DHAKA: Joko Widodo, the winner of Indonesia's presidential election in July, has been sworn in as the leader of the South East Asian nation.Popularly known as Jokowi, the 53-year-old took the oath of office at a ceremony held at parliament in Jakarta, BBC reports. US Secretary of State

DHAKA: US military aircraft have dropped weapons, ammunition and medical supplies to Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State (IS) militants in the key Syrian town of Kobane.US Central Command said C-130 transport aircraft had made ‘multiple’ drops, reports the BBC on Monday.Earlier

DHAKA: BJP wrested control of Haryana and was set to do so in Maharashtra on Sunday in an outcome that entrenches its status as the dominant political force and Narendra Modi as currently the country’s most popular politician. The ouster of the ruling party from these two states,

DHAKA: Nine people have been killed in new violence in the northeastern Libyan city of Benghazi where pro-government militias have launched an offensive against rival militias, raising the toll to 75 dead in five days according to medics.In the latest violence, a woman was killed in

DHAKA: A suicide bombing in a predominately Shia area of Baghdad has left 21 people dead and 25 people injured, CNN reports. Sources asked not to be identified for security reasons.The bomber targeted a Shia mosque in the city's northeast al Harithyia neighborhood, the source said.As of

DHAKA: Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko has confirmed that an agreement has been reached with Russia on a provisional price for gas deliveries during the coming winter months.Poroshenko said the deal was agreed at talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Milan on Friday,

DHAKA: Rescue teams in Nepal say that there are now no trekkers left stranded after completing their search for survivors of a devastating Himalayan storm.The focus now is on recovering bodies buried in the snow, a government spokesman told the BBC.It is unclear how many people may

DHAKA: A Pakistani police officer has said unknown gunmen have shot eight people dead and injured one in an insurgency-hit part of southwestern Pakistan.Senior police officer, Bashir Brohi, told that the victims were laborers from eastern Punjab province who were abducted and shot

DHAKA: The US and four European allies - Britain, France, Germany and Italy - have called for an immediate end to the fighting in Libya, BBC reports. In a statement, they said there was "no military solution" to the crisis. Dozens of people have recently been killed in the eastern city

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama urged against ‘hysteria or fear’ Saturday in the face of a growing Ebola crisis, as the United Nations spoke of an "encouraging" response to its funding appeal.The worst-ever outbreak of the deadly virus has so far killed more than 4,500 people,

DHAKA: Twenty-two days after she was convicted in a disproportionate assets case and arrested, former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa returned home to Chennai Saturday evening.She was granted bail by the Supreme Court yesterday on medical grounds.When she reached her residence

DHAKA: Iraqi MPs have approved new defence and interior ministers, completing a unity government that is battling the spread of Islamic State militants.Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban, a Shia, was appointed interior minister, while Khaled al-Obeidi, a Sunni, was confirmed as defence

DHAKA: Millions of passengers were left stranded across Germany on Saturday after train drivers began a 50-hour strike that halted two thirds of long-distance trains in a dispute over pay and negotiation rights.The GDL drivers’ union started their action at 2:00am on Saturday

DHAKA: USA President Barak Obama's credit card was rejected last month at a restaurant in New York, reports Washington Post on Friday. "I went to a restaurant up in New York when I was -- during the U.N. General Assembly, and my credit card was rejected," Obama said Friday while signing

DHAKA: Hurricane Gonzalo has hit Bermuda with winds of about 185km/h (115mph), CNN reports.  The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) has warned of high winds and "life-threatening storm surge" the after the eye of the hurricane passed the British Atlantic territory. Eighty per cent of

DHAKA: A big crowd of gawkers has gathered around Yuvraj, a giant 1400kg Murrah bull that on Friday was crowned champion at Meerut's All India Cattle Show by a 10-member jury, startled as much by the animal's size as by his owner's refusal to sell it for a mind-boggling Rs 7 crore. As

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has introduced a series of new laws which define atheists as terrorists, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.independent.co.uk reports, in a string of royal decrees and an overarching new piece of legislation to deal with terrorism generally, the Saudi

DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin is meeting his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko and key EU leaders in Milan to discuss the eastern Ukraine crisis. The leaders of the UK, Germany, France and Italy are expected to press Mr Putin to do more to end the fighting. They accuse

DHAKA: The World Health Organization is to "ramp up" efforts to prevent Ebola spreading beyond the three countries most affected by the deadly virus.Fifteen African countries are being prioritised, top WHO official Isabelle Nuttall told a Geneva news conference.They will receive more

DHAKA: The grim search for missing hikers and bodies buried under snow continued Thursday against the dramatic backdrop of Nepal's Himalayas, as officials confirmed that at least 27 people had died in an exceptionally heavy snowfall.Rescue crews combed the high altitude paths and