Jeb Bush abruptly cancels TV time to send staff into the field
Jeb Bush's campaign is drastically shifting its resources from the airwaves to the field, scrapping large advertising buys in early-voting states in hopes of reviving his floundering bid for the presidency.
Top aide to North Korean leader dies in car crash, state media say
Kim Yang Gon, a high-ranking North Korean official tasked with handling the fractious relationship with South Korea, has died in an automobile accident, state media reported.
5 countries crushed by oil price collapse
Countries that produce the world's crude are getting crushed by low prices. Huge budget surpluses are turning into deficits, and generous social programs are being replaced with austerity and cuts.
BNP rejects poll results
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Wednesday night decided to reject the results of the municipal polls for what they said ‘widespread vote rigging across the country.’
Elections completed peacefully, except stray incidents: CEC
Chief election commissioner Kazi Rakibuddin Ahmad on Wednesday said the polls to 234 municipalities were completed peacefully, except some stray incidents.
CGA finds huge gap in NBR revenue figure
Gap in the figures of revenue collected by the National Board of Revenue and calculated by the Office of the Controller General of Accounts has been widening over the years due to problems in compilation and documentation methods followed by the two agencies of the government.
Rigging, violence mar polls
The capturing of polling stations, widespread ballot stuffing, snatching of ballot papers and intimidation of rivals by ruling Awami League activists marked the first-ever partisan elections to 234 municipalities on Wednesday when a man was killed and 150 were wounded in violence.
Stamping, stuffing in absence of BNP agents
Local ruling party men and leaders of its associate bodies at most of the polling centres of Munshiganj municipality were found instructing the activists to force the voters to cast votes for ‘boat’ or stamp on the party symbol in the ballot papers.
Belgians arrest 2 accused in New Year's terror plot
Belgian authorities have arrested two people on suspicion of being involved in a plot to attack "emblematic sites" in Belgium's capital during New Year's celebrations, the country's federal prosecutor's office said Tuesday.
Mark Salling, who played 'Puck' on 'Glee,' arrested on child porn charges
Mark Salling, best known as Noah "Puck" Puckerman on "Glee," was arrested Tuesday on charges of possession of child pornography, Los Angeles Police Department officer Liliana Preciado said.
