March2018

Most Asian stocks extended their selling on Thursday as a volatile week draws to an early close in many markets while bubbling trade tensions and another painful day for Wall Street technology shares continued to feed...

Hours after his 16-year-old son was found dead, becoming the fourth victim of violence triggered by Ram Navami processions across the state since Sunday, Maulana Imdadul Rashidi, Imam of a mosque in Asansol, on Thursday presided...

A truck driver was killed and three others were injured in a head-on collision between two commercial trucks on the Mymensingh-Kishoreganj Highway. The crash took place at 7am on Friday on a stretch of a highway...

Ethiopia’s prime minister-elect Abiye Ahmed will be sworn in on Monday, its parliament said, after the ruling coalition chose him to succeed Hailemariam Desalegn as its chairperson. The ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front coalition on...

President Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman said on Friday Turkey expected its allies to take a clear stance against terrorism instead of taking steps that amount to legitimizing “terror structures”. The comments by Ibrahim Kalin on Twitter came...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party is struggling to change a “perception” that it is against minority Muslims and lower-caste people, a political ally said, which could cost it votes in a general election due...

The Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, faces increasing isolation in his home in exile as India tones down an assertive stand toward its powerful neighbor and rival, China, in the hope of calming ties strained...

The ambassadors of Germany and France arrived at the Russian Foreign Ministry building in Moscow on Friday, a Reuters camera operator at the scene said. Both Germany and France have expelled Russian diplomats, and Moscow had...

At least two Palestinians were killed and more than 50 wounded by Israeli gunfire in Gaza, Palestinian medical officials said on Friday, as Gazans began a planned six-week protest along the border with Israel. One of...

The Czech Republic has extradited Russian citizen Yevgeniy Nikulin to the United States where he is accused of hacking social networks including LinkedIn, the Justice Ministry said on Friday, confirming earlier reports. “We confirm extradition to...