DHAKA: The US Supreme Court ruled President Donald Trump's travel ban on six mainly Muslim countries can go into full effect, keeping the legal challenges pending, reports BBC. The decision is a boost for Trump's policy against travelers from Chad, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria

DHAKA: Reports from Yemen say ex-President Ali Abdullah Saleh has been killed in fighting with his former allies. Media controlled by the rebel Houthi movement quoted officials as declaring the "end of the crisis of the treason militia and the killing of its leader". Sources in

DHAKA: Argentina has given up on rescuing 44 crew members on a submarine that disappeared 15 days ago, reports The Telegraph. However, search will be continued for the vessel with international assistance, a navy spokesman said on Thursday (November 30). The sub, the ARA San Juan,

DHAKA: Five burqa-clad Taliban terrorists stormed a government research institute in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar on Friday (Dec 1) and opened fire, killing at least nine people, including students, before being shot dead by the security forces. The terrorists attacked

DHAKA: Pope Francis, in his 3-day visit to Myanmar, called for ethnic peace in the country without specifically mentioning the term ‘Rohingya’ and their plight, reports New York Times. After a meeting with the state councellor Aung San Suu Kyi, pope delivered a speech in Naypyitaw

DHAKA: Aung San Suu Kyi was formally stripped of an honor granting her the Freedom of Oxford because of her response to the Rohingya crisis, reports BBC. The de facto leader of Myanmar was granted the freedom of the city in 1997 for her "long struggle for democracy". But Oxford city

Pope Francis has arrived in Myanmar on a three-day visit to a country which is widely accused of ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims. After touching down in the afternoon (November 27), the pope was greeted by a large crowd on both sides of the street. Likewise, he waved hand and

Prince Harry is to marry his American actress girlfriend Meghan Markle. The prince, fifth in line to the throne, will marry Markle next spring and they will live at Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace, London, reports the BBC. The couple, who have been dating since the summer

Pakistan's Law Minister Zahid Hamid has resigned after days of protest rocked the country amid accusations of blasphemy over a proposed change to parliamentary laws. Hamid handed in his resignation to Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi early Monday morning, Pakistan State

Russian air strikes in the eastern regions of Syria killed at least 53 people, including 21 children. Western media identified the casualties as civilians of Al-Shafah village. The air strikes were launched in the stronghold of Islamic State (IS) early on Sunday (November 26). A

DHAKA: At least 31 migrants have died after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya on Saturday (November 25). They had been trying to cross the Mediterranean along with another boat. Children were among the dead. Some 60 people were rescued from the water and 140 picked up from

DHAKA: Ivanka Trump and Chelsea Clinton are defending former first daughter Malia Obama amid media reports about her personal life, reports The Hill. The current and former first daughters' defense of former President Barack Obama's elder daughter came after a video showing her

DHAKA: A fire at a hotel in Georgia's Black Sea resort has killed 11 people and injured 21 more, reports BBC quoting the Georgian interior ministry. The victims all died from inhaling fumes at the 22-storey Leogrand Hotel and casino, regional health minister Zaal Mikeladze said.

DHAKA: At least 235 people were killed when gunmen opened fire and bombed a mosque in Egypt's volatile Sinai Peninsula on Friday (November 24), reports NBC News.  Government officials said 109 more had been injured in the deadliest attack in Egypt's history. Images from

Over 100 people have been killed and dozens more wounded after suspected militants targeted a mosque in Egypt’s north Sinai with a bomb and gunfire, the Mena state news agency reported on Friday (November 24) Eyewitnesses reported ambulances ferrying casualties from the scene to

Saudi Arabia's powerful Crown Prince called the Supreme Leader of Iran "the new Hitler of the Middle East" in an interview with the New York Times published on Thursday (November 23), sharply escalating the war of words between the arch-rivals. The Sunni Muslim kingdom of Saudi

Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken oath as president of Zimbabwe, marking the end of Robert Mugabe's 37-year reign over the country. He took oath on Friday (November 24) in a ceremony at a packed stadium in the country's capital, Harare. Al Jazeera reports that many ordinary

DHAKA: The Islamic State beheaded 15 of its own fighters Thursday (November 22) due to infighting in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Nangarhar, reports Fox News. The fighters were executed in the Surkh Ab bazaar of Achin district along the country's border with Pakistan after

DHAKA: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Myanmar's military action against the minority Muslim Rohingya population constitutes ethnic cleansing, reports BBC. He said the Rohingya had suffered "horrendous atrocities" and as a result the US was considering targeted sanctions

DHAKA: Bangladesh and Myanmar has begun the much-awaited talks to find a way out in repatriating the Rohingya refugees from Bangladesh to their home in Myanmar. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) is expected to be signed between the both countries to launch the process of