Kashmir: Why is India's Modi going on the offensive?
India's reported "surgical strike" across the border into Pakistani-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday brings India-Pakistan relations to their lowest point in almost a decade.
Will peace be buried with Shimon Peres?
Reacting to the news that her 93-year-old former boss had died, former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni raised the issue on everyone's mind: she was worried "peace would be buried with Shimon Peres."
BNP-Jamaat leaders must face trial for patronising extremism: PM
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has reiterated that BNP-Jamaat and its leaders must face trial for patronising extremism in the country by providing money and giving orders, protecting war criminals and burning innocent people to death with petrol bombs.
Arrest warrants for Tarique, ETV journalist in sedition case
A Dhaka court on Thursday ordered to issue arrest warrants for Bangladesh Nationalist Party senior vice-chairman Tarique Rahman, and Mahathir Farooki Parash, a former journalist of private television channel ETV, in a sedition case.
Maintaining confidentiality, scraping bank charges for e-GP urged
Participants at a seminar on Thursday said bank charges on electronic-government procurement (e-GP) should be withdrawn with a view to make the process a successful one and bring more transparency in public money spending.
BIDA asks NBR to address 10 issues to promote investment
Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has requested the National Board of Revenue for addressing 10 issues including formation of a permanent committee related to customs duty structure and removing disparity between local and foreign investors on import of capital machinery in a bid to attract more investments in the country.
Billionaire: Chinese real estate is 'biggest bubble in history'
Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin made his fortune in the country's real estate market -- and now he's warning that it's spiraling out of control.
Police: Man killed by officer pointed vaping device
A man pulled a vape smoking device from his pocket and pointed it at police before one officer fatally shot him and another discharged a Taser, police in El Cajon, California, said Wednesday.
MH17 shot down by Buk missile brought from Russia, say investigators
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was downed over eastern Ukraine by a Buk missile brought in from Russia and fired from a village under the control of pro-Russian separatists, a team of international prosecutors said Wednesday.
Severe storm causes Australia blackouts
A severe thunderstorm hit parts of Adelaide, South Australia on Wednesday evening, leaving huge swaths of the state without electricity.
