least 20 boys studying, praying, eating and undergoing

DHAKA: Pakistan hanged 12 male convicts on Tuesday, an interior ministry spokesman said, the largest number of people executed on the same day since an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in December. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif lifted a de facto moratorium on capital

DHAKA: Russia’s president Vladimir Putin on Monday reappeared in public after an unusually long 10-day absence, dismissing as ‘rumors’ frenzied speculation over his health and whereabouts. Looking somewhat pale, Putin shook hands with Kyrgyz president Almazbek Atambayev at the

DHAKA: Thousands are expected to join a rally led by priests in India’s Kolkata later on Monday in support of a 71-year-old nun who was gang raped at her convent school.The city’s archbishop said, reports The Straits Times.The rape by a gang of robbers late on Friday is the latest

DHAKA: Protesting a sluggish economy, rising prices and corruption - and to call for the impeachment of left-wing President Dilma Rousseff, nearly a million demonstrators marched in cities and towns across Brazil on Sunday.The protests in the continent-sized country come as Brazil

DHAKA: China has eased ahead of Germany and France to become the world’s number three arms exporter after the United States and Russia.A Stockholm-based think-tank ‘Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)’ said this in its annual report on Monday.The volume of

DHAKA: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been granted the power to govern by decree until 31 December.The measure was approved by the National Assembly, where Maduro has a majority, reports the BBC.He requested the approval of the Enabling Law after the United States issued new