DHAKA: An Al-Qaeda group in Syria says one of its top commanders in Syria was killed in an ambush by rival, Western-backed rebels in a northern province.It was the latest in rising infighting among rebel groups in northern Syria, where the opposition controls large parts of territory

DHAKA: Kenyan security forces appear to have launched an assault on the Westgate shopping complex in the capital Nairobi in an attempt to break the siege there.Gunfire and explosions were heard at the complex and a cloud of smoke could be seen billowing from the building.Television

DHAKA: India prime minister Manmohan Singh on Monday said dealing with communal riots was the primary responsibility of the states and called upon them to stem communal incidents in the bud and deal sternly with the rioters, irrespective of their clout or political affiliations.Addressing

DHAKA: A bomb targeting police killed at least five people and wounded five others in Pakistan’s restive south-west on Monday, the police said.The attack was staged in Pishin district, 40km north of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province, which is racked by a separatist insurgency

DHAKA: Support for Greece’s Golden Dawn has fallen by 2.5 percentage points after the fatal stabbing of an anti-racism rapper by a supporter of the far-right party and most Greeks believe it threatens democracy.A poll showed Monday, reports The Jerusalem Post.The poll by Rass for the

DHAKA: A Libyan commander and a dozen other fighters from al-Qaida’s Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have been killed in clashes with rival rebel forces in northern Syria.A monitoring group said, in the latest spate of internecine rebel violence, reports The Jerusalem Post.The

DHAKA: A Pakistan police official says the death toll from a church bombing has risen to 81 as angry Christians protested the deadliest attack ever in Pakistan against members of their faith.Police official Noor Khan says the death toll from Sunday’s bombing in the northwestern city of

DHAKA: A suicide bomber killed two and wounded around 20 people outside a police station in Russia’s North Caucasus region of Dagestan.The regional interior ministry press service told Interfax news agency, reports The Jerusalem Post.The national anti-terrorism agency confirmed the

DHAKA: Syrian president Bashar Assad said he was ‘not concerned’ about a draft resolution that the United States, the United Kingdom and France have submitted to the UN Security Council to place Syrian chemical weapons under international control.China’s state broadcaster said on

DHAKA: Renowned Ghanaian poet and statesman Kofi Awoonor is among the 68 people confirmed dead so far in an attack by Somali fighters on a Nairobi shopping mall, Ghana’s president has said.Awoonor, 78, was killed and his son wounded at the Westgate mall, Ghana’s Deputy Information

DHAKA: Typhoon Usagi has killed at least 25 people in Guangdong province of south China, the government said.Winds of up to 180 km/h (110 mph) were recorded in some areas, toppling trees and blowing cars off roads. Its victims drowned or were hit by debris.The storm has affected 3.5

DHAKA: Most of the people caught up in an attack on a shopping centre in Kenya`s capital, Nairobi, have been rescued, defence officials have told the BBC.Col Cyrus Oguna said only a small number remained under the control of the militants, who are thought to be from Somalia`s al-Shabab

DHAKA: Chancellor Angela Merkel`s conservative party has won Germany`s election, but finished just short of an absolute majority, official results show.Mrs Merkel earlier urged her party to celebrate "a super result" after exit polls suggested she was set to win a historic third term.Her

DHAKA: Russia can send its military personnel to help in the proposed operation to eliminate Syria`s chemical arms.Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says, reports the BBC.Lavrov told Russian TV that military observers could help Syria destroy its stockpiles under a US-Russian deal.He

DHAKA: Poachers have killed a record 688 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, more than the entire number slaughtered in 2012, according to figures issued Sunday, World Rhino Day.South Africa is home to the world`s biggest rhinoceros population but killings have surged in recent years

DHAKA: Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, a former Taliban second-in-command released in Pakistan this weekend, is being kept in a safe house in the port city of Karachi as regional powers debate his role in the Afghan peace process.Sources in Pakistan said on Sunday, reports The Jerusalem

DHAKA: Seven people were killed in clashes between Yemeni tribal gunmen and suspected al-Qaida fighters on Sunday in Marib province, east of the capital Sanaa.Yemen’s tribal sources said, reports The Jerusalem Post.Al-Qaida guerrillas killed one tribesman, the sources in the province

DHAKA: Twin explosions at All Saint’s Church in Pakistan’s Peshawar killed 78 people and wounded 130 others on Sunday.The victims of the blast included children and women who were shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital.Earlier, chief executive of LRH, Dr Arshad Jawed said that 61 people

DHAKA: The president of the opposition Syrian Coalition, Ahmad Jarba, has said the group is willing to attend a proposed Geneva conference to end two and a half years of conflict in Syria if it aims to establish a transitional government with full powers.In a letter to the United Nations

DHAKA: Turkish president Abdullah Gül has said it would be ‘unrealistic’ to have any discussion on the Syrian war without the inclusion of Iran, adding that Turkey and Iran were both directly involved in the ongoing process.‘Frankly, it’s unrealistic to talk about Syria without