Cruz opens up 10-point lead on Trump in Iowa

Ted Cruz has soared ahead of Donald Trump in a new Iowa poll, opening up a 10-point lead in the critical first-in-the-nation voting state.

Polls open in Saudi Arabia, first time women allowed to vote

Saudi Arabia women voted in municipal elections Saturday morning, marking the first time they have been allowed to cast ballots in the conservative nation.

Victims describe assaults by convicted ex-Oklahoma City cop Daniel Holtzclaw

One of the women assaulted by former Oklahoma City police officer Daniel Holtzclaw said she feared for her life when he pulled her over last year and forced her to perform a sex act on him.

At least 87 killed in latest Burundi violence

At least 87 people were killed in clashes with the Burundi military in the capital of Bujumbura that began a day earlier, an army representative said Saturday.

Keep country safe from BNP-Jamaat hyenas: PM

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday urged all to strengthen the hands of Awami League so that the country cannot go under the grip of hyenas like BNP-Jamaat. ‘Let the hands of Awami League be strengthened so that the parties of hyenas cannot play with the fate of people,’ she said.

Khaleda asks party leaders to go to local areas for electioneering

Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia Saturday night asks party leaders to go to their local areas to take part in electioneering in the upcoming municipal polls, and stay in the race till last moment.

Export earnings from US rise by 11.4pc in Jan-Oct

Export earnings from US market in the January-October period of 2015 grew by 11.40 per cent to $4.84 billion compared with that of $4.34 billion in the same period a year ago,

Saima for special plan to reduce disaster risk of disabled

Chairperson of National Advisory Committee on Autism Saima Hossain on Saturday said special planning should be taken to cut disaster risk of the people with disabilities.

5 missing as ferry boat sinks in Narayanganj

At least five people, including three of a family, went missing as a ferry boat sunk after being hit by a vessel on Buriganga River at Decreer Char of Narayanganj Saturday morning.

U.S. report warns of ISIS' ability to create fake passports

A new intelligence report shared with law enforcement warns of ISIS' ability to create passports utilizing seized Syrian government assets, according to a law enforcement official with direct knowledge of the intelligence report's contents.