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

DHAKA: Iraq was massing forces Wednesday for an operation to break a two-month jihadist siege of the town of Amerli amid growing fears for residents short of food and water. Thousands of Shia militiamen from groups including Asaib Ahl al-Haq and the Badr Organisation are gathering in the

DHAKA: Indian prime minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday denied reports that the son of a top minister was involved in influence peddling, seeking to staunch the type of corruption allegations that sent the country's last government to election defeat. Modi’s office issued the rebuttal

DHAKA: An American man, believed to be fighting alongside Islamist militants in Syria, has been killed. The White House has confirmed. A cousin of Douglas McAuthur McCain told the BBC the US government had called his mother to confirm his death. McCain was found dead by Free Syrian

DHAKA: Pakistan’s embattled prime minister said Wednesday he would not cave in to protests demanding his resignation, striking a defiant note in his first major speech since the crisis erupted two weeks ago. Nawaz Sharif told parliament his government would not be thrown off course by

DHAKA: Islamic State militants have executed Syrian army soldiers and are holding a group of them hostage after capturing an air base in northeast Syria at the weekend. Pictures posted on the Internet and on Twitter by supporters showed on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times. Islamic

DHAKA: IMF head Christine Lagarde says she has been placed under formal investigation for negligence in French fraud case but has not been charged. She has been questioned several times about her role in a 400m euro compensation payout to businessman Bernard Tapie in 2008. Lagarde was

DHAKA: Israel has agreed to open its borders with Gaza to allow humanitarian aid and reconstruction materials into the Palestinian enclave.Egypt’s foreign ministry said in a statement, reports The Jerusalem Post.Indirect talks between Israel and the Palestinians on other issues will

DHAKA: A UN cargo helicopter crashed on Tuesday in South Sudan’s warzone region of Unity state. The UN peacekeeping mission said, adding it was ‘deeply concerned’ about the fate of the crew, reports The Straits Times. The UN mission said it had ‘dispatched a search and rescue

DHAKA: The Palestinians have reached agreement with Israel on a ‘permanent’ ceasefire for the Gaza Strip. A senior Palestine official said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times. ‘The contacts that have been going on have agreed a permanent ceasefire, a (deal to) end the blockade

DHAKA: The head of the US Agency for International Development said on Tuesday poor understanding of Ebola was undermining the fight against the epidemic, pointing out that the fever is harder to get than malaria. USAID director Jeremy Konyndyk, in Liberia to support the fight against an

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has authorised surveillance flights over Syria in order to gain intelligence on the activities of Islamic State (IS).Correspondents say the move could mark the first step towards US air strikes inside Syria, where the jihadist group controls vast