(11 Dec 2013) An Islamist opposition leader in Bangladesh has been spared execution after a judge in Dhaka granted him a reprieve shortly before he was due to be hanged. Abdul Quader Mollah was convicted of crimes committed during the nation’s war of independence against Pakistan in 1971. He was due to be executed at…… Read More
(3 May 2016) A special war crimes tribunal in Bangladesh has sentenced four men to death for killing, torture, arson and looting during the nation’s 1971 war of independence against Pakistan. Tuesday’s ruling is likely to aggravate the divide between moderates and extremists in the Sunni-majority nation, which is grappling with a wave of deadly…… Read More
(20 Mar 1996) Natural Sound The army has been called in to restore law and order in Bangladesh after a violent general strike crippled the country. Fighting has erupted between soldiers and demonstrators in the capital, Dhaka. The government has sent in the army to help restore order in Dhaka and Chittagong, to open blockaded…… Read More
North Korean television broadcast the country’s latest massive missile test, with feature film style editing. (March 25) Subscribe for more Breaking News: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Website: https://apnews.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP Facebook: https://facebook.com/APNews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/da7cfe04a78242659d13e29bb97f6d41… Read More
(7 Jun 2016) A university professor on his way to work in northwestern Bangladesh was hacked to death on April 23rd 2016 in an attack similar to other killings by suspected Muslim militants, police said. A.F.M. Rezaul Karim Siddique was attacked on the way to the state-run university in Rajshahi city, where he taught English,…… Read More
The Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL) are the armed forces of the Republic of Liberia. Tracing its origins to a militia that was formed by the first black colonists in what is now Liberia, it was founded as the Liberian Frontier Force in 1908, and retitled in 1956. For almost all of its history, the…… Read More