Jamaat calls hartal for Thursday as leaders remanded
Jamaat-e-Islami on Tuesday announced a three-day protest programme including countrywide dawn-to-dusk hartal for Thursday in protest at the arrest and subsequent remand of its central leaders, including the party chief, Maqbul Ahmad.
US Navy officers lose jobs after fatal collision
(CNN)The two officers in charge of the destroyer USS John S. McCain have been relieved of duty after a deadly accident earlier this year, the US Navy said in a statement Tuesday. The guided-missile destroyer collided with a merchant ship off Singapore on August 21, leaving 10 US sailors dead and five more injured. The accident left a large highly visible hole in the US ship.
North Korean hackers stole US-South Korea war plans, official says
Washington (CNN)North Korean hackers allegedly stole classified military documents from a South Korean Defense Ministry database in September 2016, according to Rhee Cheol-hee, a member of South Korea's National Assembly.
Harvey Weinstein accused of rape in New Yorker story
Harvey Weinstein stands accused of rape by multiple women, according to an explosive new story by The New Yorker magazine. One of the accusers, Asia Argento, confirmed her account to CNN.
US fails to reach 2018 World Cup; Argentina breathes sigh of relief
(CNN)For the first time since 1986, the US Men's National Team will be watching the World Cup from home.Falling 2-1 to Trinidad and Tobago, the US failed to qualify for Russia 2018. An early own-goal from Omar Gonzalez set the tone for the defeat, before Alvin Jones doubled the Trinidad and Tobago lead on 37 minutes.
More evacuations ordered as deadly wildfires scorch Northern California
(CNN)New evacuations were ordered Tuesday evening as more than a dozen wildfires raged across Northern California, with the largest ones killing at least 17 people as they scorched the state's famous wine country.
Rohingya insurgent ceasefire ends in Myanmar with no report of attacks
Myanmar authorities said there was no sign of attacks by Rohingya Muslim militants on Tuesday as a one-month insurgent ceasefire came to end.
RAID ON EXTREMIST DEN Woman surrenders with three children
Police concluded ‘Operation Melted Ice’ on Monday evening after Khadiza Akhter, younger sister of extremist suspect Nurul Islam Marzan, surrendered to the law enforcement agency along with her three children in Jessore.
Jamaat chief among seven leaders arrested
Police on Monday night arrested seven leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including its chief Maqbul Ahmad, during a raid on a house at Uttara in the capital.
Arrest warrant issued against Khaleda Zia in Comilla
A Comilla court on Monday issued an arrest warrant against Bangladesh Nationalist Party chairperson Khaleda Zia and 77 others in a case of arson attack that killed eight people and injured 20 others in February 2015 during BNP-led 20-party alliance’s anti-government agitations.
