Dhaka, May 24 (ANI): Bangladesh educationist Azad Chowdhury called for the banning of the country's biggest Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, and blamed the organisation for misusing Islam and committing the wartime atrocities during the 1971 liberation war.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): The menace of 3-D printed guns has already spread far and it will be 'impossible' to stop the manufacturing of more guns, an intelligence bulletin has revealed.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Former American president Abraham Lincoln's scribbled note ordering a disabled 14-year-old boy to be released from the Army in response to the boy's father's plea, has been put on sale at 15000 dollars as part of a rare collection of Lincoln's children-related documents.

Kabul, May 24 (ANI): In a meeting with Afghan Interior Ministry officials, President Hamid Karzai has reportedly warned that neighbouring countries are trying to split the country.

London, May 24 (ANI): A family doctor who used to record himself abusing female patients using a secret camera hidden inside his wristwatch, has been jailed for 12 years after admitting a string of sex charges.

Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): At least four people were killed and several others injured when a suicide bomber hit a mosque in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city Friday afternoon, local media reported.

Karachi, May 24 (ANI): Pakistan has freed 45 Indian fishermen on humanitarian grounds as a goodwill gesture, officials have said.

Islamabad, May 24 (ANI): One driver and his helper were killed, while another was injured, when gunmen opened fire on a convoy of NATO containers in a Khyber Agency.

Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): London's Heathrow airport closed both of its runways on Friday morning after an emergency landing, SkyTV reported, saying all passengers and crew have been safely evacuated.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): The Boy Scouts of America has voted to welcome openly gay scouts from January 1.

London, May 24 (ANI): The new government of Pakistan has faced urgent calls to address the country's appalling record of violence against journalists.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): King Richard III was casually placed in a badly prepared grave, suggesting that gravediggers were in a hurry to bury him, a new study has revealed.

London, May 24 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has defended the use of drones as a 'just war' of self-defence against terrorists.

London, May 24 (ANI): The suspects behind the Woolwich beheading of a British soldier were reportedly inspired by the preachings of cleric Omar Bakri Mohammed.

London, May 24 (ANI): One of the two suspected terrorists, who hacked a man believed to be a British soldier to death on a busy London street on Wednesday, was known to a banned Islamist organization and security services.

Karachi, May 24 (ANI): China has successfully taken over the operational control of Pakistan's Gwadar Port.

Beijing, May 24 (Xinhua-ANI): Humanitarian emergency directors from various UN agencies will travel on a six-day mission to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the United Nations said Thursday.

Samarkand (Uzbekistan), May 24 (ANI): Vice President Hamid Ansari visited the ancient city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan on Thursday. He was received by Samarkand Governor Mirzaev Zoyir Toirovich.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Jailed Pakistani doctor, Shakil Afridi, who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden, had applied for asylum in the US but was denied by authorities, according to a classified Pakistani government report.

Washington, May 24 (ANI): Time magazine has released a photograph of President Barack Obama before he went to his senior prom in 1979.