DHAKA: Ashraf Ghani was declared Afghanistan’s next president on Sunday after winning the June 14 election.Officials said adding that it will be ending months of disputes over allegations of massive fraud that tipped the country into a political crisis, reports The Straits

DHAKA: A peace deal between Houthi rebels and government loyalists in Yemen appears to be in jeopardy.The Houthis have taken control of government buildings and a radio station in Sanaa, and a major army base north of the capital, reports Al Jazeera.Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall,

DHAKA: Thousands of Russians were expected on Sunday to protest against the Kremlin’s aggression against Ukraine, in the first major anti-war rally since fighting in the former Soviet country erupted in April.Organisers hope thousands of protesters, including many prominent

DHAKA: Alex Salmond, the defeated leader of Scotland’s nationalists, on Sunday accused UK prime minister David Cameron and other London politicians of tricking Scottish voters out of independence by making a false ‘vow’ about granting them new powers.Salmond, who is stepping

DHAKA: Pope Francis, in his strongest criticism of religious militants to date, said on Sunday that no religious group which used violence and oppression could claim to be ‘the armour of God’.Pope Francis made his comments during a one-day visit to Albania, an impoverished Balkan

DHAKA: A bomb blast killed two Egyptian policemen and two civilians near the foreign ministry in central Cairo on Sunday.A security official said, reports The Straits Times.State television reported that a police officer and a conscript were killed in the blast in the crowded area on

DHAKA: A deal to form a government of national unity in Afghanistan has been signed at a ceremony in Kabul.The signing, broadcast live on national TV, comes after months of wrangling following presidential elections in April and June.Under the deal, Ashraf Ghani becomes president while

DHAKA: Thousands of Hong Kong students will begin a week-long boycott of classes on Monday, the start of what democracy activists say will be a wider campaign of civil disobedience against Beijing’s refusal to grant the city full universal suffrage. China dashed hopes last month for

DHAKA: Boko Haram militants attacked a rural market in the north-east Nigerian town of Mainok, killing dozens of people, BBC reports.Gunmen shot at traders and customers as they raided the busy market for food supplies on Friday.The number of casualties is not yet clear, with some

DHAKA: Some 66,000 refugees - mainly Syrian Kurds - have crossed into Turkey in 24 hours as Islamic State militants advance in northern Syria, BBC reports. Turkey opened its border on Friday to Syrians fleeing the Kurdish town of Kobane in fear of an IS attack.The UN refugee agency said

DHAKA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and actor Leonardo di Caprio will join thousands in a march for climate action in New York on Sunday.The Manhattan demonstration is part of a global protest, with over 2,000 marches taking place around the world.Ban will also tackle the issue with

DHAKA: Nato's most senior military commander has said the ceasefire between Ukraine and pro-Russian separatists currently exists 'in name only'. Gen Philip Breedlove said the numbers of artillery rounds fired recently was comparable to periods before the truce came into effect two weeks

DHAKA: Security has been tightened in Saint Peter’s Square after intelligence services intercepted a possible plan to attack the Vatican, Italian media reported on Saturday, increasing fears that Pope Francis could be in danger. A foreign security service alerted Italy this week after

DHAKA: New Zealand’s conservative prime minister John Key swept to a historic election victory on Saturday, securing a third term as voters ignored campaign allegations of dirty tricks and mass spying. The resounding win makes Key the first New Zealand leader able to govern in his own

DHAKA: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, the gen-next politician of Pakistan, has said that his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) would take entire Kashmir from India. Bilawal, in his 20s, was addressing the party workers in Multan region in Punjab on Friday, Hindustan Times publish this report on

DHAKA: An Israeli drone crashed in Lebanon on Saturday morning, an IDF spokeswoman confirmed. The plane was flying across the northern border on a regular surveillance mission when it fell from the sky. Media outlets in Lebanon first reported that a drone had crashed in the southern

DHAKA: Malaysia said on Saturday that the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week is the ‘right platform’ to seek justice for victims of flight MH17 which was shot down in Ukraine. Malaysia prime minister Najib Tun Razak, who will address the assembly, would raise the

DHAKA: The Australian government will introduce tough new legislation in Parliament next week to tackle terrorism, reports said on Saturday, in the aftermath of the biggest crackdown in the country’s history. Australia prime minister Tony Abbott will seek sweeping counter-terror powers

DHAKA: Dozens of Turkish nationals held hostage by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) jihadists in northern Iraq for more than three months have been released and brought to Turkey. Turkish prime minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times. ‘Early in the

DHAKA: The Queen has said she believes Scotland will unite in a "spirit of mutual respect and support" following the independence referendum. She said she understood there would be "strong feelings and contrasting emotions".But she had "no doubt" this would be tempered by "an