Mattis: US will defend Japanese islands claimed by China

US Defense Secretary James Mattis on Saturday reaffirmed Washington's commitment to defending Japan, including a group of disputed islands which have been claimed by China.

Military botches release of video seized in Yemen raid

The US military is scrambling to explain an embarrassing mix-up after it released video obtained from Sunday's raid in Yemen that turned out to have already been published online.

Palestinian president leaves Dhaka

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas left Dhaka for home on Friday afternoon wrapping up his three-day official visit to Bangladesh.

Myanmar army killed, raped, torched houses in Rohingya cleansing: UN

Myanmar’s security forces committed mass killings and gang rape of Rohingya Muslims and burned their villages since last October in a campaign that probably amounted to crimes against humanity and possibly ‘ethnic cleansing’, the UN human ..

Eight killed as truck ploughs through crowd

At least eight pilgrims were killed and seven were injured as a truck ploughed through a crowd gathered in Alutila tourist area under Matiranga in Khagrachari to join the funeral programme of a Buddhist monk on Friday.

Journalist killed in intra-AL clash in Sirajganj

A journalist of Samakal died on Friday, hours after he along with two others received bullet wounds during an intra-party clash of ruling Awami League at Shahzadpur upazila in Sirajganj on Thursday.

President Trump nominates Neil Gorsuch for Supreme Court

President Donald Trump will nominate Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, Trump announced Tuesday night at the White House.

Daughter of Anwar Al-Awlaki reported killed in Yemen raid

Nawar Anwar Al-Awlaki, the 8-year-old daughter of former al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula leader Anwar al-Awlaki was killed in a joint American-UAE raid against the terror group Sunday, according to the girl's family.

Thousands of Rohingya refugees may be sent to remote island

A plan to send thousands of Rohingya refugees to an isolated island that is often submerged in water is "terrible and crazy," a Bangladeshi government official told CNN Tuesday.

Donald Trump's early crisis

President Donald Trump begins his 11th day in office shrouded in crisis, roundly criticized for a chaotic unveiling of immigration measures and under new scrutiny after he fired the nation's top law enforcement officer who refused to enforce them.