DHAKA: Over 50 suspected Boko Haram fighters were killed in a military operation by troops in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno. The authorities said on Monday, NTV reports on Tuesday. Nigerian military spokesperson Chris Olukolade said troops in the northeast region also foiled an

DHAKA: Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 20 young women over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, 8 kilometers from a town where more than 200 schoolgirls were taken nearly two months ago, local officials said. The incident in the village of Garkin Fulani is the latest in

DHAKA: The world’s oldest man, a 111-year old Polish immigrant to the US, has died at a New York home for the elderly. Media reported on Monday, says The Straits Times. Alexander Imich passed away early Sunday at a Manhattan senior residence where he had lived since 1986, the New York

DHAKA: In its first official engagement with India after the change of guard in Delhi, Beijing’s statecraft again came to the fore as visiting foreign minister Wang Yi used nothing short of a panegyric to PM Narendra Modi to reach out to the new government. Wang is in India as a

DHAKA: A radio broadcaster was shot dead in the Philippines Monday, police said, the third journalist in just over a month to be murdered in one of the most dangerous countries for media workers. A gunman riding a motorcycle shot Nilo Baculo, 67, from close range outside his home in the

DHAKA: Rescuers discovered five bodies on Monday in a river in northern India as they stepped up their search for 24 students washed away in a sudden surge of water released from a dam. The students were standing on the Beas river’s edge on Sunday evening taking photographs in the

DHAKA: Egypt’s interim prime minister Ibrahim Mahlab said his cabinet had resigned on Monday, allowing president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to choose a new team on his first day in office. Ex-army chief Sisi was sworn in on Sunday, nearly a year after he ousted elected president Mohamed

DHAKA: Twenty-eight people were killed as Pakistan’s military fought an all-night battle on Monday with Taliban gunmen who besieged Karachi airport armed with rocket launchers and suicide vests, leaving a nascent peace process in tatters. Ten militants were among the dead, officials

DHAKA: Security forces said Monday they have re-launched a military operation at Karachi airport as gunfire resumed several hours after they announced the end of a militant siege that left 24 dead.   Fresh gunfire was reported from the airport Monday morning and a loud explosion was

DHAKA: The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack at Karachi airport in Pakistan.  Security forces said they have relaunched a military operation at Karachi airport as gunfire resumed several hours after they announced the end of a militant siege that

DHAKA: The bodies of two of the 24 students, who were washed away in the Beas river near Mandi in Himachal Pradesh, have been recovered from the Pandoh dam reservoir. The incident occurred at around 6 pm on Sunday when the students, six of them girls, were clicking pictures on the banks

DHAKA: Five people including the killers were killed in Las Vegas in US on Sunday night.  Two people have shot and killed two police officers in the US city of Las Vegas, before killing another person and then shooting themselves, says BBC.        The incident began in a pizza cafe

DHAKA: Metro workers in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, have voted to remain on strike for an indefinite period despite an earlier ruling by a labour court calling on them to return to work. The court said that the unions had abused their powers. The governor of Sao Paulo state

DHAKA: The Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Rawalpindi and the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore were placed on ‘red alert’ on Sunday night after a terrorist attack on the Karachi airport. Additional security personnel were deployed around areas of the airports and

DHAKA: At least 23 people have been killed and a number injured in a gun and bomb attack on Shia pilgrims in south-western Pakistan, officials say. They say the gunmen targeted hotels in the town of Taftan, Balochistan province, where the pilgrims were staying after returning from Iran.

DHAKA: At least 23 people have been reportedly killed, including security personnel, and 14 others injured by the armed gunmen at Karachi international airport in Pakistan on Sunday night.       An army spokesman said all 10 of the gunmen who attacked Jinnah International Airport's

DHAKA: Members of the Sikh community are marching through central London in protest over the storming of India’s Golden Temple 30 years ago. Thousands are attending the event, as protesters demand that the assault of June 1984 be recognized as a genocide. Crowds from all over the

DHAKA: Ex-army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has been sworn in as Egypt’s new president after a landslide win in May elections. He said his election was ‘a democratic, peaceful handover of power’ that represented ‘a historic moment and turning point’ for the nation. Security

DHAKA: India hailed talks with China on Sunday as a good step towards stronger ties in the first high-level meeting of the rival Asian giants since prime minister Narendra Modi took charge.China’s foreign minister Wang Yi met his Indian counterpart in New Delhi during a two-day visit to

DHAKA: A top Norwegian peace envoy said he is willing to testify to any international war crimes investigation over alleged rights abuses during Sri Lanka’s separatist conflict, a report said on Sunday.Norway’s former international development minister Erik Solheim said he was