DHAKA: Unconfirmed reports have emerged online that wreckage, allegedly to be from the missing Indonesia AirAsia Flight QZ8501 has been found in the waters off East Belitung.This was reported by the Bangka Pos, which however added that there was no confirmation that the purported

DHAKA:  Syria is ready to meet the country's opposition in Moscow in an effort to find a way out of the nearly four-year civil war, a government official has said. "Syria is ready to participate in a preliminary and consultative meeting in Moscow to respond to the aspirations of Syrians

DHAKA: A search operation is underway for an AirAsia Indonesia flight with 162 people on board that lost contact with Indonesian air traffic control en route to Singapore on Sunday, after the pilots asked to change course to avoid bad weather and no distress signal was sent.Flight QZ8501,

DHAKA: The North Korean government called President Obama 'a monkey living in a tropical forest' in a racist tirade against the United States, which the dictatorship blames for knocking out its internet.Officials on the National Defense Commission, led by Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un,

DHAKA: Residents of Myanmar’s commercial hub Yangon went to the polls on Saturday for the first municipal elections in six decades, with voters hoping for change as the city booms, despite knowing little about the candidates or their policies.The election will be closely watched as

DHAKA: Malaysia is battling some of the worst floods in decades along its east coast. At least five people have been killed and more than 100,000 forced to leave their homes. The eastern coastal states are often flooded during the wet monsoon season, but this time officials say heavier

DHAKA: Pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine on Saturday freed four Ukrainian prisoners a day after the two sides exchanged hundreds of captives.The release was announced by a Ukrainian defence ministry adviser, Vasyliy Budik, who said three were soldiers and the fourth a civilian.On

DHAKA: A key militant commander Saddam, the alleged planner of the recent deadly attack on a school in Pakistan, was killed by security forces in Khyber Agency's Jamrud area on Thursday night.Political Agent of Khyber Agency Shahab Ali Shah, while speaking at a press conference in

DHAKA: Memorial services are being held in Indonesia and other nations for the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on the 10th anniversary of the disaster.In Indonesia's province of Aceh - the worst hit area - Vice-President Jusuf Kalla led tributes to the dead at the Siron mass

DHAKA: The latest ISIS-appointed governor of Mosul was killed in coalition airstrikes on Thursday, according to Iraqi police.Hassan Hassan Saeed Al-Jabouri, also known as Abu Taluut, was killed 18 miles south of Mosul in the village of Qayyara, according to Maj. Gen. Watheq Al-Hamdani,

DHAKA: Al-Shabab militants have launched an attack on the main African Union military base near Mogadishu airport in Somalia.Explosions and gunfire could be heard in the vicinity, AU spokesman Col Ali Houmed told the media, reports the BBC.Al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the

DHAKA: Pope Francis issued a strident call in his Christmas day message to safeguard children who are victims ‘under our very eyes’ of violence and trafficking, while also demanding an end to ‘brutal persecution’ worldwide. Killings and hostage-takings from the Middle East to

DHAKA: Christian pilgrims from across the world have celebrated midnight Mass in Bethlehem to mark Christmas Eve in the traditional birthplace of Jesus. In a homily, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal called on Jews, Muslims and Christians to ‘live together as equals’. Referring to violence

DHAKA: The leader of a banned Pakistani sectarian militant group who was set to walk free from jail is being held for two more weeks in a murder case.Officials said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.Malik Ishaq, the head of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) which is dedicated to killing

DHAKA: Pope Francis led Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican calling for ‘tenderness’ and ‘warmth’ after a violence-plagued year as millions of Christians began marking the holiday. The Argentine pontiff’s brief homily was replete with Gospel references in his Christmas Eve mass,

DHAKA: More than 2,000 people have fled their homes in the restive Indian state of Assam after separatist rebels killed dozens of villagers, some of them children.An Indian official said Thursday, reports The Straits Times.Residents sought shelter in makeshift camps set up by the state

DHAKA: In a squalid camp in eastern Lebanon, a school in a tent with a chalkboard and brightly coloured desks offers children who fled Syria’s war a chance of an education. Thousands of child refugees are studying at dozens of makeshift schools across Lebanon, including 11-year-old

DHAKA: Christians from across the world have gathered in the West Bank town of Bethlehem to mark Christmas Eve in the place they believe Jesus was born. Celebrations culminated with midnight Mass at the Church of the Nativity. In a homily, Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal, called on Jews,

DHAKA: The Sierra Leone government has declared a five-day lockdown in the country's north to step up efforts to contain the Ebola epidemic, while making an exception for Christmas. The lockdown is designed to intensify the containment of the Ebola virus, the government said on

DHAKA: Sony Pictures is distributing its film The Interview online, after a cyber-attack and a row over its release. The film is being offered through a dedicated website - seetheinterview.com - as well as via Google and Microsoft but is only available in the US. Sony had previously