DHAKA: Yemeni troops have launched a ground assault against al-Qaeda suspects who fled a recent large army operation in the south to a district near the capital Sanaa, killing three fighters.Sources told media, reports Al Jazeera.‘Yemen’s anti-terrorism forces carried out a military

DHAKA: Lightning repeatedly struck the One World Trade Center tower in an epic display Friday night as a heavy rainstorm passed over New York City. The dramatic strikes were captured by a number of photographers and videographers—including a few lucky amateurs who just happened to have

DHAKA: The invitation extended to Nawaz Sharif for Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony has not gone down well with the widow of martyred Indian soldier Hemraj, who on Sunday demanded that the Pakistan premier either bring back her husband’s head or condemn the barbarous

DHAKA: In a historic feat for Indian mountaineering, 13-year-old Malavath Purna on Saturday became the youngest female climber to scale the Mount Everest. Purna was accompanied by Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar (16), a Class IX student from the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, and completed

DHAKA: Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday ordered the release of 151 Indian prisoners ahead of his historic visit to New Delhi to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in as premier.Islamabad’s move to free the prisoners, mostly fishermen accused of violating Pakistan’s

DHAKA: Pope Francis made an impassioned plea on Sunday for the protection of children at a mass in Bethlehem’s Manager Square in the West Bank, where rights groups say minors are mistreated by Israel.‘Children are crying, they are crying a lot, and their crying challenges us,’ the

DHAKA: Most 2-month-old babies aren't able to do more than gurgle and coo, but an infant in a touching video gone viral is miraculously able to just about say 'I love you’.The adorable YouTube video posted by the baby's mom shows her sitting on her father's lap as he tries coaxing her

DHAKA: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will boycott prime minister-elect Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday. Sources have told NDTV. Sources say the decision has been taken in the wake of Modi’s invite to Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend his

DHAKA: Ukrainians take to the polls to vote in a new president after months of unrest following the ousting of former President Viktor Yanukovych. Eighteen candidates are competing in the contest, which is widely seen as a crucial moment to unite the country. But pro-Russian separatists

DHAKA: The United States has cancelled a joint military training exercise with Thailand, visits by top military officers and a police training programme over the country's military coup. The steps, announced by the US Departments of State and Defense on Saturday, are intended to show

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin has condemned remarks by Prince Charles reportedly comparing his actions to those of the Nazis, saying his words were ‘not what monarchs do’. The prince’s reported comments were ‘unacceptable’ and ‘wrong’, Putin said, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad goes back to his old profession riding on bus to work. Former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who left office earlier this year, has reportedly returned to his original profession of teaching. The former outspoken Iranian

DHAKA: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rahul will represent Congress at the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister on Monday. The Congress president had congratulated Modi on May 20 hours after he was elected leader of BJP parliamentary party and the NDA, thereby

DHAKA: Armed rebels were besieging a hospital in their eastern Ukraine stronghold on Saturday in an apparent bid to seize wounded foes after a deadly firefight. A media correspondent said, reports The Straits Times. A doctor at the hospital in the main eastern city of Donetsk said the

DHAKA: The BJP on Saturday expressed ‘delight’ at the decision of Nawaz Sharif to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister while Congress asked the new government to raise issues such as cross-border terrorism, slow pace of trial of 26/11 attackers and

DHAKA: Pope Francis made an urgent plea on Saturday for peace in war-torn Syria as he kicked off a three-day pilgrimage to the Middle East. And he called for religious freedom to be upheld throughout a region ravaged by war and bloodshed, where a dwindling Christian population faces

DHAKA: An Egyptian court jailed 19 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi for five years on Saturday for storming the offices of the head of the prestigious Al-Azhar Islamic institution. Egypt judicial sources said, reports The Straits Times. The army-installed government

DHAKA: Thailand’s military junta has disbanded the country’s Senate and placed all law-making responsibility in the hands of the army general who led this week’s coup. The army said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times. ‘The Senate is dismissed. Responsibility for any laws

DHAKA: Russia has still not received any new payment from Ukraine for natural gas supplies. Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times. Russian state-run natural gas exporter Gazprom has threatened to halt deliveries to Ukraine on June 3 if Kiev does not

DHAKA: Pope Francis has arrived in Jordan at the start of a three-day visit to the Middle East which will also take him to Israel and the Palestinian territories. The official purpose of the visit is to improve ties with the Orthodox Church. Quentin Sommerville reports, says the BBC.