DHAKA: Colombia's Farc rebels have shot dead three police officers and cut off power to almost half a million people, the military has said.The twin attacks come despite continuing peace talks between the government and the left-wing group, reports bbc online.The negotiations aim to end a

DHAKA: A Malaysia Airlines plane reportedly dumped fuel before making an emergency landing at Melbourne Airport due to an engine fire.Flight MH148, which was headed to Kuala Lumpur, appeared to circle the airport a number of times before landing.The Metropolitan Fire Brigade has confirmed

DHAKA: At least 20 Druze villagers have been shot dead by the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front in north-western Syria, activist and opposition groups say.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said elderly people and a child were among those killed in Qalb Lawzah in Idlib province on

DHAKA: Rupert Murdoch is preparing to step down as chief executive of the media-entertainment conglomerate 21st Century Fox and hand the job to his son James.CNBC television reported Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The report, citing ‘numerous sources close to the Murdoch family’,

DHAKA: China’s ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang has been jailed for life, the most senior politician to face corruption charges under Communist rule.He was found guilty of bribery, abuse of power and ‘intentionally disclosing national secrets’, China’s official Xinhua news agency

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday handed over the Bangladesh Liberation War Honour to ailing BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee.Modi visited Vajpayee's residence in New Delhi and handed over the award to the former Prime Minister's foster daughter Namita Bhattacharya and

DHAKA: UN peacekeepers regularly barter goods for sex with people in the countries the world body is meant to be helping.A draft UN report says, reports the BBC.The document by the UN Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) says it has found that hundreds of women in Haiti and

DHAKA: At least 30 people were killed and scores have gone missing in landslides triggered by the continuous rainfall at six different VDCs of Taplejung in Nepal Wednesday night.Among the deceased, there are nine people of Sanchahang Themsohang's family and a family guest in Liwang VDC of

DHAKA: Tunisia’s navy rescued more than 350 illegal migrants off its coast and was searching for hundreds more on Wednesday after they tried to sail from neighboring Libya to the Italian island of Lampedusa.The local Red Cross said boat smugglers often use Tunisia’s proximity to the

DHAKA: Pope Francis has created a new Vatican tribunal section to hear cases of bishops who fail to protect children from sexually abusive priests.The announcement came years after victims groups started urging the Vatican to establish clear procedures to make bishops more accountable for

DHAKA: The US is to send up to 450 military advisers to Iraq to help train local forces fighting Islamic State.President Obama made the decision following a request from Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, the White House said.The troops will be deployed to the Taqaddum military base in

DHAKA: Hundreds of thousands of people risk starvation in South Sudan where resurgence in fighting and deepening food shortages has left some with nothing to eat except water lilies.The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.Violence

DHAKA: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader, has arrived in China on her first visit at a time of tension between the two countries.Suu Kyi will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, but no other details have been provided, reports the BBC.Relations between the

DHAKA: A Dallas-area policeman seen in a viral video tossing a bathing suit-clad, black teenage girl to the ground resigned on Tuesday from the McKinney Police force, local broadcaster Fox 4 and others cited his lawyer as saying.McKinney Police Corporal Eric Casebolt had been placed on

DHAKA: Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s opposition leader, is expected to begin her first visit to China on Wednesday, at a time of tension between the two countries.Suu Kyi will meet President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang, but no other details have been provided, reports the

DHAKA: A series of bomb attacks in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad has left at least 18 people dead.The deadliest attack took place near a restaurant in the city’s Palestine Street, killing eight people, reports the BBC.The militant Islamic State (IS) group, which seized last

DHAKA: The Indian Army has said that it engaged groups of militants at two locations on the Indo-Myanmar border today and inflicted ‘significant damage’ on them.The army said the militants suffered big casualties, reports NDTV.The army has launched major counter operations after

DHAKA: The Indian Army has said that it engaged groups of militants at two locations on the Indo-Myanmar border today and inflicted ‘significant damage’ on them.The army said the militants suffered big casualties, reports NDTV.The army has launched major counter operations after

DHAKA: An Egyptian court on Tuesday sentenced 11 men to death for involvement in deadly soccer stadium violence in 2012.One of the 11 men was sentenced in absentia, reports the Jerusalem Post.In April the judge had referred the sentencing of the 11 to Egypt’s Grand Mufti, the

DHAKA: The US army has temporarily taken down its website after a hacking attack.It says an element of the army.mil website was compromised and preventative measures had to be taken to ensure there was no breach of data.The Syrian Electronic Army, which supports President Bashar al-Assad,