US always a nation of immigrants: Obama
AP, Washington :Celebrating the ethnic diversity of America, President Barack Obama said more than two dozen foreign-born military members who became US citizens at the...
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Indian nurses return home from Iraq
BBC Online :A group of 46 Indian nurses freed by Isis militants after being trapped in Iraq has arrived home in the southern city of...
Palestinian youth was burned alive
Reuters, Ramallah :Initial autopsy findings from the body of an East Jerusalem youth who Palestinians believe was kidnapped and killed by far-right Jews showed that...
Germans summons US envoy over spying
BBC Online :The German authorities have summoned the US ambassador in Berlin after a man was arrested on suspicion of spying.The US diplomat “was asked...
Maliki still Iraqis top choice as PM
AFP, Baghdad :Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki remains many Iraqis’ top choice to lead the country even though militants have overrun large swathes of territory and...
Suicide bomb eplodes near Somalia parliament
BBC Online :A suicide car bomb has killed at least four people near Somalia’s parliament, police and Somali media say.Reports say the bomb went off...
Ukrainian flag raised in rebel stronghold after army action
Reuters, Kiev :Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko ordered the army to raise the national flag over the separatist stronghold of Slaviansk in eastern Ukraine on Saturday,...
Taliban torch fuel tankers in Kabul
AP, Afgnaistan :At least 400 fuel tankers have been set ablaze in a parking lot near Kabul. As the fire burned, Taliban militants claimed responsibility...
CHT Commission convoy attacked
It left two people, including an officer-in-charge of a police station, injured. An eight-member representative team led by Commission co-chair Sultana Kamal went on a...
BASIC chairman quits
Chairman of specialised state-owned BASIC Bank has resigned amid allegations of loan irregularities. Finance Minister AMA Muhith said Abdul Hye Bachchu came to his Minto...