Police: Suicide bombers, one of them 11, target Nigeria market

Two bomb attacks in 24 hours -- one of them involving an 11-year-old female suicide bomber -- killed dozens of people and wounded more than 120 others in the Nigerian cities of Yola and Kano, authorities said.

PM seeks people’s help to capture criminals, militants

The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, on Wednesday called upon the people to help the government and law enforcement agencies to capture those involved in criminal activities and militant acts.

Death sentence upheld

The Appellate Division on Wednesday dismissed the review petitions of war crimes death row inmates Salauddin Quader Chowdhury and Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed.

Jamaat calls countrywide shutdown today

Jamaat-e-Islami on Wednesday called a countrywide dawn-to-dusk shutdown for Thursday protesting at the Supreme Court verdict that upheld the death penalty of war criminal Jamaat-e-Islami leader Ali Ahsan Muhammad Mojaheed.

Another Italian national shot at

Unnamed assailants shot at an Italian missionary working in the country’s northern district Dinajpur on Wednesday morning.

Make financial inclusion a reality for poor : Queen Maxima

Dutch Queeen Maxima Zorreguieta Cerruti on Wednesday stressed the need for enacting a national strategy with a clear target for making financial inclusion a reality in Bangladesh for the poor people in general, and rural people and women in particular.

'Serious plans for explosions' cancel Netherlands-Germany soccer match

"Serious plans for explosions" forced the evacuation of a stadium in Hannover, Germany, on Tuesday night before a Netherlands-Germany friendly soccer match, the police chief for Germany's Lower Saxony region told Germany's public broadcaster NDR.

Paris attacks investigation: Latest developments

A Renault with Belgian plates, syringes in a hotel room and a cell phone containing a chilling message were among the focuses Tuesday in the sweeping multinational investigation into last week's terror attacks in Paris that killed 129 people.

Trump homes in on national security days after Paris attacks

Donald Trump on Monday focused on national security in a speech to a raucous crowd of nearly 10,000 people, days after the terrorist attacks in Paris sent shockwaves around the world and rippled through the 2016 presidential race.

Japanese gang boss found beaten to death

A man described by police as a boss in Japan's organized crime network, the yakuza, was found dead on Sunday night, bleeding from the head after being bludgeoned multiple times, a police official told CNN.