DHAKA: Children armed with whistles will soon be patrolling villages in central India to try to shame those defecating in the open.A report said Sunday, according to The Straits Times.Madhya Pradesh state government is expected soon to launch the unusual sanitation initiative, in which

DHAKA: The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadist group has in recent days executed more than 200 members of an Iraqi tribe that fought against it.Officials and a tribal leader said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.Accounts varied as to the exact period in which the Sunni

DHAKA: Ebola cases are continuing to rise ‘frighteningly quickly’ in areas of Sierra Leone.An international campaign group has said.The Africa Governance Initiative (AGI) found that in rural parts of the country the virus is spreading nine times faster than two months ago.In

DHAKA: Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are holding elections denounced by the West as ‘illegitimate’.Presidential and parliamentary polls are being held in the two self-proclaimed people’s republics in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.Ukraine, the US and EU say they will

DHAKA: Pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine are preparing to hold elections which the West has denounced as illegitimate. Presidential and parliamentary polls are being held in the two self-proclaimed ‘people’s republics’ in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. Ukraine, the US

DHAKA: Despite India’s strong reservations about a Chinese nuclear submarine at the Colombo port in September, it is learned that Sri Lanka has permitted another Chinese attack submarine to dock at a Lankan port.According to the information received, the second docking is likely to

DHAKA: Burkina Faso military chiefs have backed Isaac Zida as transitional president.An army statement says, reports the BBC.The statement appears to end confusion over who has succeeded president Blaise Compaore, who stood down amid unrest.Lt-Col Zida appeared on television overnight to

DHAKA: The leader of Nigeria’s Islamic extremist group Boko Haram has denied agreeing to any cease-fire with the government and said more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls all have converted to Islam and been married off.In a new video released late Friday night, Abubakar Shekau dashed

DHAKA: Islamic State (IS) militants have killed at least 50 members of a western Iraqi tribe in Anbar province.Iraq’s officials and tribal leaders say, reports the BBC.The deaths are thought to be in retaliation for the Al Bu Nimr tribe’s resistance to the jihadists.The news comes

DHAKA: Burkina Faso’s longtime ruler Blaise Compaore, who resigned on Friday amid mass protests against his 27-year rule, has arrived in neighbouring Ivory Coast.Ivorian military sources said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.The sources, who asked not to be identified, said

DHAKA: At least 100 militants from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group have been killed in three days of fighting for the strategic Syrian border town of Kobane.A monitor said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the deaths

DHAKA: More than 80 per cent of India’s population is vitamin D deficient and is at risk from health complications like diabetes and heart disorders.Experts said on Friday, gulfnews.com publishes this report on Saturday.They emphasised that Vitamin D deficiency doesn’t exhibit

DHAKA: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered changes to the design of Pyongyang’s new international airport to reflect the country’s socialist ideology after saying the layout looked like ‘a copy’ of a foreign facility.North Korea state media reported on Saturday,

DHAKA: A pilot was killed and another injured as Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship two space tourism craft crashed in the California desert in US.The BBC reports on Saturday.The craft was flying a manned test when it experienced what the company described as "a serious anomaly".It was

DHAKA: China passed a counter-espionage law on Saturday aimed at tightening state security and helping build a ‘comprehensive’ national security system.China state media reported, according to The Straits Times.The law will allow authorities to seal or seize any property linked to

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi housemaid drowned while rescuing four Emirati boys who were nearly swallowed by the sea at a beach in Abu Dhabi.The four boys ventured towards the water in Dabiya beach in the city, prompting the maid, Safiya, to scream and chase them into deep water.The household

DHAKA: Burkina Faso's President Blaise Compaore has announced his resignation, following violent protests at his attempt to extend his 27-year rule. Mr Compaore issued a statement saying the presidency was now vacant and urging elections within 90 days. Military chief Gen Honore Traore

DHAKA: Staffan de Mistura says local ceasefires in different parts of the war-torn country could help get aid deliveries in. UN peace envoy Staffan de Mistura has presented an "action plan" for Syria, proposing to "freeze" fighting in local areas to allow for aid deliveries and to lay

DHAKA: Israel reopened Jerusalem's flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound Friday ahead of the weekly Muslim prayers, after a rare closure following clashes sparked by the killing of a Palestinian by police. The streets of east Jerusalem were calm ahead of the prayers at midday, following an

DHAKA: Russia has agreed to resume gas supplies to Ukraine over the winter in a deal brokered by the European Union. The deal will also ensure gas supplies to EU countries via Ukraine are secure. "There is now no reason for people in Europe to stay cold this winter,'' said European