The UN Security Council has demanded humanitarian access to the Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk in Damascus. One UN official described the situation for the 18,000 refugees there as “beyond inhumane”. The situation has deteriorated since 1 April, when Islamic…
The line of demarcation between benevolent and malevolent is increasingly getting murky which is, in my opinion, contributing to social indiscipline and moral degradation. Perhaps shrinking of the mark of delineation between good and evil, right and wrong is destabilising…
The Kenyan air force has bombed two al Shabaab camps in Somalia, a defense force source said on Monday, in the first major military response to last week’s attack by the militant group on a Kenyan university.
By George Henton In the latest attack on press freedoms in Thailand, Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha has repeated previous claims that he has the power to shut down any media outlets that fail to praise him and his government. “I…
The International Committee of the Red Cross is due to make two emergency aid flights into Yemen’s capital, Sanaa. The ICRC has been given permission to land planes carrying staff and medical supplies in Yemen, which it says is facing…
The Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon has appealed to the authorities in all relevant institutions in Bangladesh to ensure that the April 28 city elections will be transparent, inclusive, and credible, according to a posting made at the…
The former president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, has made his first appearance in 14 months. He met a delegation of Venezuelan officials on a solidarity mission to Cuba at a local school.
On April 1, the city of Tikrit was liberated from the extremist group Islamic State. The Shi’ite-led central government and allied militias, after a month-long battle, had expelled the barbarous Sunni radicals.
Kenya is mourning 148 people killed in Thursday’s al-Shabab attack on Garissa university campus, amid questions over why warnings were ignored. Kenyan newspapers say there was intelligence information of an imminent attack on a school or university. Locals question why…
This is a significant moment in the turbulent history of efforts to constrain Iran’s nuclear programme. Opinion has been bitterly divided on the merits of even seeking a deal with Tehran. Many on Capitol Hill, for example, have appeared to…
Ecstatic crowds welcomed Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif back to Tehran on Friday after he led Iranian negotiators to an initial nuclear agreement that could profoundly improve Iran’s standing in the world after years as a pariah state.
North Korea has fired four short-range projectiles off its western coast, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement on Friday. According to the statement, carried by Yonhap News Agency, the range of the projectiles was estimated…
Trends News Agency Gunmen from the Islamist militant group al Shabaab stormed a university in Kenya and killed at least 147 people on Thursday, in the worst attack on Kenyan soil since the U.S. embassy was bombed in 1998, Reuters…
Beirut – The airstrikes by the Saudi Arabia-led coalition that hit a displaced persons’ camp in northern Yemen on March 30, 2015, raised grave concerns about violations of the laws of war. The airstrikes killed at least 29 civilians and…
Brussels – Palestine’s decision to join the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the face of strong opposition – including from the United States, Israel, and Canada – deserves international support. The ICC treaty officially went into effect for Palestine on…
The Palestinian Authority joined the International Criminal Court on Wednesday, a move deeply opposed by Israel, vowing to hand over suspects to The Hague, including their own government officials.
A Russian trawler has sunk off the Kamchatka peninsula, with 54 sailors so far confirmed dead. Sixty-three people have been rescued, many suffering from hypothermia, according to a maritime rescue centre in Russia’s Far East. The Dalniy Vostok freezer trawler…
“The murder of Washiqur Rahman in Dhaka on 30 March is the second attack in a month that has targeted bloggers in Bangladesh. The killings of Washiqur Rahman and Avijit Roy are an attack on free speech and democracy.
It is paramount that our territory is protected, says Rajnath Indicating a hardline approach in dealing with smuggling along the India-Bangladesh border, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said here on Wednesday that there was no such thing as a “non-lethal…
A BNP delegation on Wednesday demanded army deployment during the elections to Dhaka south and Dhaka north and Chittagong city corporations to maintain law and order. “We demanded deployment of army in the three city corporations’ polls in he interest…
Nigerian election winner Muhammadu Buhari congratulated outgoing president Goodluck Jonathan for peacefully relinquishing power on Wednesday, a day after becoming the first Nigerian politician to unseat a sitting leader at the ballot box.
The winner of Nigeria’s presidential poll, Muhammadu Buhari, has hailed his victory as a vote for change and proof the nation has embraced democracy. Mr Buhari also praised outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan as a “worthy opponent” who peacefully relinquished power.
An alarming number of countries used the death penalty to tackle real or perceived threats to state security linked to terrorism, crime or internal instability in 2014, Amnesty International found in its annual review of the death penalty worldwide. *…
Sr BJP leader Dr. Subramanian Swamy in a statement issued in New Delhi on Monday has termed Bnp spokesperson Salahuddin’s disappearance episode as shocking, according to a message received in Dhaka The abduction of Bangladesh’s BNP spokesperson Salahuddin Ahmed, on…
By Chandra Muzaffar There is no military solution to the Yemen crisis. It is essentially a tussle for power between various political actors. The solution has to be political. Military air-strikes helmed by Saudi Arabia, and supported by most of…
The German pilot suspected of deliberately crashing a plane in the French Alps last week was treated for suicidal tendencies years ago before he received his pilot’s license, German prosecutors said on Monday.
Heavy fighting between Myanmar government forces and the Arakan ethnic army has occurred near Myanmar Rakhine-Bangladesh border, the ruling party’s Union Daily reported Monday different Indian and Chinese newspap reported on Tuesday.
Early results from Nigeria’s election show little separating the incumbent, President Goodluck Jonathan, and ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. With eight states and the capital Abuja declared, President Jonathan’s People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has a lead of about 20,000 votes. Final…
The horrifying murder of a blogger who was hacked to death in Dhaka this morning, the second violent killing of a Bangladeshi blogger in a month, must be a ‘wake up call’ to the authorities on the need to create…
Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday formally submitted a chargesheet against 21 people, including four Bangladesh nationals, to a special court in Kolkata for their involvement in the Burdwan blast, according to Indian media reports. Banned militant outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen…