DHAKA: President Barack Obama is ‘recklessly’ spreading rumors of a Pyongyang-orchestrated cyber attack of Sony Pictures, North Korea said, as it warns of strikes against the White House, Pentagon and ‘the whole US mainland, that cesspool of terrorism.’Such rhetoric is

DHAKA: Arab Gulf countries have vowed they will not cut oil production or hold an emergency meeting, despite a glut in global supplies and plummeting oil prices.Powerful OPEC members Saudi Arabia and Kuwait said on Sunday they would not cut production even if non-OPEC members reduced

DHAKA: At least 36 flights have been delayed while three have been cancelled as a thick blanket of fog enveloped Delhi. 50 trains have also been delayed while 12 others have been rescheduled in the national capital.The city recorded a maximum temperature of 15 degrees Celsius on Sunday -

DHAKA: South Korea’s nuclear plant operator is to conduct drills testing its ability to withstand a cyber-attack, after a data leak and threats from a hacker.Last week, designs and manuals of plant equipment owned by Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power Co (KHNP) were put online by an

DHAKA: Tunisia’s Beji Caid Essebsi has claimed victory in the country’s first free presidential election, with exit polls suggesting he won 55.5 percent of the vote.Supporters of the 88-year-old celebrated in the capital Tunis, reports the BBC.Campaigners for his rival, caretaker

DHAKA: Dozens of Houthi rebels have been killed in central Yemen in a suspected revenge attack after at least 40 people from a rival tribe were kidnapped by the Shia group.At least 42 Houthis were killed by Sunni tribesman in Arhab on Sunday, sources told Al-Jazeera.The Houthis, who

DHAKA: A gunman has shot dead two police officers sitting inside a patrol car in New York before killing himself.The head of the New York police said the men had been "targeted for their uniform".The gunman ran into a nearby subway station where he then shot himself, officials say,

DHAKA: The Israeli military has attacked targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket launched from the Palestinian territory into Israel.Friday's air strikes were the first since the 50-day war this summer. A spokesman for Gaza's health ministry said there were no casualties in the

DHAKA: The mother of seven of eight children found dead in a home in Cairns, Australia, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police said the woman, aged 37, was lucid and talking to investigators. She has not been charged, reports BBC. She was found at the property, suffering stab

DHAKA: Sony Pictures says it is looking at different ways to release the film satire the Interview, after scrapping its opening following a cyber-attack blamed on North Korea.It said it had only cancelled the film's Christmas Day release after cinemas pulled out, reports BBC.The company

DHAKA: Four suspects, including a woman, were arrested by the Pakistani police from Punjab state in connection with Tuesday’s terror attack on a Peshawar army school that killed 140 people, majority of them school children. The four were tracked through a mobile SIM card which was

DHAKA: Eight children have been found stabbed to death at a house in the city of Cairns in northern Queensland, say Australian police.There are also reports that a woman has been taken to hospital with stab wounds.Police have cordoned off the house and detectives are searching the yard

DHAKA: Kurdish forces backed by US-led warplanes have recaptured a large area in Iraq near the Syrian border in an offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, a top US commander has said.More than 50 air strikes in recent days by coalition aircraft "have

DHAKA: Pakistan Army chief General Raheel Sharif tweeted on Wednesday, saying, “Asked PM Nawaz Sharif to hang all terrorists. More than 3,000 terrorists should be hanged in next 48 hours.”He made the tweet a day later, Lashkar-e-Taiba’s commander Zaki-ur Rahman Lakhvi was out on

DHAKA: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was on Thursday admitted to the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi for an infection in the lower respiratory tract. Her condition was stable, a hospital official said.“Sonia Gandhi was today (Thursday) admitted to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital around

DHAKA: A Pakistani court Thursday granted bail to the alleged mastermind of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, lawyers told the media, a move likely to further inflame tensions with India.The 60-hour siege on India's economic capital left 166 people dead and was blamed on the banned

DHAKA: Boko Haram has kidnapped at least 185 people from the northeast Nigeria village of Gumsuri, carting the hostages away on trucks towards the Sambisa Forest, a notorious rebel stronghold.Two local officials and a vigilante leader said Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The mass

DHAKA: President Vladimir Putin has insisted Russia’s under-fire currency, the rouble, will stabilise, but warned the economic crisis could last two years.He is currently holding his annual end-of-year news conference, reports the BBC.Putin blamed ‘outside factors’ for the falling

DHAKA: A New Zealander and two Burmese men have gone on trial in Myanmar on charges of insulting Buddhism.The trio, who run a bar in Yangon, are accused over a flyer promoting a drinks event depicting Buddha with headphones.The image triggered an angry response online shortly after it

DHAKA: A draft resolution setting out a Palestinian timetable for a peace deal with Israel has been submitted to the UN Security Council.The document, presented by Jordan, calls for a deal within one year and Israeli withdrawal from occupied territories by the end of 2017.Jordan has