Tarique Rahman is poised to become prime minister after the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)-led alliance secured a landslide victory in the 13th National Parliament elections.

This stretch of Nigeria's Middle Belt - the faultline where the largely Muslim north meets the predominantly Christian south - has convulsed in recurring waves of bloodshed.

Bangladesh election results show Tarique Rahman's Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has won a majority in the country's historic poll.

Two Muslim men residing in the United Kingdom were sentenced to dozens of years in prison over an Islamic State ...

PM Modi reaffirmed India's support for a democratic and inclusive Bangladesh and expressed his eagerness to strengthen bilateral relations and shared development goals with the new leadership.

They include expanding Israeli control beyond its military occupation, into the provision of municipal services in ...

Tarique Rahman - the 60-year-old scion of a political dynasty that has dominated Bangladeshi politics for decades - has emerged with a thumping majority. | ITV National News ...

Manchester United minority owner Ratcliffe this week sparked controversy by claiming the UK had been “colonised” by immigrants.

A dispatch from the knife-edge of the nation’s multiculturalism debate ...

The Once and Future RiotJoe Sacco, Jonathan Cape, £20WHEN the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India in 2014, riding a wave of far-right and anti-Muslim rhetoric, backed by a corporate ...

Two men who planned a so-called Islamic State-inspired gun attack on a mass gathering of Jews in the Manchester area were today jailed for a total of 63 years.

Seven well-known faces swapped the red carpet for North East landscapes as part of the new BBC Two series Pilgrimage: The Road to Holy Island, featuring a stop at Durham Cathedral.