DHAKA: A rebel coalition including Al-Qaeda’s local affiliate seized the Syrian regime’s largest remaining military base in northwest Idlib province on Tuesday, after an explosion and heavy clashes.A monitor said, reports The Straits Times.‘All regime forces have withdrawn from

DHAKA: Indonesia said Tuesday a migrant boat crisis was a problem for all of southeast Asia ahead of key regional talks, as Jakarta and other countries came under more pressure to let the boat-people land.Nearly 3,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants have made it to shore in Indonesia,

DHAKA: Over 1,800 people had been killed and more than 500,000 displaced as a result of the conflict raging in Yemen since late March.The United Nations (UN) said Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.As of May 15, 1,849 people had been killed and 7,394 had been injured, the UN humanitarian

DHAKA: A man alleged to be a suspected human smuggling kingpin was in police custody on Monday after a brief manhunt along the Thai and Malaysian border as part of the ongoing crackdown on a vast network in the trafficking of Rohingya and other migrants.Pajjuban Angchotephan, also known

DHAKA: Egyptian security forces are using sexual violence against detainees on a massive scale.The International Federation for Human Rights, says, reports the BBC.A report by the organization suggests men, women and children are being abused ‘to eliminate public protest’.Many are

DHAKA: Former Thai prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra was banned from traveling overseas on Tuesday at the start of her trial on negligence charges, the latest in a slew of cases her supporters say are part of an attempt to tighten the junta’s grip on power.The court banned her from

DHAKA: More than 50 people have been killed in a landslide in Antioquia province in north-west Colombia, officials say.President Juan Manuel Santos said the authorities do not know how many people are still missing, reports bbc.comHeavy rains caused the river Liboriana, in the town of

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama plans to put in place new restrictions on the use of military equipment by police departments, following unrest in United States cities over the deaths of black men at the hands of police officers.The White House said on Monday, reports The Straits

DHAKA: A day after Islamic State (IS) militants completed their capture of Ramadi, Shia militias are assembling east of the Iraqi city ready for a possible counter-attack.Iraqi state TV described columns of tanks and other military vehicles entering al-Habbaniyah military camp.The Iraqi

DHAKA: Myanmar acknowledged on Monday that the international community had ‘concerns’ about waves of boat people fleeing its shores but insisted it should not be solely blamed for the regional migrant crisis.Myanmar information minister Ye Htut said his country understood ‘the

DHAKA: An Indian nurse who was in a vegetative state for 42 years after being raped by a hospital ward attendant while on duty has died.Aruna Shanbaug was left with severe brain damage and paralysed after her rape in a Mumbai hospital in 1973.She was kept alive by being fed through her

DHAKA: EU foreign and defense ministers are expected to approve a mission to destroy the boats used by people-smugglers operating in Libya.At a meeting in Brussels, the ministers will also discuss the mission’s command-and-control structure and HQ, reports the BBC.It is part of the

DHAKA: A Saudi-led coalition has resumed its air strikes against Yemen's rebels after the end of a ceasefire.Yemeni military officials and witnesses say, reports the BBC.They say the strikes targeted Houthi rebel positions in the southern port of Aden after the five-day humanitarian truce

DHAKA: UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said that he was increasingly concerned by the humanitarian crisis sparked by refugees stranded in boats in Southeast Asia, and offered help from the United Nations.Ban said he had spoken by phone with the prime ministers of Malaysia and Thailand

DHAKA: The Iraqi city of Ramadi has fallen to Islamic State (IS) after government forces abandoned their positions, officials say.The police and military made a chaotic retreat after days of intense fighting, reports bbc.com.But the US refused to confirm the capture, saying the situation

DHAKA: Police in the US state of Texas say nine people have been killed in a shootout between rival biker gangs in the city of Waco.The incident happened at the Twin Peaks Sports Bar and Grill in a shopping area called the Central Texas Market Place, reports bbc.com.Police said eight had

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of protesters in the Macedonian capital Skopje are demanding the resignation of long-serving Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.The rally follows the release by the opposition of covert recordings which appear to show ministers plotting vote-rigging and the cover-up

DHAKA: Nearly 300 people have been killed after several days of fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group and the Syrian government in the historic town of Palmyra.The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Sunday the dead included 123 Syrian

DHAKA: Migrants rescued from a sinking boat off Indonesia have told the BBC that about 100 people died after a fight broke out over the last remaining food.Survivors told of horrific conditions. Three men separately said people were stabbed, hanged or thrown overboard.The 700 rescued

DHAKA: At least 32 Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria members, including four of its leaders, were killed in air strikes and a US special forces raid that targeted the group in eastern Syria.A group monitoring the Syrian war said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.US officials said