Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sharpened her attack against the head of the interim government, Muhammad Yunus, and said he is selling off the country to the US. The fresh attack comes as protests hit the country again after reports said Yunus threatened to resign following the Army’s call for elections in December. She…
The Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militant group, which has been locked in bloody conflict with the Turkish state for more than four decades, decided to disband and end its armed struggle, a news agency close to the group reported on Monday. The PKK decision is set to have far-reaching political and security consequences for the…
Separatist militants in Pakistan’s Balochistan province attacked a passenger train on Tuesday, injuring the train driver. The militants claimed control of the train and said that over 100 passengers had been taken hostage. The train was travelling from Quetta in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa when it came under fire, railway…
Although they were later recaptured, the prison break shook Israelis and thrilled Palestinians. Israelis saw Mr. Zubeidi’s escape as a chilling security breach with the potential to incite further violence. Many Palestinians called it a temporary victory against Israel’s mass incarceration of Palestinians. An Israeli drone strike killed Mr. Zubeidi’s son, Mohammad, in September. The…
GUWAHATI: Unidentified gunmen killed two migrant labourers from Bihar, while police shot an 18-year-old militant dead following a brief exchange of fire in violence-hit Manipur Saturday.Police said the labourers – identified as Sunalal Kumar, 18, and Dasharat Kumar, 17 – were travelling on bicycles when they were shot in the evening at Keirak in Kakching…