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Dhaka: Bangladesh police arrested Riazul Islam as he was walking home from his in-laws' house. At 3:15 am, he was shot dead in a sandy field beside a...

Taipei: A fire at a hospital in Taiwan in the early hours of Monday killed nine people and injured 15 and an investigation has been launched into the cause...

Cairo: The head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood and other leaders of the banned group were sentenced to life in prison on Sunday, judicial sources said,...

London: Trinidad-born British author V.S. Naipaul, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2001, has died at his home in London aged 85, the BBC reported...

Beijing: Peter Wang was asleep at his home in Beijing last Monday when police officers arrived before dawn to detain him, saying he had helped organise a...

Bamako: Malians voted in a run-off presidential election under heavy security on Sunday, with incumbent Ibrahim Boubacar Keita expected to win a second term...

London:The United States urged Britain on Sunday to ditch its support for a 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and instead join forces with Washington to counter...

Foca(Bosnia): A meteor shower lit up the skies above eastern Bosnia on Saturday night, giving star gazers a rare opportunity to see a display of shooting...

Kabul: Taliban insurgents attacked police headquarters and other government buildings in Ghazni in central Afghanistan on Sunday and were threatening to...

Azaz( Syria): A "National Army" being set up by Syrian rebels with Turkey's help could become a long-term obstacle to President Bashar Al...