DHAKA: So-called Islamic State (IS) shot dead 40 civilians on Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after accusing them of treason, the United Nations says. Their bodies were then hung from electricity poles in several districts reports the BBC. A man was also reportedly shot

US President-elect Donald Trump has said in an interview he is open to leaving intact key parts of President Barack Obama’s healthcare bill. Trump, who has pledged repeatedly to repeal the 2010 law, signaled he was receptive to a compromise after visiting the White House on Thursday,

DHAKA: Japan and India have signed a civil nuclear agreement after talks in Tokyo between their two leaders. Japan will supply fuel, equipment and technology to India, which wants more nuclear-generated electricity for its rapidly growing population. The accord is strictly for

DHAKA: So-called Islamic State (IS) shot dead 40 civilians in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul after accusing them of treason, the United Nations says. Their bodies were then hung from electricity poles in several districts, the office of the UN Human Rights Commissioner said, citing

DHAKA: President Barack Obama welcomed President-elect Donald Trump to the White House Thursday (November 10), as both men put past antagonisms aside in a time-honored ritual epitomizing the peaceful transfer of political power. Three days after mocking Trump as unfit to control the

DHAKA: Americans protesting Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election took to the streets for a second night of demonstrations and vigils in several US cities. Rallies heated up in Portland, Oregon, where police publicly declared a ‘riot’ due to “extensive criminal

DHAKA: Actor Salman Khan on Friday (November 11) issued notice by the Supreme Court on an appeal by the Rajasthan government challenging his acquittal in two poaching cases. In July, the Rajasthan High Court found the 50-year-old actor not guilty of killing an endangered species of

A suicide car bomber has struck the German consulate in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing at least four people and wounding 20 others. The bombing on Thursday was claimed by the Taliban, which called it a “revenge attack” for a US air strike in the volatile

At least 12 people were killed in a fire that broke out at a garment factory in Ghaziabad’s Shaheed Nagar area of Uttar Pradesh province in India early Friday (November 11). An official said the cause of the fire was not immediately known, reports Hindustan times.  The fire was

Fears of heightened bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality for some Americans after Donald Trump’s presidential win. Racist, pro-Trump graffiti painted inside a high school. A hijab-wearing college student robbed by men talking about Trump and Muslims, reports CNN. While

US President-elect Donald Trump has said it was a “great honor” to meet President Barack Obama for transition talks at the White House. Obama said he was “encouraged” by their “excellent” and “wide-ranging” conversation, lasting over an hour, reports the BBC. During

DHAKA: Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for a full ban on Muslims entering the U.S. disappeared from his campaign website after he won the election. “Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country’s

DHAKA: A Chinese court has handed a suspended death sentence to the head of a chemical factory for his role in blasts that killed 173 people last year. Ruihai Logistics chairman Yu Xuewei was also fined more than 700,000 yuan (about $100,000) over the disaster in the eastern port city

DHAKA: Gunman opened fire in downtown Seattle on Wednesday night following an argument and wounded five people not far from protests over the surprise victory of Republican Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election. The shooting did not appear to be related to the anti-Trump

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama is set to meet his successor Donald Trump in the Oval Office for talks aimed at ensuring a smooth transition of power. Trump will become the 45th US president after securing a surprise victory over Hillary Clinton. Obama mounted a fierce campaign to

DHAKA: Seven people have died and dozens more have been injured after a tram overturned in London. People were trapped inside and more than 50 were taken to hospital after the derailment in Croydon just after 06:00 GMT. The tram driver, 42, from Beckenham, has been arrested on

DHAKA: Donald Trump’s presidential victory set off protests on both coasts of the USA early on Wednesday. From Pennsylvania to California, Oregon and Washington, hundreds of people hit the streets to voice their opposition to Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton, reports ABC News.

DHAKA: A US-led coalition air strike killed at least 16 civilians in a village north of so-called Islamic State’s Syrian stronghold of Raqqa. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that six women and a child were among those who died in the raids on al-Heisha

DHAKA: President Barack Obama spoke to President-elect Donald Trump Wednesday morning to congratulate him on his victory. Obama invited Trump to meet with him at the White House on Thursday to update him on the transition, the White House said in a statement. “Ensuring a smooth

DHAKA: An Afghan woman made famous by a National Geographic cover in 1985 has been deported from Pakistan after she was convicted of having fake ID papers. Sharbat Gula had served a 15-day prison sentence in hospital where she was treated for hepatitis C. She and her four children