NEW DELHI: India’s National Investigation Agency filed a charge sheet in a Mumbai special court against five Bangladeshi nationals who were arrested from Pune on accusation of “aiding and harbouring” members of Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT). The detainees are-- Mohammed Habibur

A helicopter crashed into a hillside in central Nepal on Saturday (Sep 8) killing six on board, including a Japanese tourist, officials said. One woman survived the crash with injuries and has been airlifted to the capital. Rescuers travelled on foot to reach the chopper's

At least 13 people were killed when a passenger bus collided with a truck parked on a road in southern Afghanistan on Saturday and overturned, officials said. Another 25 were wounded in the accident in Zherai district of Kandahar province, provincial police spokesperson Abdul Bashir

The former Trump adviser whose remarks in a London pub sparked the US inquiry into possible collusion with Russia has been sentenced to 14 days in jail. George Papadopoulos, 31, told the court in Washington DC he was a "patriotic American" who made a mistake by lying. He pleaded

Two trekkers have died after a group of them fell into a crevice at Kolahoi Glacier near Dhanwet, about 25-kms from Aru Pahalgam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Friday (September 7). Officials say at least 10 trekkers were returning from Kolahoi Glacier when three of them

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck central Ecuador on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, although there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake hit 94 km south of the city of Ambato at a depth of 112 km, the USGS said. Tremors were felt in the

Border Patrol agents of the Laredo Sector have arrested five Bangladeshi illegal immigrants in Texas State of the US. According to Border Patrol, agents discovered five individuals walking near the Rio Grande on September 4, reports online news portal KGNS.tv When agents questioned

In a historic verdict, India's Supreme Court ruled that gay sex is no longer a criminal offence in the country. The ruling overturns a 2013 judgement that upheld a colonial-era law, known as section 377, under which gay sex is categorised as an "unnatural offence". It is one of

The Immigration Department rescued 65 Bangladeshis believed to be human trafficking victims in Bandar Baru Nilai, Negri Sembilan on Tuesday (Sept 4). Its director-general Datuk Seri Mustafar Ali said all the Bangladeshis were found at the dormitory of a company supplying foreign

US President Donald Trump denied assertions by prominent journalist Bob Woodward in his new book that he ordered the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Mr Trump said the idea was "never even discussed" with defence officials. Defence Secretary James Mattis has also

Qatar amended its residency laws on Tuesday (Sep 4) to allow foreign workers to leave the country without exit permits from their employers. There are some two million foreign workers in Qatar, many employed directly or indirectly on vast infrastructure projects for the football World

A powerful typhoon killed 10 people in western Japan and an airport company started to transfer some 3,000 stranded passengers by boats from a flooded airport, the government said on Wednesday, as more than a million homes were without power. Jebi, or "swallow" in Korean, was briefly

Dr Arif Alvi, one of the founding members of Prime Minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was elected as the new President of Pakistan on Tuesday, according to media reports. Alvi defeated Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Aitzaz Ahsan and the Pakistan Muslim League-N

New UN High Commissioner for Human Rights chief Michelle Bachelet said on Monday (Sep 3) she was "shocked" by Myanmar's jailing of two Reuters journalists for seven years and called for their immediate release. "I was shocked," the former Chilean president told reporters on her

The founder of the Haqqani militant network has died after several years of illness, the Afghan Taliban has announced. Jalaluddin Haqqani was a significant militant figure in Afghanistan and had close ties to both the Taliban and al-Qaeda, reports the BBC. His son is believed to

The Myanmar military issued a rare apology on Monday (September 3), acknowledging that two photographs it published in a book on the crisis over the Rohingya Muslim minority were "published incorrectly". Two of the pictures in the book that aimed at illustrating the army's account

Some 400 prisoners have escaped from a facility near the Libyan capital Tripoli amid deadly violence between militia groups in the city, police say. "The detainees were able to force open the doors" in order to leave the Ain Zara prison, the local police said. They added that

A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Most of the 20 million items it contained, including the oldest human remains ever found in the Americas, are believed to have been destroyed, reports the BBC. The

A court in Myanmar has sentenced two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison for violating a state secrets act while investigating violence against Rohingyas. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were arrested while carrying official documents which had just been given to them by police

Bodies of 14 newborns in a various stages of decomposition were found wrapped in plastic bags in a vacant land in Haridebpur area in southern Kolkata during a cleaning programme on Sunday, police said. The bodies wrapped in plastic bags were found on the grassy land on Raja Rammohan