Khaleda Zia sentenced to 7 years in another graft case
Dhaka | Bangladesh’s former prime minister Khaleda Zia was sentenced on Monday to another seven years in jail by a court here in a corruption case....
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Afghanistan: Casualties in suicide attack on Kabul election workers: officials
Kabul | A suicide attacker on foot blew himself up near a vehicle as it entered the head office of Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) on...
Lion Air plane crashes into sea, 188 on board
Jakarta | Indonesia’s disaster agency says a Lion Air passenger jet crashed into the sea shortly after takeoff from Jakarta and was carrying 188 passengers and...
‘Tropical Trump’ Jair Bolsonaro elected Brazil president
Sao Paulo | Jair Bolsonaro, a brash far-right congressman who has waxed nostalgic for Brazil’s old military dictatorship, won the presidency of Latin America’s largest...
US calls on Sri Lanka president to immediately reconvene parliament
Washington | The US has called on Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena to immediately reconvene parliament to allow the democratically elected representatives in the country decide...
Pakistan President Arif Alvi rules out establishing any kind of ties with Israel
Islamabad | Pakistan President Arif Alvi on Sunday ruled out establishing any kind of relations with Israel as he strongly rejected reports that an Israeli aircraft...
Israel with US over ‘horrendous antisemitic’ synagogue attack: PM Netanyahu
Jerusalem | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday expressed grief and solidarity with the United States, after a gunman opened fire in a Pittsburgh synagogue,...
Americans mourn death of 11 people at Pittsburgh synagogue; Suspect charged with 29 counts
Washington | An armed man stormed a synagogue and shot worshippers in the US city of Pittsburgh, killing at least 11 people and injuring six others,...
US urges parties in Sri Lanka to follow Constitution, refrain from violence
Washington | The US urged political parties in Sri Lanka on Friday to abide by the Constitution and refrain from violence, as the island nation faces...
Khashoggi’s murder ‘must concern us all’: Mattis to Arab forum
Manama | Pentagon chief Jim Mattis warned Arab leaders on Saturday that the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul “must...