How the seizure of a US spy ship by North Korea nearly sparked nuclear war
"This is it, they're taking us out here to kill us," Stu Russell thought as he trudged through the snow in the middle of the night into a dark forest.Russell was one of 83 Americans held captive inside North Korea, following the seizure of the USS Pueblo spy ship in international waters, on January 23, 1968.
Gunmen launch siege at Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN)Afghan special forces traded fire Sunday morning with the remaining gunmen who attacked the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul hours earlier, Afghanistan's TOLO news channel reported.
How the Victoria and Albert Museum in China signals a new design for Shenzhen
The first thing anyone tells you about Shenzhen, the city in southern China that borders Hong Kong and has a population of at least 12 million, is that it was once a sleepy fishing village.
Acrimony deepens after government shutdown's first day
(CNN)Day one of the government shutdown ended with recriminations between the parties deepening and no sign of progress towards ending the impasse.The White House, Republican and Democratic leaders spent most of Saturday apportioning blame and flexing partisan muscles
Turkish jets hammer Syrian town to oust US-backed Kurdish militia
(CNN)Turkish airstrikes pounded the Kurdish-held region of Afrin in northern Syria on Saturday, killing at least eight people, according to a statement released by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) General Command
India tests-fires Agni-V, a nuclear-capable ICBM
New Delhi (CNN)India has successfully test-fired a long-range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the country's Defense Ministry said Thursday
Status quo on felling Jessore road trees
The High Court on Thursday asked the government to maintain status quo on the decision of felling century-old trees on the Jessore-Benapole Highway for six months.
Students of seven DU affiliated colleges block Nilkhet intersection
Several hundreds of students of the seven Dhaka University affiliated colleges blocked the Nilkhet intersection in the capital demanding publishing their results of second year examinations.
BCL activists on prowl
Bangladesh Chhatra League activists’ ceaseless infighting as well as attacking common students on campuses across the country disrupted academic atmosphere time and again
HC stays DNCC mayoral by-polls
The High Court on Wednesday stayed for three months all the activities in the Dhaka North City mayoral by-election scheduled for February 26
