DHAKA: Lesotho prime minister Tom Thabane confirmed Saturday that the military had seized power in a coup in the tiny kingdom and that he had fled to neighbouring South Africa in fear of his life. ‘I have been removed from control not by the people but by the armed forces, and that is

DHAKA: An armed group detained 43 UN peacekeepers during fighting in Syria early Thursday and another 81 peacekeepers are trapped, the United Nations said. The United Nations confirmed that an armed group captured 43 UN peacekeepers on the Syrian side of the Golan Heights on Thursday,

DHAKA: The jihadist Islamic State group has posted video of the execution of a captured Kurdish fighter, in a warning to Iraqi Kurdish leaders to end military cooperation with Washington, a monitoring group said on Friday. The United States has carried out a wave of air strikes against

DHAKA: Malaysia Airlines is to cut 6,000 staff as part of recovery plan after being hit by two disasters this year.The reduction in staff numbers represents around 30% of its workforce of 20,000.The airline will become completely state owned, and a new chief executive will be put in

DHAKA: Paintings by an Indian elephant have gone on sale at a gallery in the capital, Delhi, to help raise money to protect the endangered animals.Artist Alpana Ahuja said she had used bananas and other food to lure Phoolkali to create the artworks.The elephant, who was rescued from

DHAKA: After an earthquake swarm in the area, the Bardarbunga volcano erupted Friday in Iceland. However, a Code Red aviation travel warning with a no-fly zone was issued Friday by the Met Office there. Moreover, earlier another volcano also erupted on the day same in Papua New Guinea,

DHAKA: More than three million Syrians are now registered as refugees and the desperate crisis is only getting worse, the UN's refugee agency says.The UNHCR says Syria is now "the biggest humanitarian emergency of our era" with almost half of all Syrians forced to flee their homes.The

DHAKA: The tenure of India’s Modi government will end on 2018. Meanwhile, his government has moved for a landmark initiative to open bank accounts for 75 million households across the country.The Indian PM, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the ambitious Jan Dhan Yojana on Thursday. He

DHAKA: Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been officially sworn in as Turkish president after winning the country's first public vote for head of state.Mr Erdogan, who served three terms as Prime Minister, has vowed to give more power to the previously ceremonial post.Critics of Mr Erdogan say

DHAKA: The Pakistan government on Thursday said it will register a case of murder against prime minister Nawaz Sharif and 20 others, for their alleged role in the clashes that killed 14 supporters of the cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri. ‘A process for the FIR has started and the government will

DHAKA: Ismail Haniyeh, the former head of the Hamas regime in Gaza, was rushed to hospital on Wednesday shortly after emerging from hiding during the seven-week-long Israeli military campaign in the Gaza Strip. Channel 2 reports, says The Jerusalem Post. The news of Haniyeh’s

DHAKA: Islamic State fighters have executed ‘dozens’ of Syrian soldiers fleeing Tabqa military airport in the north. A monitor said Thursday, with the jihadists boasting on Twitter they had killed 200 troops. ‘Dozens of Syrian soldiers captured while fleeing... after the IS

DHAKA: A pro-Russian rebel leader in eastern Ukraine has said 3-4,000 Russian citizens are fighting in their ranks. Alexander Zakharchenko told Russian TV many of the Russians were former servicepeople or current personnel on leave, reports the BBC. He was speaking as rebels captured

DHAKA: The Lebanese army shelled militant positions in the border zone with Syria on Wednesday near a town that was seized by Islamist insurgents earlier this month. A security source said, reports The Jerusalem Post. It was the first such engagement since the radical Sunni Muslim

DHAKA: Turkish President-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan is due to be officially sworn in after winning the country's first ever popular vote for head of state. Erdogan, who served three terms as prime minister, has vowed to give more power to the previously ceremonial post, reports BBC. His

DHAKA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the seven-week conflict in Gaza ended in "victory". The Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement was "hit hard and got none of its demands," Netanyahu said. Hamas has also claimed the truce represents a victory for Gaza and held a

DHAKA: A robbery suspect carrying a plastic-pellet gun and a crew member with the TV show "Cops'' were shot dead by police during a response to a restaurant hold-up in Omaha, Nebraska.The TV worker died despite wearing body armour at the incident on Wednesday, while police said the

DHAKA: Al-Qaida’s Syria wing Nusra Front and other Islamist fighters have taken control of a border crossing on the line dividing Syria from the Israel occupied Golan Heights. A group monitoring the Syrian conflict said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post. The fighters, who have

DHAKA: Germany is in discussions with the United States and other international partners about possible military action against Islamic State in Syria but Berlin will not take part in any military engagement there. A foreign office spokesman said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.

DHAKA: Thai prime minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha told European investors on Wednesday that he was not a dictator and that his government was seeking to create a Thailand that would be more attractive for their long-term investments. Gen Prayuth was appointed prime minister on Monday