Ankara (AP/UNB) — A string of bombings, blamed on Kurdish rebels and targeting Turkey’s security forces, killed at least 14 people and wounded more than 220 others, officials said Thursday. Two of the attacks were car bombings that hit police…
Category: Int’l relations
Let us unite in the name of humanity: Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged all to get united in the name of humanity and make sure that one is left behind in terms of human rights.
Boy in ambulance: Omran Daqneesh image shows horror in Aleppo, Syria
Syrian opposition activists have released haunting footage showing a young boy rescued from the rubble in the aftermath of a devastating airstrike in Aleppo.The image of the stunned and weary looking boy, sitting in an orange chair inside an ambulance…
Turkey proposes roadmap to end Syria war
Turkey’s government says it has come up with a three-step solution to try and end the war in Syria. It involves preserving the country’s territorial integrity, ensuring non-sectarian governance and Syrians returning home. – Source: Al-Jazeera
Wildfire burns with ferocity never seen by fire crews
Calif (AP/UNB) – A wildfire with a ferocity never seen before by veteran California firefighters raced up and down canyons, instantly engulfing homes and forcing thousands of people to flee, some running for their lives just ahead of the flames.
OIC Secy Gen arrives tonight; meeting with PM Thursday
Dhaka: Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Iyad Ameen Madani arrives here on a two-day visit on Wednesday night. The Secretary General is expected to exchange views on the situation of Muslim World and programmes, initiatives and…
BD, India to share info to contain militancy
Dhaka: Bangladesh and India have reached a consensus to contain militancy and terrorism through exchange of authentic information timely which will also help contain rumors and falsehood. Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu on Wednesday said this while talking to reporters…
Oil tanker ‘hijacked off Malaysia’
A Malaysian oil tanker carrying 900,000 litres of diesel has been hijacked and taken to Indonesian waters, Malaysian maritime officials say.
Palestinians: 1 dead, dozens injured in clash with Israelis
Ramallah: A Palestinian teen died Tuesday during clashes with Israeli troops near the West Bank city of Hebron, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The ministry identified the deceased as refugee camp resident Mohammed Abu Hashhash, 17. The Israeli…
India & Bangladesh: Bound by art
Dhaka: The prize distribution programme of art competition “India@Bangladesh” was held at the Institute of Fine Arts on Tuesday. Young and talented art students were honoured for their creations in a ceremony held at the IFA’s Zainul Gallery. The function…
Russian jets bomb Syrian rebels from Iran
Russian jets based in Iran on Tuesday struck targets inside Syria, the Russian defence ministry said, after Moscow deployed aircraft to an Iranian air force base to widen its campaign in Syria.The ministry said the strikes, by Tupolev-22M3 long-range bombers…
N.Korean diplomat from London embassy defects
A diplomat working in the London embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) left his post for a third country earlier this month, South Korean media reported on Tuesday, citing an anonymous source.“A DPRK diplomat in London is…
Rare Saudi Rebuke at US State Department for Yemen hospital bombing
After the U.S.-backed,Saudi-led coalition bombed a hospital in Yemen supported by Doctors Without Borders on Monday, the U.S. State Department offered a rare condemnation of the coalition’s violence.“Of course we condemn the attack,” said Elizabeth Trudeau, a spokesman for the…
Amnesty charged for giving dissident Kashmiris platform
Police in the southern city of Bangalore filed criminal charges against the India branch of Amnesty International following complaints by a Hindu nationalist student organization whose members recorded the event.The criminal charges stem from the British colonial era and include…
Murder of Imam leaves NY Muslims fearful
The stifling August heat lay motionless in Ozone Park, a religiously and culturally diverse community in Queens, a New York City borough just 16 kilometers southeast of lower Manhattan.Every few minutes, a roaring A train passes overhead on Liberty Avenue,…
US transfers 15 Guantanamo prisoners to UAE
The move marks the largest single transfer of Guantanamo prisoners under Obama’s government. Fifteen Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been transferred to the United Arab Emirates in the biggest such release for years.
New York Imam shooting suspect arrested on murder charges
New York (AP/UNB) — Police charged a man late Monday night with murder in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend. Oscar Morel, 35, was…
Chaos over ‘shots fired’ at JFK
Flights in and out of New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport are back on schedule after a false gunman scare last night led to evacuations and a four-hour sweep of two terminals. Passengers at New York’s John F. Kennedy…
Knife attack, shooting in Cologne; suspects on the run
At least one person has been injured in a stabbing and shooting attack in the German city of Cologne, police and the public prosecutor’s office said. Local media reported that two suspects are currently at large. The incident took place…
Syria truces help terrorists get arms, munitions: Lavrov
Agreeing that three-hour ceasefires are not enough to alleviate the humanitarian crises in Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pointed out that earlier short-term truces had only helped terrorists replenish munitions and their ranks. “The main issue is not that…
Dhaka, Washington condemn NY killings
Bangladesh has condemned the killing of Bangladesh-origin Imam and his associate in New York city describing it as a cowardly act on peace-loving people.”We condemn the killing of Bangladeshi origin Imam in NYC…it’s a cowardly act on peace loving people,”…
Stories from Fidel Castro’s visit to the then USSR
The father of the Cuban Revolution and a central mover and shaker in Latin America, Fidel Castro has turned 90 on Saturday. On his birthday, RT shares some exciting stories of the prominent leader’s visit to the Soviet Union. Propelled…
Why North Korea is flavor of the month for US media
Donald Kirk “What counts is the story the North Koreans want the world to know”. North Korea is looking like the flavor of the month for American broadcast media. ABC’s Bob Woodruff was just there, interviewing a foreign ministry official,…
Turkish Ambassador back, BD envoy leaves Dhaka
Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Devrim Ozturk returned on Friday after long three months’ stay in the Turkish capital of Ankara as ‘tension’ between the two countries apparently over the execution of war criminals has eased.
Republican letter urges party to cut Trump’s funding
More than 70 Republicans have signed a letter to the party’s National Committee head urging him to stop helping Donald Trump’s campaign.They said Mr Trump’s “divisiveness” and “incompetence” risked drowning the party in November’s election.The letter said that the party…
Poroshenko Puts Troops In Eastern Ukraine On Highest Alert
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says he has instructed all military units near Russian-occupied Crimea and in the easterly Donbas region to be at the highest level of combat readiness, following Russian allegations of a Ukrainian incursion into Crimea.
US secret service inquires Trump camp on gun control comment
A US Secret Service official confirms to CNN that the USSS has spoken to the Trump campaign regarding his Second Amendment comments. “There has been more than one conversation” on the topic, the official told CNN. But it’s unclear at…
White suicide bomber suspect killed near Toronto
Canadian police reportedly killed a lone suspect in a major anti-terrorist takedown operation on Wednesday. The suspect was linked to Islamic State and believed to be behind a suicide bomb plot on a major Canadian city. The suspect was identified…
Kim Jong Un’s executed reappears on N.Korean media
Kim Jong Un’s executed uncle, Jang Song Thaek, appeared to briefly reappear on North Korean state-run media on Tuesday, during a one hour documentary about 11 historical North Korean figures.The emergence of Jang in a 1990s photo adjacent to the…
Privacy Scandal Haunts Pokemon Go’s CEO
Within two weeks of its release last month, Pokemon Go, the augmented reality gaming sensation, surpassed, by one estimate, Twitter, Facebook, and Netflix in its day-to-day popularity on Android phones. Over on Apple devices, the game was downloaded more times…