US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal will arrive in Dhaka tomorrow for a two day official visit to Bangladesh.

Two lawsuits are filed in California claiming that Muslim women are discriminated against in separate incidents because of their religion and for wearing the hijab.

The first US cruise ship to travel to Cuba in half a century docked in Havana yesterday, marking a new milestone in the

The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting -- with a five-year delay -- the raid by US

Front-runner Donald Trump said on Sunday that he will have essentially sealed the Republican US presidential nomination if he

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump accuses China of "raping" the US, in renewed criticism of China's trade policy.

A group of hackers linked to Islamic State has posted online a list of thousands of New York residents and urged followers of the militant group to target them, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.

Donald Trump's path to victory in the Republican presidential nomination race, dismissed as inconceivable by many in the run up to the

Voters cast ballots in five northeastern states yesterday, with frontrunners Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump both looking to

US President Barack Obama made an impassioned plea for European unity in the face of rising populism and scepticism yesterday, warning this was a "defining moment" for the continent.

US President Barack Obama urges young people to "reject pessimism and cynicism" and "know that progress is possible and problems can be solved".

US President Barack Obama is accused of doing Downing Street's bidding - after he said the UK would be at "the back of the queue" for American trade deals if it left the EU.

Eight people are found dead at four crime scenes in rural Ohio of US, and most of them are shot to death, authorities say. No arrests had been announced, and it's unclear if the killer or killers are among the dead.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, in his address to the nation today, said he will resign and go home if proven guilty by the Panama Papers probe.

Barack Obama urges the UK to stick with the EU, as he starts his final trip to Britain as US president by having lunch with the Queen.

Prince, the innovative US music superstar whose hits included "Purple Rain" and "When Doves Cry" and whose songwriting and

US pop star Prince, 57, was found unresponsive at his Minnesota home and was later declared dead, US media reports say.

Anti-slavery activist Harriet Tubman is to be the first woman to appear on a US banknote for more than a century.

A fresh tremor rattles Ecuador overnight, a 6.1 magnitude jolt that was the strongest aftershock since a lethal earthquake killed hundreds of people on Saturday. There was no immediate report of further damage.

Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro delivers a valedictory speech Tuesday to the Communist Party that he put in power a half-century ago, telling party members he is nearing the end of his life and exhorting them to help his ideas survive.