246 Eid congregations to be held in port city
BSS, Chittagong :Around 246 congregations of Eid-ul-Fitr are scheduled to be held at traditional and temporary venues in the port city under the supervision of...
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Putin stays on offense in Ukraine
AP, Moscow :Russian President Vladimir Putin might be expected to hunker down into defense mode as he is besieged by accusations of Russian involvement in...
Typhoon Matmo kills 13 people in China
AP, Beijing :Typhoon has killed 13 people in China and left thousands in need of basic living supplies, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said Sunday.Typhoon...
More than 50 killed in Benghazi, Tripoli clashes
Reuters, BENGHAZI :At least 36 people were killed in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, many of them civilians, in clashes between Libyan Special Forces and...
Jihadists seize Syria army base, behead soldiers
AFP, Damascus :Islamic State fighters have seized a Syrian army base in the northern province of Raqa, killing scores of troops and beheading some of...
Costa Concordia wreck arriving in Genoa for scrapping
BBC Online :The wrecked Italian cruise ship, the Costa Concordia, has arrived in waters near the port of Genoa for scrapping after a two-year salvage...
Suicide bombers attack police chief’s home in Afghanistan, 2 killed
AP, Kabul :An Afghan official says that a civilian and a border policeman were killed when Taliban insurgents attacked the house of a police chief...
Dutch experts head to eastern Ukraine site
BBC Online :Dutch experts are heading to the site of the downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, officials say.It follows an agreement between...