US says missile defense system successfully intercepts projectile during test

(CNN)A United States-built missile defense system on Tuesday successfully intercepted its target during a test run, the US Missile Defense Agency said.

US, India and Japan begin naval exercises, as China looks on

New Delhi (CNN)A rising Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean has prompted the largest naval exercise the region has seen in more than two decades.

In the heart of Raqqa, the impact of ISIS is all around

Raqqa, Syria (CNN)The closer you get to the last bedrock of ISIS, the more obvious their impact and the more frequent the sights and stories of loss and deprivation.

Donald Trump Jr. releases email chain on his Russian meeting

Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., agreed to meet with someone he believed to be a "Russian government attorney" last summer after receiving an email offering him "very high level and sensitive information" that would "incriminate" Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton

Flood maroons thousands in Kurigram, Lalmonirhat

Hundreds of thousands of people were marooned in floodwater in Kurigram and Lalmonirhat due to the rise of water levels of Brahmaputra and Teesta rivers following heavy downpour and onrush of water from upstream hilly areas.

US, India and Japan begin naval exercises, as China looks on

New Delhi (CNN)A rising Chinese presence in the Indian Ocean has prompted the largest naval exercise the region has seen in more than two decades.

NYT: Email to Trump Jr. cites Russian government effort to help Trump campaign

Washington (CNN)An email sent to Donald Trump Jr. last year stated that a Russian lawyer had "compromising" information about Hillary Clinton as "part of a Russian government effort" to help the Trump campaign, The New York Times reported Monday.

Dhaka, Beijing to sign over 25 MoUs, deals

Bangladesh and China will sign over 25 MoUs and deals which are expected to usher in a new chapter of greater collaboration between the two countries.

PM for campaign against political violence

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday ordered ministries and agencies to carry out more publicity of the government’s achievements and launch massive campaigns against violence during countrywide nonstop blockade enforced by Bangladesh Nationalist Party-led alliance in 2015.

Chittagong city BNP gets ‘giant’ committee at last

Chittagong city unit of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party found a ‘giant’ full- fledged committee after about two decades.BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia on Monday approved the 275-member committee submitted to her at the party’s Gulshan office by the three-member Chittagong city BNP committee S