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APNewsBreak: Suspect's family shocked at NY plot
A few hours before he was arrested in an FBI sting, a Bangladeshi man accused of trying to blow up New York's Federal Reserve building calmly spoke ...
Bangladesh says opposition attacked Buddhists
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's government is blaming Islamic radicals and opposition activists for attacks over the weekend on minority Buddhists and ...
Bangladeshi Muslims torch Buddhist temples, homes
Thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims set fire to at least 10 Buddhist temples and 40 homes in anger over a Facebook photo of a burned Quran before ...
Strike enforced in Bangladesh over anti-Islam film
Schools and businesses are closed and transportation has been disrupted across Bangladesh as hard-line Islamic groups protesting a film that ...
Bangladesh police, prophet film protesters clash
Scores of people were injured Saturday in clashes in Bangladesh's capital between police and hundreds of demonstrators, as protests continued in the ...
Security boosted at US sites after Libya attack
U.S. embassies across the world ramped up security Thursday following an attack that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya, as Muslims angry over an ...
Suu Kyi's silence on Rohingya draws rare criticism
She is known as the voice of Myanmar's downtrodden but there is one oppressed group that Aung San Suu Kyi does not want to discuss. For weeks, Suu Kyi ...
Bin Hammam: Payments came out of personal accounts
Mohamed bin Hammam said accusations he enriched his family and supporters while president of Asian soccer are politically motivated and that he plans ...
Bangladesh seeks more control over Grameen Bank
Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus says Bangladesh's latest move to expand the power of the government-appointed chairman at the pioneering Grameen Bank ...
Muslims begin Ramadan fast; bombs hit Thai south
Muslims have begun fasting for the start of the Ramadan holy month in Indonesia, Malaysia and elsewhere around Asia, but the somber occasion was ...
World Bank cancels $1.2 billion Bangladesh loan
The World Bank has canceled a $1.2 billion loan for construction of a bridge in Bangladesh, saying it has credible evidence of corruption involving ...
Landslides, floods kill 106 in southern Bangladesh
Searchers pulled out 15 bodies Thursday that had buried under mud and debris after landslides and floods caused by monsoon rains in southern ...
Landslides, floods kill 91 in southern Bangladesh
Landslides and floods caused by heavy monsoon rains killed at least 91 people in southern Bangladesh and many more were missing, the government said ...
AP PHOTOS: World Refugee Day shows global plight
From Myanmar to Pakistan to Bangladesh and beyond, some 15.2 million people live as refugees, many for decades or more. Nearly half are children under ...
Myanmar conflict spurs hatred for Asia's outcasts
They have been called ogres and animals, terrorists and much worse — when their existence is even acknowledged. Asia's more than 1 million ethnic ...