25 killed in bangladesh bus accident
Dhaka: At least 25 people were killed and 23 others injured on Thursday when a bus veered off the road and rammed into a tree in central Bangladesh. “The accident took place around 1.15 AM on the Barisal-Dhaka highway when driver apparently lost control over the wheels at Bhanga area of Faridpur district,” a district police officer told
Man shoots four dead in Italian court
Milan An armed man facing bankruptcy shot dead a judge, a lawyer and two others in a Milan court on Thursday. The man, named as Claudio Giardiello, escaped on a scooter but was captured by police in Vimercate, a town some 25km outside Milan.
N Korea fires missiles ahead of carter’s visit
Seoul: North Korea fired two surface-to-air missiles into the sea this week as US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter visited the region for talks in Tokyo and Seoul, South Korea’s defence ministry said.
47 killed in IS siege at refugee camp in Syria
Beirut: At least 47 people have been killed since the ISIS began its siege of al-Yarmouk Palestinian refugee camp, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported. Thirty-two people were members of IS, Aknaf Beit al-Maqdis - a Palestinian group opposing the Bashar al-Assad regime - and other Syrian rebel militias battling IS inside the camp.
S African imams get death threats from ISIS
Johannesburg: A number of imams across South Africa have received death threats from the ISIS to stop them from speaking out against the dreaded outfit.