DHAKA: China is to build its own airfield in Antarctica, media reported Monday, as Beijing continues to expand its footprint in the most remote corners of the globe.The airstrip will be built to assist China’s four research stations on the frozen continent, the Beijing Evening News

DHAKA: Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Monday enacted a decree allowing military trials for civilians suspected of attacking state infrastructure, after a string of deadly attacks on soldiers.The decree came after Sisi promised a tough response to what he called an

DHAKA: A climate of fear in Myanmar’s Rakhine state is pushing stateless Rohingya Muslims to flee in ‘unprecedented’ numbers, with almost 10,000 people taking to boats in the region in just two weeks.Activists said Monday, reports The Straits Times.A surge in boats leaving from

DHAKA: A suicide bomber killed at least 27 Shia militiamen on the outskirts of the Iraqi town of Jurf al-Sakhar on Monday after security forces pushed ISIS (Islamic State in Iraq and Syria) militants out of the area over the weekend.Iraq army and police sources said, reports The

DHAKA: Israel’s plan to build over 1,000 new homes for settlers in annexed east Jerusalem is likely to cause an ‘explosion’ of violence.A senior Palestinian official warned on Monday, reports The Straits Times.‘Today (Israeli prime minister Benjamin) Netanyahu approved the

DHAKA: A mysterious Chinese tycoon who plans to dig a US$40 billion canal linking the Caribbean and the Pacific is spreading his reach into space with ambitions for a network of satellites.Reports said Monday, according to The Straits Times.Wang Jing, who won a 50-year concession to

DHAKA: Senior officials from Qatar have strongly denied claims the country is supporting terrorist groups in Syria such as Islamic State.They told the BBC that Qatar had only provided support to moderate militants, in co-ordination with the CIA and other Western and Arab intelligence

DHAKA: Dilma Rousseff has been re-elected president of Brazil, after securing more than 51 percent of votes in the closest election race in many years.An official count showed her rival, centrist candidate Aecio Neves, taking just over 48 percent of the vote, reports the BBC.In her

DHAKA: An Egyptian court has sentenced 23 activists to three years in jail for breaching a controversial protest law.The activists include Yara Sallam and Sanaa Seif - prominent civil rights campaigners.There have been increasing complaints about restrictions on civil liberties since

DHAKA: An electronic poll planned by the Occupy movement has been shelved, due to ‘differences in opinion’ among protesters about its ‘practical use’.The referendum, to be carried out over two evenings on Sunday and Monday, was meant to solicit protesters’ views on the

DHAKA: Indonesia’s new president on Sunday appointed professional technocrats to lead the top economic ministries and implement much-needed reforms to deal with costly fuel subsidies, cooling investment and the country’s creaky infrastructure.Joko Widodo unveiled a Cabinet of 34

DHAKA: The last UK base in Afghanistan has been handed over to the control of Afghan security forces, ending British combat operations in the country.The union flag was lowered at Camp Bastion, while Camp Leatherneck - the adjoining US base - was also handed over to Afghan control,

DHAKA: Nine people have been killed and 17 others injured in a bus accident at Nagaon in Assam on Sunday at around 2:00am in the morning. The bus belonged to the Assam State Transport Corporation and was going from Lakhimpur district to the state capital of Guwahati. A total of 33

DHAKA: Millions of Brazilians are set to vote for a new president in what correspondents say is the tightest vote the country has seen in decades. Incumbent left-leaning president Dilma Rousseff of the Workers Party (PT) faces centrist Aecio Neves of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party

DHAKA: The next time you take a flight in India, keep your fingers crossed and hope that your pilot is flying on a valid licence, not a lapsed one. Air India has discovered that as many as 102 pilots of its wide body Boeing fleet have been flying without clearing a mandatory test that

DHAKA: Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protesters are set to hold a street poll on Sunday and Monday on the next steps for a mass movement that has paralyzed parts of the semi-autonomous Chinese city. The vote, which will take place from 7:00pm to 11:00pm local time on Sunday and again on

DHAKA: Tunisia is set to elect its first full parliament under a new constitution passed earlier this year, BBC reports.  The election is one of the final stages in the political transition which followed the ousting of authoritarian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. There are no

DHAKA: Nine people have been killed and 17 others injured in a bus accident at Nagaon in Assam, ndtv.com reports.  The bus belonged to the Assam State Transport Corporation and was going from Lakhimpur district to the state capital of Guwahati. The bus was reportedly speeding and had

DHAKA: The death toll from the Ebola epidemic has risen to 4,922 out of 10,141 recorded infections, with three West African countries accounting for most of the cases through October 23, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone have reported 4,912 deaths

DHAKA: At least 27 Egyptian security personnel were killed and 30 more injured  in a car bombing in the country's Sinai region, CNN reports.  At least 28 other people were injured in the attack, which took place at a checkpoint in Karam al Qawadees in North Sinai's Sheikh Zuwaid