DHAKA: At least 18 people were killed in clashes between suspected Boko Haram fighters and a vigilante group in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, reports say.A majority of those killed were thought to have been vigilante members who had tried to defend the town of Benisheik against

DHAKA: Halil pulled up in front of his apartment complex in San Francisco and turned off the engine. We sat in his car side by side, as if we were on an awkward first date. He asked for my driver’s license and snapped a picture of it with his smartphone. I awaited further instructions.

DHAKA: The Duke of York has said he is ‘grateful’ for an apology from police after officers challenged him in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.In a statement, Prince Andrew, the second son and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, said the police had a difficult job and

DHAKA: Syrian government forces may have carried out a chemical weapons attack close to Damascus without the personal permission of president Bashar Assad.Germany’s ‘Bild am Sonntag’ paper reported on Sunday, citing German intelligence says The Jerusalem Post.Syrian brigade and

DHAKA: Thousands of Tunisians took to the streets of Bardo, near the capital Tunis, late Saturday, calling for the government led by the moderate Islamist Ennahda party to step down.They were marking the end of a 40-day period of mourning after the assassination of opposition leader

DHAKA: CNN aired graphic videos of victims Saturday that it said were shown to select US lawmakers as part of a push to shore up support for a strike on Syria.The broadcaster said the 13 videos were shown Thursday to members of the Senate Intelligence Committee who were told they depict

DHAKA: A potential US-led military strike against Syria would be ‘illegal’ based on the United Nations charter, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javed Zarif said in Baghdad on Sunday.‘Civilised countries, 65 years ago, took the options off the table when they rejected in the

DHAKA: Egyptian military helicopters carried out a second day of air raids on Sunday in the Sinai Peninsula, where they are facing an insurgency by Islamist militants, witnesses said.Apache helicopters hit targets in north Sinai near the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-ruled Gaza

DHAKA: Victims of a chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus last month were flown in secret from Syria to the United Kingdom to undergo tests.The Sunday Times reported, says The Jerusalem Post.According to the report in the British newspaper, the medical tests revealed traces

DHAKA: Army staged a flag march in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar Sunday where the toll in communal clashes between members of two communities climbed to 12 while 40 were injured.Sporadic incidents of violence were also reported from villages in Meerut where two people have been killed

DHAKA: Another three people have died in Saudi Arabia after contracting the Mers coronavirus, the health ministry said Sunday, bringing the kingdom’s total fatalities of the Sars-like virus to 47.A Saudi man, aged 74, died in the western city of Medina after being in contact with an

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry is meeting Arab League leaders in Paris as part of a European tour to gather support for intervention in Syria.Earlier Kerry said the number of nations prepared to take military action was now in ‘double digits’, but the list has not been made

DHAKA: Two Egyptian soldiers were killed late on Saturday when an improvised explosive device detonated in a road in the North Sinai town of Sheikh Zuweid near the border with the Gaza Strip.Egypt security sources said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The Egyptian army launched an attack

DHAKA: Syrian rebels, including jihadists, have taken control of the historic Christian town of Maalula, north of Damascus.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights watchdog and a resident said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.‘Overnight, Syrian regime troops moved into the village,

DHAKA: The family of a student who died after being brutally gang-raped in New Delhi has called for the death penalty ahead of a court’s verdict on her alleged attackers.The court is expected to deliver its verdict on Tuesday after concluding a trial against four adults over the assault

DHAKA: British foreign secretary William Hague called on Sunday for a strong response to the use of chemical weapons in Syria, saying the issue went wider than the conflict in the Middle Eastern country.Hague said that although the British parliament had rejected joining military action

DHAKA: A passerby lured a runaway lion roaming an upmarket suburb of Kuwait into his car and then called the police for help, an incident that raised concerns about wild animals kept as pets in the wealthy Gulf Arab state.Pictures in Kuwaiti media showed the animal glaring out of the back

DHAKA: Hundreds of troops have been deployed to quell deadly riots and clashes between Hindus and Muslims sparked by the killing of three villagers who had objected when a young woman was being harassed in northern India.Police say the clashes in Kawal village left nine people dead,

DHAKA: Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh has endorsed Rahul Gandhi to lead the ruling Congress party, saying he would be ‘happy’ to work under the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.Dr Singh, who will turn 81 later this month, made the comment to reporters late Saturday while flying

DHAKA: The Pentagon is readying more intense and longer attacks on Syria than originally planned, set to last three days.The Los Angeles Times reported on Sunday, says The Straits Times.War planners now aim to unleash a heavy barrage of missile strikes to be followed swiftly by additional