Dhaka: Bangladesh authorities accused a container depot operator on Monday of not telling firefighters about a chemical stockpile before it exploded with devastating consequences, killing at least 49 people — nine of them from the fire service. The toll from the giant blast, which followed a

Owo: Gunmen opened fire on worshippers and detonated explosives at a Catholic church in the city of Owo in southwestern Nigeria on Sunday, leaving dozens feared dead, state lawmakers said. The attackers targeted the St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo state just as the worshippers gathered

Bangkok: Fifty-nine Rohingya people have been discovered on a Thai island, saying they were abandoned by traffickers en route to Malaysia, a senior police officer said. The group — among them five children — were found on Koh Dong island in the southern Satun province on

Pyongyang: South Korean military says the action is a demonstration of the allies readiness to respond to North Korean ‘provocations’. A missile is fired during a joint training between US and South Korea at an undisclosed location in South Korea. South Korea and the United States have

Philadelphia: Shootings in three American cities killed nine people and wounded two dozen more on Saturday night and Sunday morning, the latest outbreaks of gun violence in the wake of three mass shootings that have rattled the United States. In Philadelphia, a confrontation between two men

Yangoon: Myanmar’s military junta announced that it will execute two opposition political activists as part of its crackdown on the anti-coup resistance – in what rights activists say is the first use of the death penalty for years. In January, a military tribunal convicted veteran democracy

New Delhi: Iran, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on Sunday lodged official protests against the controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) made by two Bharatiya Janata Party spokespersons, PTI reported. Earlier, Qatar had demanded a public apology from the Indian government. The controversy erupted after

Amritsar: More than 6,000 Indian troops have been deployed in Amritsar to target the Sikh youth ahead of 38th anniversary of “Operation Blue Star”. There is an atmosphere of tension in Amritsar district of Indian Punjab. The police have a tight guard. The whole city has

New Delhi: Political parties in India galvanising IT cells to drum up support is not new, and is widely known. However, the social media platforms used by these parties do have rules and regulations in place to take down such activity. Documentation from Facebook whistleblower