DHAKA: A suicide bomber has killed at least 40 people at a volleyball tournament in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.A spokesman for the governor of Paktika province told the BBC that the attacker had detonated the bomb amid a crowd of people gathering for a game.About 50 people were

DHAKA: The death toll from a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck a remote part of China’s southwest rose to five on Sunday, as media reported the injured have all been successfully rescued.The quake struck 39km northwest of Kangding in the mountainous west of Sichuan province at 0855

DHAKA: The lower house of the Afghan parliament has overwhelmingly approved a security agreement allowing US and Nato troops to remain in the country.The deals provide legal protection for troops serving under a new Nato mission due to begin after combat operations formally end on 31

DHAKA: Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria's restive Borno State, near the border with Chad.The head of the fish traders association told the media on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.‘Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria with Chad near the

DHAKA: Tunisians are set to vote in the country’s first presidential election since the 2011 ‘Arab Spring’ that triggered uprisings across the region. More than 25 candidates are in the race, but incumbent Moncef Marzouki and anti-Islamist leader Beji Caid Essebsi are widely seen

DHAKA: A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake in central Japan left 39 people injured, seven seriously, and wrecked homes in a popular ski resort. The government said Sunday, reports The Straits Times. The quake struck at 10.08pm local time (1308 GMT) Saturday at a depth of 10km at the

DHAKA: Angry workers have hacked to death the owner of a tea plantation in eastern India over a payment dispute, police said on Sunday, underscoring festering labour unrest in the region. Rajesh Jhunjhunwala, 45, was dragged out in the middle of discussions and attacked by the irate mob

DHAKA: Gary Bass, author of The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger and a Forgotten Genocide, captured this year’s $75,000 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature at McGill. Chancellor Michael A. Meighen and Dean of Arts Christopher Manfredi announced the winner Thursday night at a gala

DHAKA: Doubts are growing that Monday’s deadline for a deal on Iran's controversial nuclear program will be met at talks in Vienna in Austria. Both the US and Germany said the sides were working to close ‘big gaps’, with some suggestions that the deadline could be extended, reports

DHAKA: Teheran is ready to allow nuclear inspectors access to its Marivan military site, an Iranian official said Saturday, a facility long suspected of being used to develop explosive weapons.The declaration comes as Iran and six world powers hold talks in Vienna to reach a lasting

DHAKA: An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted central Japan on Saturday evening.The meteorological agency said, reports The Straits Times.Public broadcaster NHK said no tsunami warning had been issued.The quake struck at 10:08pm (local time), with its epicentre at a depth

DHAKA: Islamic State (IS) militants have killed 25 members of a Sunni Muslim tribe during their assault on a provincial capital west of Baghdad, local officials said on Saturday, in apparent revenge for tribal opposition to the extremists.They said the bodies of the men from the Albu

DHAKA: India on Saturday invited bids for a US$2.4-billion artillery deal while deferring a decision on acquiring 106 Swiss Pilatus aircraft for fighter pilot training.The bid for 814 mounted guns is the first big artillery tender in nearly three decades since the scandal-hit Swedish

DHAAK: Less than a month after electing a new parliament, Tunisians will vote Sunday in their first-ever open democratic presidential election, completing a tumultuous democratic transition begun with their revolution nearly four years ago.The front-runner, Beji Qaid Al Sebsi, who

DHAKA: Russia has 7,500 troops in the east of Ukraine, where pro-Moscow separatists have been fighting government troops for months.Ukraine’s defence minister said, reports The Straits Times.‘Unfortunately, the stabilisation of the situation in the east of Ukraine does not depend

DHAKA: A 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck China’s south-western province of Sichuan on Saturday.The US Geological Survey said, reports The Straits Times.The quake struck 39 kilometres north-west of the city of Kangding in the mountainous west of the province at 4.55pm at a depth of

DHAKA: Suspected members of the Somali militant group al-Shabab have killed at least 28 people in an attack on a bus in northern Kenya.Officials say, reports the BBC.The bus was travelling to the capital, Nairobi, when it was stopped in Mandera county, near the Somali border.After

DHAKA: Talks on Iran’s nuclear programme are entering a crucial weekend in Vienna but there is no sign of a breakthrough as Monday’s deadline looms. The US admitted that ‘serious gaps do remain’, reports the BBC. But Secretary of State John Kerry did cancel plans to leave

DHAKA: An attorney for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law has been sentenced to 18 months in prison on tax charges. Stanley Cohen was sentenced Friday in federal court in Syracuse, New York, after pleading guilty to impeding the U.S. tax agency and failing to file tax returns, reports the abc

DHAKA: Across Pakistan, the black standard of the Islamic State has been popping up all over. From urban slums to Taliban strongholds, the militant group's logo and name have appeared in graffiti, posters and pamphlets, reports the India Times on Saturday. Moreover, last month, a