DHAKA: Kenya is ‘at war’ with Islamist militants who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall, the government said on Saturday as it faced questions about whether it had received advance intelligence warnings of the deadly strike.A week after the raid on the Westgate shopping centre that

DHAKA: Three people were killed in clashes in the Lebanese town of Baalbek on Saturday after gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint manned by militant group Hezbollah, security sources said.One Hezbollah member was killed and two others were wounded when gunmen opened fire from a car at the

DHAKA: A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 12 people in a region already devastated by a tremor which left more than 300 people dead this week.‘At least 12 people have died and seven were wounded,’ Mr Abdul Latif Kakar, head of the

DHAKA: Iranian cyber hackers were allegedly responsible for breaching an unclassified US Navy computer network as recently as early last week.The Washington Post cited unnamed US officials as saying, reports The Jerusalem Post.According to the report, the officials said the intruders were

DHAKA: Tunisia’s Islamist government has agreed to resign after negotiations that start next week with secular opponents to form a caretaker administration and prepare for elections.A senior ruling party official said on Saturday, reports The Jerusalem Post.The negotiations aim to end

DHAKA: The European Union hailed a UN resolution on the eradication of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal as ‘setting a standard’ for the global response to the threats of weapons of mass destruction.The UN Security Council on Friday night unanimously passed a draft resolution on

DHAKA: A French hostage kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria has asked for French and Nigerian government help in securing his release in a video released by his captors, according to the SITE web monitoring service.If the video is confirmed as authentic it would be the first visual

DHAKA: The death toll from the collapse of a five-storey apartment block in Mumbai rose to 33 as rescuers frantically searched for around two dozen others trapped beneath the rubble.Officials said Saturday, reports The Striats Times.Rescue official Alok Avasthy of the National Disaster

DHAKA: Human Rights Watch on Saturday criticised a hard-won United Nations Security Council resolution ordering the destruction of Syria’s chemical arsenal for failing to deliver justice for the conflict’s victims.‘This resolution fails to ensure justice for the gassing of hundreds

DHAKA: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit south-west Pakistan on Saturday in a region already devastated by a quake which left more than 500 dead just days ago.The new tremor struck 96 kilometres north-east of the district of Awaran at a depth of 14 km at 12.34pm (local time), according to

DHAKA: A shoe was thrown towards Iranian president Hassan Rohani’s car on Saturday as he arrived home to a mixed reception for his historic call with United States president Barack Obama.Some 60 hardline Islamists chanted ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’ as Rohani’s

DHAKA: A Pakistani girl who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban is being honoured as Harvard University’s humanitarian of the year.Malala Yousafzai is an outspoken proponent for girls’ education.She was at Harvard on Friday to accept the 2013 Peter J Gomes Humanitarian

DHAKA: A boat carrying migrants to Australia sank off the Indonesian coast on Friday, killing at least 21 people, Indonesian police said, a sign that Australia’s tough new immigration rules may not be enough to deter would-be asylum seekers.The latest disaster to strike refugees using

DHAKA: Kenya’s government had been warned, including by Israel, of the high risk of an attack before the assault on a Nairobi mall by Islamist gunmen that killed at least 67 people, newspapers reported Saturday.Cabinet ministers and Kenya’s army chief had received information warning

DHAKA: Chinese police have rescued 92 abducted children and held 301 suspected members of a huge trafficking network, the authorities say.They say two women were also freed in an operation involving police forces in 11 provinces of the country.The traffickers are believed to have targeted

DHAKA: The death toll in the collapse of a four-storey building in Mumbai yesterday has gone up to 25. A disaster management official said the victims included nine women.National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) commandant Alok Awasthi added that nearly 36 people were still trapped under

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to secure and destroy Syria`s chemical weapons stockpile.The vote late on Friday was the first resolution passed on the Syrian conflict since it began in March 2011, after Russia and China had previously vetoed three Western-backed

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has spoken by phone to Iran`s Hassan Rouhani - the first such top-level conversation in more than 30 years.Mr Obama spoke of a "unique opportunity" to make progress with Iran`s new leadership, amid a flurry of diplomacy over its nuclear programme.Earlier,

DHAKA: Thousands of people are taking part in anti-government protests across Egypt, days after activities by the Muslim Brotherhood were banned by a Cairo court.Friday`s protests, called by the Anti-Coup alliance, saw thousands take to the streets in Cairo, Port Said, Assuit, and

DHAKA: Militants attacked two helicopters carrying relief goods in Balochistan`s earthquake-affected Awaran district on Friday.Khan Wasey, the FC spokesman said militants opened fire at two helicopters which were landing at Mashkay to provide relief goods to earthquake survivors."Small