DHAKA: Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has named two candidates, as the country starts the process of selecting a new president.One of them, Htin Kyaw, is almost certain to be elected president by the NLD-controlled parliament, reports the BBC.The nominations confirm that

DHAKA: Brazilian prosecutors are filing charges against ex-President Lula da Silva in a money laundering investigation.Lula, however, denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated, reports the BBC.The accusations are part of a major corruption investigation at the

DHAKA: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) test-fired two ballistic missiles on Wednesday morning that it said were designed to be able to hit Israel, defying a threat of new sanctions from the United States.The launches followed the test-firing of several missiles on

DHAKA: Millions of people across Indonesia and the Pacific have experienced a total solar eclipse, with parts of the region falling into complete darkness.The eclipse began at 06:19 local time (23:19 GMT Tuesday) as the Moon started to pass directly in front of the Sun.As the eclipse

DHAKA: Kim Jong-un has claimed North Korean scientists have developed nuclear warheads small enough to fit on ballistic missiles.State media published images showing the North’s leader standing next to what it said was a miniaturized weapon, reports the BBC.The claim is impossible to

DHAKA:Donald Trump has won two more states, Michigan and Mississippi, in his bid for the White House.Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton won her party's primary in Mississippi, but her battle with Bernie Sanders in Michigan is too close to call.The Republicans are also voting in Idaho

DHAKA: Millions of people across Indonesia and the Pacific have experienced a total solar eclipse, with parts of the region falling into complete darkness.The eclipse began at 06:19 local time (23:19 GMT Tuesday) as the Moon started to pass directly in front of the Sun, reports the BBC.As

DHAKA: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards test-fired several ballistic missiles from silos across the country as part of a military exercise on Tuesday.The Iranian Students news agency (ISNA) reported, says The Jerusalem Post.The test was intended ‘to show Iran’s deterrent power and also

DHAKA: A US air strike has killed more than 150 al-Shabab militants in Somalia, the Pentagon says.Spokesman Captain Jeff Davis said the strike hit a training camp where a ‘large-scale’ attack was being planned.‘We know they were going to be departing the camp and they posed an

DHAKA: The 5th Extraordinary Summit of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) continued in Jakarta on Monday to discuss the Middle East peace process.The OIC meeting comes as a wave of Palestinian-Israeli heightened tension has shown no sign of abating and has raised concern of further

DHAKA: Bernie Sanders has beaten Hillary Clinton in the Maine caucuses, the latest contest in the battle to be the Democratic presidential candidate.With 91% of the vote counted, Vermont Senator Sanders is polling 64%, while former Secretary of State Clinton has 36%, reports the BBC.In

DHAKA: Turkish and EU leaders have gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on tackling Europe's worst refugee crisis since World War Two.The EU has pledged €3bn (£2.3bn; $3.3bn) to Turkey in return for housing migrants and stemming the flow, reports the BBC.Last year, more than a

DHAKA: China’s ruling Communist Party says it punished nearly 300,000 officials last year for corruption.Some 200,000 officials were given what was called ‘light punishment’, while more severe penalties were taken against a further 80,000, reports the BBC.President Xi Jinping has

DHAKA: North Korea has threatened "indiscriminate" nuclear strikes against South Korea and the US if they push ahead with joint military drills.The exercises, this year involving more than 300,000 personnel, are an annual event and always generate tension.The order for a "pre-emptive

DHAKA: A suicide bomber driving a truck attacked a security checkpoint on a strategic highway south of Iraq’s capital on Sunday killing at least 60 people. Another 60 were wounded in the massive blast near the city of Hilla, police officials said.Al Jazeera’s Jane Arraf said Hilla is

DHAKA: Billionaire Iranian businessman Babak Zanjani has been sentenced to death for corruption.Iran justice officials say, reports the BBC.He was arrested in December 2013 after accusations that he withheld billions in oil revenue channeled through his companies. He denies the

DHAKA: The Taliban has refused to take part in peace talks until the government orders foreign troops out of the war-torn country and releases all of its fighters from prison. The announcement on Saturday came as a blow to efforts to restart peace negotiations in the Pakistani capital

DHAKA: A regional governor has called on the Greek government to declare a state of emergency for the area surrounding the Idomeni border crossing where thousands of refugees are stranded due to border restrictions along the route towards Western Europe.About 13,000-14,000 people are

DHAKA: At least 10 people were shot dead by men dressed in police uniforms in an attack in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa on Saturday, security and hospital forces said.Five men arrived in a vehicle at a billiards hall in the violent northeastern December 1 neighborhood and opened

DHAKA: Slovakia’s leftist-nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico has won the general election but lost his majority in parliament, partial results suggest.Fico will now likely need to find coalition partners to return for a third term in office, reports the BBC.Gains by a number of