Showdown in the South China Sea: How did we get here?
Dotted with small islands, reefs and shoals, the South China Sea is home to a messy territorial dispute that pits multiple countries against each other.
Prince Harry goes to Washingto
"All right ladies ... Prince Harry is here! Don't look like you don't notice!"That's how an enthusiastic First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off the blushing bearded royal's whirlwind trip to the United States Wednesday, which included an informal meeting with President Barack Obama and a trip to the British Embassy.
FOREIGNER KILLINGS : Plan on to justify PM’s statement blaming BNP: Nazrul
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Nazrul Islam Khan on Wednesday alleged that the government was trying to implicate BNP leaders in the recent killing of foreigners to justify the prime minister’s recent statement in this regard.
Khandaker Mosharraf charged with money laundering
The Dhaka Special Judges Court-1 on Wednesday charged BNP standing committee member Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain, also former health minister, with money laundering.
TAVELLA KILLING : Quayum one of suspects: HM
Home affairs minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Wednesday said that Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader MA Quayum was one of the suspects who masterminded the murder of Italian citizen Cesare Tavella in Dhaka.
HUSAINI DALAN EXPLOSION : Police narrow down investigation to Jamaat’s activities
The police are narrowing down the investigation into the Husaini Dalan explosion case to the activities of Jamaat-e-Islami and its student organisation Islami Chhatra Shibir, as they claim to have not found any militant link or plot from other quarters.
Ruling party offices on govt lands
Offices of Awami League and BNP, the two major political parties, are seldom seen out side the capital when they are out of power.
China says it warned and tracked U.S. warship in South China Sea
China said it warned and tracked a U.S. Navy warship as it came close to one of its artificial islands in the South China Sea's contested waters.
ISIS ties foes to ancient Palmyra columns and blows them up
ISIS, which comes up with more and more heinous methods of execution, has ramped up its cruelty: Members of the group tied three people to the pillars in the ancient section of Palmyra and killed them by detonating the pillars, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported.
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi to be flogged again, wife says
A Saudi blogger convicted of "insulting Islam" is expected to receive the second 50 lashes of a 1,000-lash sentence soon, his wife says.
