DHAKA: Police arrested former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on charge of “inciting violence” against Tehran government on Sunday (January 7). Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claims that he was critical of the current regime and leader. Ahmadinejad was arrested for comments he made

Former president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has been arrested for inciting unrest against the government, reports the daily Mail. The Iranian regime headed by Ali Khamenei reportedly arrested Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Shiraz city for inciting unrest and more demonstrations following

Malaysia's longest-serving prime minister could once again helm the country, with the opposition coalition naming Dr Mahathir Mohamad as its interim PM pick should it emerge victorious in the elections.  Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) president Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, Anwar's

Former Indian railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was also Bihar chief minister, has been sentenced to three and half years in prison in a corruption case known as the ‘fodder scam’. A special CBI court on Saturday (January 06) handed the jail term and imposed a fine of Rs 10

The extremist group- Islamic State (IS) has declared war against the Palestinian Hamas, reports The Washington Post. IS’s branch in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has taken a simmering dispute with the Palestinian Hamas group based in nearby Gaza to new levels, releasing a 22-minute video

DHAKA: Storm Grayson is wreaking havoc and has already claimed at least 16 lives across eastern North America as a severe pressure drop led to a monster winter storm, reports Express Tribune.  Of the 16, six in Wisconsin, four in Texas, three in  North Carolina, one in South

DHAKA: North Korea has accepted an offer to attend high-level talks next week, South Korean officials have said. The meeting, on 9 January, will focus on finding a way for North Korean athletes to attend the Winter Olympic Games in South Korea in February, reports BBC. North Korean

DHAKA: The US government is cutting almost all security aid to Pakistan, saying it has failed to deal with terrorist networks operating on its soil, reports BBC. The state department said the freeze would remain in place until Islamabad took action against the Haqqani network and the

DHAKA: A suicide bomber killed 11 people in an attack on a mosque in northeast Nigeria, the epicenter of the conflict with Islamist insurgency Boko Haram, reports Business Insider. The bomber hit the mosque in the town of Gamboru in Borno state, near Nigeria's border with Cameroon,

DHAKA: North Korea has reopened a hotline to South Korea, almost two years after it was disabled on the orders of leader Kim Jong-un, reports BBC. South Korea confirmed it had received a call from the North at 15:30 local time (06:30 GMT) on Wednesday (January 3). The North Korean

US President Donald Trump has boasted that his nuclear button is "much bigger" and "more powerful" than North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's. Trump's tweet is the latest contribution to the bickering, increasingly personalised feud between the nuclear-armed leaders, reports the

DHAKA: At least 46 people have been killed after a coach plummeted 100m (330ft) down a cliff and landed upside down on a beach in Peru, reports The Gurdian. The bus was carrying 57 passengers to Peru’s capital when it was struck by a tractor trailer shortly before noon and plunged

South Korea has offered high-level talks with North Korea on 9 January to discuss its possible participation in the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. It comes after the North's leader Kim Jong-un said he was considering sending a team to Pyeongchang in South Korea for the Games in

DHAKA: More than 300 actresses, writers and directors have launched a project to help fight sexual harassment in Hollywood film industry and other workplaces, reports BBC. The initiative, which is called Time's Up, was announced via a full-page advert printed in the New York Times.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has said a nuclear launch button is "always on my table", warning the US it will never be able to start a war. In a televised New Year speech, he said the entire US was within range of North Korean nuclear weapons, adding: "This is reality, not a

In an escalation of tension with the Trump administration, the Palestinian Authority has temporarily recalled its envoy to Washington, reports Los Angeles Times. On the other hand, Palestine has also recalled its ambassador to Pakistan after he attended a rally in support of

At least 12 people, including 10 US citizens, were killed in a plane crash that took place in northwest Costa Rica on Sunday (December 31), reports CNN. The single-engine turboprop's two Costa Rican pilots also died in the crash, President Luis Guillermo Solis Rivera said in a

At least 30 people were killed and 16 others injured in yet another road accident on the Nakuru-Eldoret highway on Sunday morning (Dec 31). Police said the accident occurred at Migaa about 10 kilometers from the Salgaa black spot when a bus collided head-on with a truck, reports the

Israel has filed notice to withdraw from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) alongside the United States, reports Al Jazeera. According to Al Jazeera’s report published on Saturday (December 30), Israel has blasted UNESCO in recent years over

DHAKA: Thousands of pro-government demonstrators are attending rallies in Iran, after two days of anti-government protests, reports BBC. State TV showed crowds of black-clad supporters in the capital, Tehran. Dozens of people have been arrested during days of protests over