DHAKA: Some of the girls who managed to escape after being abducted last month from a school in northeastern Nigeria by the group Boko Haram have given harrowing accounts of their ordeal. Standing alongside their parents, the students described how the gunmen commanded the hundreds of

DHAKA: Taliban fighters have opened fire and stormed a government building in eastern Afghanistan in the most serious of a string of attacks across the country, while in Kabul two rockets struck inside the grounds of the city’s international airport but caused no damage. Following the

DHAKA: China has deployed armed police patrol vehicles in Beijing after three attacks at transport hubs around the country. The 150 vehicles are tasked with ‘countering street terrorism and fighting severe violence’, state-run Xinhua news agency said, reports the BBC. Petrol

DHAKA: Pro-Russian separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region claimed a resounding victory in a ‘self-rule’ referendum, saying 89% voted in favor. In Luhansk, another eastern region, the results, also expected to show a strong backing, will be released soon. Ukraine called the

DHAKA: The governor of Nigeria's Borno state says he has information on the whereabouts of about 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist group Boko Haram. Governor Kashim Shettima said he had passed reports of the sightings of the girls to the military for verification. Shettima added

DHAKA: One of India's most bitterly fought elections comes to a close Monday with voting in Varanasi, featuring two of the most watched politicians in the country - Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal - and 40 other constituencies across three states. The results will be declared on

DHAKA: At least 36 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the Libyan coast earlier this week, officials said, following the recovery of more bodies on Sunday. The navy said it rescued 52 people when the boat sank on Tuesday, but survivors say there were 130 people on board. On

DHAKA: At least 15 people were killed in a stampede at a football match in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kinshasa, officials say. Reports say the trouble began after police fired tear gas in the crowded stadium, causing panic. More than 20 people were injured. Local

DHAKA: South-east Asia’s regional bloc called on Sunday for a ‘peaceful resolution’ to the political crisis gripping Thailand, days after a controversial court ruling removed prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra from power.The 10-member Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean)

DHAKA: The chairman of Samsung Electronics is in a ‘stable condition’ after undergoing emergency heart surgery. The Samsung Medical Center says, reports the BBC. Lee Kun-hee underwent the operation after suffering breathing difficulties late on Saturday night. The hospital said he

DHAKA: India’s Election Commission on Sunday issued a notice to Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal for his alleged remark that ‘those who vote for Congress, BJP will commit treachery against God and country’. The AAP convener during a road show in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, which

DHAKA: At least 11 people have been killed after a suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden car into a military police base in al-Mukalla, in southeast Yemen.Witnesses in the provincial capital of Hadramawt reported an ambulance ferrying casualties to a city hospital on Sunday, reports

DHAKA: North Korea accused South Korea Sunday of fabricating a story about crashed spy drones in order to divert attention from its ferry disaster.The drones were recovered in three different locations in the South between March 24 and April 6.The South’s defence ministry last week

DHAKA: Malaysia prime minister Najib Razak said his patience should not be interpreted as a weakness, and added that he believes Malaysians want more space to debate issues without fear of being arrested.He was asked in an interview about his inaction over controversial issues that are

DHAKA: Gunmen have killed at least 42 soldiers in separate attacks in the Iraqi cities of Fallujah and Mosul.Police sources told Al Jazeera that 22 soldiers who had been kidnapped in Fallujah on Friday were killed on Saturday night.In a separate incident, fighters kidnapped troops from a

DHAKA: Tension prevailed in some areas of the city on Sunday after a clash between two communities over the construction of a water kiosk near a mosque left seven people injured even as police registered cases against 200 people in connection with the violence. Security has been

DHAKA: The Afghan presidential election front-runner, Abdullah Abdullah, has won the backing of a key rival, forming the contest’s first major coalition.Zalmai Rassoul, the successor favoured by outgoing president Hamid Karzai, pledged his support for Abdullah, the top candidate from

DHAKA: UK prime minister David Cameron has promised Britain ‘will do what we can’ to help find more than 200 kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls. He made the comments as he held a sign bearing the ‘#Bring Back Our Girls’ slogan on the BBC's Andrew Marr show. Cameron is the latest

DHAKA: Seven policemen were on Sunday killed and two others injured when Maoists carried out a landmine blast in India’s Maharashtra state’s Gadchiroli district. The incident occurred at 9:40am when the policemen were moving for an operational task in the forest between Pavimuranda

DHAKA: The head of Samsung Group, South Korea’s largest business empire, underwent an emergency operation Sunday after developing symptoms of heart failure, hospital officials said. Lee Kun Hee, 72, was admitted to a hospital near his home in Seoul Saturday night due to a respiratory