US Special Counsel Robert Mueller on Friday announced the indictments of 13 Russian nationals and three companies for alleged interference with the 2016 election, reports AFP from Washington. According to the unsealed indictment the accused conspired -- from 2014 until today -- to interfere "with…

Ethiopia yesterday declared a state of emergency one day after Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn announced his resignation, reports AFP from Addis Ababa quoting state media. "A state of emergency has been declared as of now," the Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) said, citing a decision…

Myanmar’s army chief received a royal decoration from Thailand yesterday, despite accusations his security forces have carried out ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in northern Rakhine state, reports AFP from Bangkok. Global condemnation has rained down on Myanmar since August 25 when…

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who reached Abu Dhabi on Thursday morning from Rome concluding her four-day official visit to Italy and Vatican City, returns home this evening after a stopover in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) capital, reports BSS. "An Etihad Airways flight carrying the premier and…

A Bangladeshi woman was killed on Wednesday night after she was struck by a car while crossing a street in Chicago, reports UNB from Dhaka. Bina Chowdhury, 42, a resident of Hoffman Avenue in Park Ridge area, was crossing Potter Road north of Farrell Avenue just after 6pm (local time) when she was hit…