Roadmap in works for new nations to join Makkah pact
Agencies
1 September 2026 Middle East
Israeli airstrike kills two people in Gaza
Reuters, Cairo
31 August 2026 Middle East
Israeli strikes kill three in Gaza
AFP, Gaza City
29 August 2026 Middle East
New US threats: Iran warns of ‘crushing’ response
Agencies
22 August 2026 Middle East
Iran fishermen venture back to Hormuz despite fears of new fighting
AFP, Bandar Abbas
18 August 2026 Middle East
Syria reaches deal with Moscow on fate of Russian bases
AFP, Damascus
10 August 2026 Middle East

IS overruns town in Syria

Islamic State group jihadists seized a small town in Syria's central Homs province yesterday with help from local rebels and advanced
1 November 2015

Victims yet to regain sense of security

The people of Hindu community in Bonogram of Santhia upazila under the district are still to be free from security concerns as the
1 November 2015

21.7% turnout in first round of Egypt run-off

The first round run-off in Egypt's parliamentary election produced a turnout of 21.7 percent, officials announced Friday, reflecting
31 October 2015

Dozens killed in Yemen clashes

Dozens of Yemeni Shia rebels and pro-government fighters have been killed in clashes in several southern provinces as Saudi-led coalition aircraft targeted the Iran-backed insurgents, military officials said yesterday.
31 October 2015

No let up in violence

Israeli security forces shot and killed a Palestinian who ran at them with a knife in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, police said, as a
31 October 2015

Assad's future should not ruin Syria talks

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said talks on the Syria crisis had unacceptably been taken "hostage" by the question of President
31 October 2015

No survivor in Sinai airliner crash

A Russian airliner crashes in central Sinai killing all 224 people on board, Egyptian officials say.
31 October 2015

Mojaheed war trial: Jamaat plans demo for tomorrow

Jamaat-e-Islami will hold demonstrations across the country tomorrow demanding release of condemned war criminal Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.
30 October 2015

Saudi blogger gets human rights prize

Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, whose flogging sentence caused an outcry, has been awarded the European Parliament's Sakharov human rights prize.
29 October 2015

Mahmudur among 9 indicted over Tejgaon arson

A Dhaka court frames charges against Amar Desh acting editor Mahmudur Rahman and 8 others in an arson case of March 2013.
29 October 2015

Netrakona war crimes suspect dies

War crimes suspect Ahmed Ali of Netrakona died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital in the wee hours today.
29 October 2015

IS attack on Saudi shia mosque kills 2

Two people were killed Monday in a suicide bombing at a mosque in the Saudi city of Najran that was claimed by the Islamic State group, which has repeatedly targeted Shiites in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.
27 October 2015

Main accused Nistar held

An operative of banned Purbo Bangla Communist Party (PBCP-Sarbahara faction), and the main accused in the case for killing three
27 October 2015

'IS captives tied to Palmyra artifacts and blown up'

The Islamic State jihadist group executed three people in Syria's ancient city of Palmyra by binding them to three historic columns and blowing them up, a monitoring group said Monday.
27 October 2015

Israel jails cleric for inciting Al- Aqsa violence

An Israeli court yesterday ordered the jailing of a firebrand cleric whose Islamist group has been accused of inciting a wave of violence over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound.
27 October 2015

Turkish fishermen rescue 18-month-old Syrian refugee boy (video)

Two Turkish fishermen rescued and resuscitated a Syrian toddler they luckily found floating unconscious in the Aegean Sea.
27 October 2015

Bid to ease tensions over Al-Aqsa stumbles

Efforts to douse Israeli-Palestinian tensions over Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound ran into trouble yesterday when the Islamic trust which administers the holy site accused Israeli police of blocking the agreed installation of cameras.
26 October 2015

Afghan NSA warns of risk from IS, al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda has re-established a presence in Afghanistan and the Islamic State group has become a serious threat, the Afghan national security adviser warned, saying the country was in danger of again becoming a safe haven for terrorists and calling for US and Nato military backing to help drive them out.
26 October 2015

Locals foil bid to abduct schoolgirl

Locals foiled a bid to abduct a schoolgirl and caught one of the three abductors at Maderipur village under Pirganj upazila of Rangpur On Saturday.
25 October 2015

Israel and Jordan strike deal on Jerusalem holy site

Israel and Jordan have agreed on moves aimed at reducing tensions surrounding a prominent holy site in Jerusalem.
25 October 2015