DHAKA: The Israeli military struck the Gaza Strip early Monday (February 19), hours after a rocket was shot into southern Israel as intense cross-border fighting persisted for a third straight day, reports Times of Israel. The army said it attacked “underground infrastructure” in

DHAKA: Five women have been killed in a shooting at a Christian church in Russia's volatile republic of Dagestan, reports BBC. Five others, including a police officer and a national guardsman, were injured, Russian officials said. A man fired at people leaving an evening service

An Iranian passenger plane has crashed into the country’s Zagros mountains with more than 50 people on board, the head of the country’s emergency services told local media on Sunday (February 18). “This plane has crashed in the Semirom area and all emergency forces are on alert.

DHAKA: Thirteen Russians have been charged with interfering in the US 2016 election, in a major development in the FBI investigation, reports BBC. Three of those named have also been accused of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and five have been accused of aggravated identity theft.

DHAKA: Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli from the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) was sworn in as the 41st prime minister of Nepal, formally concluding the long-delayed democratic transition. President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered the oath of office at Sheetal Niwas at

DHAKA: South Africa's embattled President Jacob Zuma has resigned after intense pressure from his own party, reports BBC. In a televised statement he said he was quitting with immediate effect but said he disagreed with his ANC party's decision. The ANC had told him to step

DHAKA: At least 17 people are dead after a 19-year-old man opened fire at a high school campus in Parkland of Florida, reports BBC. The suspect has been named as Nikolas Cruz, 19, and is a former student at the school who had been expelled. As the attack unfolded students were

DHAKA: The Dutch foreign affairs minister resigned Tuesday (February 13), a day after admitting that he lied about attending a meeting hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin more than a decade ago, reports ABC News. An emotional Halbe Zijlstra announced his resignation at the start

DHAKA: US President Donald Trump's daughter-in-law opened a letter containing an unknown substance that was addressed to the President's son Donald Trump Jr, reports CNN. The letter was sent to the couple's Manhattan apartment and opened around 10am ET Monday (February 12),

DHAKA: Oxfam's deputy chief executive has resigned over the handling of a sex scandal involving aid workers, reports BBC. The British charity is accused of concealing the findings of an inquiry into claims staff used prostitutes while delivering aid in Haiti in 2011. Penny

A plane carrying 71 people crashed in the Moscow area Sunday, Russian state media news agency Tass reported. Those on-board include 65 passengers and six crew members, the Russian news agency Interfax said. The plane, an Antonov-148 operated by Saratov Airlines, disappeared off the

DHAKA: At least 27 people were killed on the Indonesian island of Java when a bus carrying local tourists ran off a road and overturned, reports ABC News. The bus had been taking about 40 passengers to visit thermal springs when the accident happened in the Subang region of West Java

The Maldives former president and two Supreme Court judges were arrested early Tuesday hours after the government declared an emergency in the Indian Ocean nation that has been increasingly in turmoil in the days since the court ordered several jailed politicians to be freed.  The

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been freed from jail after a South Korean court suspended his five year jail term for bribing the country's ex-president. An appeals court upheld parts of the conviction, but used its discretion to release the executive, reports the BBC. The

Security forces of Maldives on Sunday (February 04) sealed off the country’s parliament and arrested two opposition MPs amid a deepening crisis over President Abdulla Yameen's refusal to free jailed politicians. Al Jazeera reports that the soldiers in riot gear surrounded the

A suicide bombing in Pakistan's northwestern Swat Valley killed 11 soldiers and wounded 13 on Saturday in what authorities said was the first attack in over three years in the region once ruled by militants. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, reports the

DHAKA: Ninety migrants are feared drowned after a boat capsized off the Libyan coast, says the UN's migration agency. Three survivors said most of those who drowned were Pakistani nationals, reports the BBC. Libya has for years been a major transit route for migrants trying to

DHAKA: Castro Diaz-Balart, the eldest son of Cuba’s late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has committed suicide after months of treatment for depression. He was 68. Cuban state media reports that Diaz-Balart committed suicide on Thursday (February 01). He had been battling

DHAKA: A US ban on refugees from 11 "high-risk" countries has been lifted but any who seek to enter the country will face new security measures, reports BBC. They will undergo risk-based assessments before admission, says Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. The Trump

DHAKA: The deputy director of the FBI is stepping down – a week after it was reported that President Donald Trump was lobbying for his ouster, reports The Independent. Andrew McCabe, who had been under fire from Republicans in recent months over perceived partisanship and bias, had