DHAKA: At least 15 people were killed by alleged Taliban gunmen while they were travelling by road in the central Afghan province of Ghor.The attackers stopped two minibuses overnight, ordered the passengers out and shot them dead, according to the province’s police chief.The

DHAKA: Efforts to secure a ceasefire between Israel and the militant Hamas movement are intensifying as the death toll in 18-day-old conflict continues to climb. Gaza faced more Israeli shelling and air strikes overnight, while Israeli towns raised the alarm over Hamas rockets on Friday

DHAKA: On Friday, the US Sentencing Commission voted unanimously to allow nearly 50,000 nonviolent federal drug offenders to seek lower sentences. The commission's decision retroactively applied an earlier change in sentencing guidelines to now cover roughly half of those serving federal

DHAKA: The US says it has evidence that Russia has fired artillery across the border targeting Ukrainian military positions. Russia also intends "to deliver heavier and more powerful multiple rocket launchers" to pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine, the state department said. Russia has

DHAKA: New research suggests the global decline in wildlife is connected to an increase in human trafficking and child slavery. Ecologists say the shortage of wild animals means that in many countries more labour is now needed to find food. Children are often used to fill this need for

DHAKA: Israeli police have shot dead at least two Palestinians just north of Jerusalem during massive protests in support of those under siege in Gaza in several areas of the occupied West Bank. Palestinian security and medical officials named one of the men as Mohammed Al-Aaraj, 25, who

DHAKA: The wreck of a plane that disappeared with 116 people on board on a flight from Burkina Faso to Algiers has been found in Mali, officials say. The Burkinabe army said the plane, operated by Algeria's national airline Air Algerie, had crashed about 50km (30 miles) from the Burkina

SAUDI ARABIA: Three Bangladeshi citizens were killed and four others injured in a road accident some 70 kilometers away from Riyadh, the capital Saudi Arabia, on Thursday noon.The deceased were identified as Jalal, 28, from Noakhali, Masud, 27, from Comilla and Rony, 25, from

DHAKA: Ukraine’s prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Thursday resigned in protest at the disbanding of the ruling parliamentary coalition.‘I announce my resignation in connection with the dissolution of the parliamentary coalition and the blocking of government initiatives,’ a

DHAKA: At least 15 people have been killed and more than 200 injured when a UN-run school used as a shelter in Gaza was shelled.The Gaza health ministry says, reports the BBC.Hundreds of Palestinians were in the school in Beit Hanoun, fleeing heavy fighting in the area.It is the fourth

DHAKA: Algeria’s national airline, Air Algerie, says it has lost contact with one of its planes flying from Burkina Faso to Algiers across the Sahara.Algerian aviation officials said the plane had crashed, but gave no further details, reports the BBC.Contact was lost about 50 minutes

DHAKA: The UN says militant Islamist group Isis has ordered all women and girls in Mosul, northern Iraq, to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM). UN official Jacqueline Badcock said the fatwa, or religious edict, applied to females between the ages of 11 and 46. She said the

DHAKA: UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has expressed extreme concern at the situation in Gaza, describing a ceasefire as ‘vital’. She said the conflict meant 44% of Gaza was a no-go area for Palestinians, and residents were running out of food. More than 710 Palestinians and 30

DHAKA: Russia will cooperate with the investigation into the downing of a Malaysian airliner a week ago and is satisfied that the Netherlands, rather than Ukraine, is leading the effort.The country’s ambassador to Malaysia said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.Liudmila

DHAKA: Iraqi MPs have elected Kurdish politician Fouad Massoum as president, succeeding Jalal Talabani.Massoum, 76, is a founding member of Talabani’s Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party.Since 2003 Iraq’s president has always been a Kurd, while the prime minister is a Shia and the

DHAKA: An Air Algerie plane with 110 passengers and six crew members on board that went missing after taking off from Burkina Faso has crashed into the Niger.Reports in the Algerian media said, according to NDTV. The aircraft was bound for Algiers.Air Algerie earlier said it lost

DHAKA: British investigators have started examining the second black box from Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which was shot down over Ukraine.The transport ministry said Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) in Farnborough, southwest of

DHAKA: Turkey is working with international partners to negotiate both a cease-fire in the Gaza conflict and access for humanitarian aid. The Turkish foreign minister said on Thursday, reports The Jerusalem Post. ‘The US, Turkey, Qatar and Egypt have been working for the last five

DHAKA: Norway has taken exceptional security measures after being informed of a possible imminent ‘terrorist attack’ by militants who have fought in Syria. The country’s intelligence chief said Thursday, reports The Straits Times. The move comes as concerns are mounting in Europe

DHAKA: A powerful Ukrainian rebel leader has confirmed that pro-Russian separatists had an anti-aircraft missile of the type Washington says was used to shoot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 and it could have originated in Russia. In an interview with media, Alexander Khodakovsky,