two men shot saturday in the northern district of rangpur, a japanese national working on a farm project in the country, and investigators say an italian man was shot by two men in the street in the capital late last month. >> translator: two people ran away to this side. one motorbike was standing by, and two people jumped on to the motorbike, and they left. >> a group that calls itself the bangladesh branch of the militant group claimed responsibility for both shootings, but government officials have not confirmed that islamic state militants are operating in the country. they briefed foreign ambassadors in the country on tuesday. >> translator: we're confident that we can find the suspects and bring them to justice. >> fiesh officials say they'll o protect foreigners in the country. >>> u.s. investigators arrested a top official at the united nations after accepting more than a $1 million in bribes. john ash served as president to the u.n. general assembly, and he was the u.n. ambassador from antigua, and ash is accused of taking $1.3 million in bribes including some from a real estat