AL shuts doors to BNP, Jamaat
The ruling Awami League has closed its doors to Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat-e-Islami activists apparently to stop their influx into the ruling party taking refuge to avoid repression.
Govt under pressure to admit IS existence: PM
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on said on Sunday that recent killings and attacks on foreigners, publishers and bloggers were pre-planned and her government was under tremendous pressure to acknowledge that militants of Islamic State existed in Bangladesh.
U.S. officials express growing confidence bomb downed Russian plane
The United States appears to be increasingly confident that a terrorist bomb brought down the Russian passenger jet that broke apart over Egypt.
Myanmar polls close as citizens vote in freest elections in decades
Myanmar citizens voted Sunday in a landmark election as the party of veteran democracy campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi seeks a bigger role in the political process.
Starbucks' plain red holiday cups stir up controversy
This year's holiday season red cups at Starbucks have stirred up critics who accuse the company of waging a war on Christmas.
Trump says Bush 41 adviser approached him about becoming VP
Donald Trump says he first got the taste of presidential politics in 1988. A new biography of George H.W. Bush by Jon Meacham reveals that Bush became aware that Trump was interested in becoming vice president.
Report: British passenger jet narrowly avoided missile in Egypt this yea
A British passenger jet headed to the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh narrowly avoided a missile in August, authorities said following a Russian jet crash in the same area this week.
Investigator: Noise heard in final second of Metrojet Flight 9268
A noise was heard in the final second of the cockpit voice recording on Metrojet Flight 9268 as it ascended on autopilot before apparently breaking up about 23 minutes after takeoff, the head of Egypt's investigation said Saturday.
ISIS victims returning home, with thirst for revenge
Sharu Baharu, an 80-year-old with a magnificent handle-bar mustache, is facing his second winter on Mount Sinjar, where a bitter wind kicks up as the sun sets over the barren cliffs.
Magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocks Chile
A magnitude-6.8 earthquake rocked the central coast of Chile on Saturday, two months after a temblor struck the same area.
