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West Palm Beach (US): President Donald Trump said Thursday that he had launched a "powerful and deadly" US strike against Islamic State forces in Nigeria, after spending weeks accusing the West African country's government of failing to rein in the persecution of Christians. In a...

Toronto: A 20-year-old Indian doctoral student has been shot dead near the University of Toronto Scarborough campus, with authorities probing the case as a homicide, officials said. The shooting took place Tuesday, and the Toronto police Wednesday identified the victim as Shivank Avasthi, the Canadian...

Dhaka/New Delhi: A Hindu man was lynched in Bangladesh over alleged extortion, media reports said on Thursday, days after another man from the minority religion was lynched in the country. The incident took place on Wednesday in Rajbari town's Pangsha upazila, The Daily Star newspaper...

Dhaka: Former Bangladesh Prime Minister and President of the Bangladesh Awami League, Sheikh Hasina Thursday slammed the "illegal" interim government in the country headed by Muhammad Yunus for perpetrating unspeakable atrocities against non-Muslims. In a message to the Awami League supporters on the occasion of...

Beijing: China Thursday denounced a Pentagon report, which accused Beijing of leveraging reduced border tensions with India to undermine US-India ties while deepening defence ties with Pakistan as an attempt to sow discord with false narratives. "The Pentagon's report distorts China's defence policy, sows discord...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman Thursday called on countrymen to join hands to maintain law and order, in his first address to party supporters hours after his arrival in Dhaka after a gap of 17 years. “Whatever political party we belong...

Kathmandu: Nepal police have arrested three foreign nationals, including two Indians, in two separate incidents with 4.3 kilogrammes of cocaine, officials said. A police team from the Narcotics Control Bureau, Koteswor, nabbed the foreign nationals, who arrived in Nepal via air route, from Kathmandu Metropolitan...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) acting chairman Tarique Rahman is scheduled to land in Dhaka Thursday, ending more than 17 years of self-exile in the UK. Rahman, the 60-year-old son of ailing former premier Khaleda Zia, has emerged as a leading contender for prime minister...

Kathamandu: Nepal's Rashtriya Swatantra Party chief Ravi Lamichhane met Kathmandu Metropolitan City mayor Balendra Shah to discuss possible cooperation and collaboration for the upcoming general election in the Himalayan nation next year. The six-hour-long meeting between Shah and the RSP chairman Monday came days after...

Islamabad: President of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, will arrive in Pakistan Friday with an aim to strengthen bilateral ties, the Foreign Office said. Sheikh Al Nahyan, who is also the ruler of Abu Dhabi, is expected to discuss bilateral...