DHAKA: US media giant Time Warner has rejected an initial takeover approach from rival 20th Century Fox estimated at $80bn.The takeover approach by the Rupert Murdoch owned company was made last month, it was revealed.Twentieth Century Fox confirmed in a statement on Wednesday that its

DHAKA: German police were hunting on Wednesday for thieves who made off with 10 truckloads of beer while the country was distracted by World Cup football fever.‘We’re following up on two or three leads,’ said a police spokeswoman from the western city of Krefeld, where the

DHAKA: Western consultants helping Egypt compile an economic reform plan say it needs US$120 billion over four years, - at least US$60 billion of investment to reach average GDP growth of 5 percent by 2018 and the same amount again to bolster its foreign reserves.Senior Egypt

DHAKA: A Dutch court has ruled that the Netherlands is liable for the killings of more than 300 Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) men and boys at Srebrenica in Bosnia-Hercegovina in July 1995. The 300 men and boys were among 5,000 Bosniaks sheltering with Dutch UN peacekeepers at their Potocari

DHAKA: In a major ceasefire violation, Pakistani Rangers on Wednesday opened heavy fire at Indian border outposts along the international border in Jammu district, leaving one BSF jawan dead and 3 injured. Pakistani Rangers resorted to unprovoked firing on forward Pittal border outpost

DHAKA: South Korea and the United States on Wednesday launched a five-day joint naval drill in the face of angry North Korean protests and warnings backed by missile tests. Two separate drills began simultaneously in the East Sea (Sea of Japan) and off the southern port of Mokpo, South

DHAKA: Police in Thailand said on Tuesday, July 15, 2014, that they had arrested 5,064 people for illegal gambling during the World Cup, a sharp increase from four years ago. As well as 4,679 gamblers, the authorities have detained 258 bookmakers and 127 betting slip runners since the

DHAKA: The Israeli was killed in a rocket attack on an Israeli position near the Erez crossing with Gaza, the army said.Hamas’s Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades armed wing said it carried out the attack.It was the first Israeli death of the conflict after nearly 1,000 rockets and mortar

DHAKA: Mexico police have rescued more than 450 children they believe were abused at a children’s home in Zamora in the state of Michoacan. They were allegedly subject to sexual abuse and forced to beg on the streets, reports the BBC. The owner Rosa del Carmen Verduzco and eight

DHAKA: New Israeli air strikes in Gaza on early Wednesday killed several people, medics said, bringing the death toll from Israel’s operation in the besieged Palestinian territory to 202. A strike on a house in the southern city of Rafah killed two men, emergency services spokesman

DHAKA: Libya’s main airport has turned into a battlefield between rival militias, a sign of anarchy in the oil producer. Until Saturday night, the airport was a hub for Libyans coming home for the Muslim fasting month and expatriates going on vacation, reports the Times of India. The

DHAKA: The Iranian foreign minister has said he held good talks with his US counterpart over Tehran’s nuclear program. Mohammad Javad Zarif met US secretary of state John Kerry in Vienna on Tuesday, less than a week before a July 20 deadline on reaching an agreement on ending the

DHAKA: Chinese president Xi Jinping invited India on Tuesday to attend a summit of the Apec trade group in November, sending a message of cooperation during the first meeting between the new leaders of the world’s most populous countries. But behind the smiles at Xi’s 80-minute

DHAKA: The death toll in Tuesday’s derailment on the Moscow metro has risen to 19. The Russian emergency ministry says, reports the BBC. Scores were injured, some seriously, when a packed commuter train braked abruptly between stations in the west of the city in the morning rush hour.

DHAKA: Israel has resumed its air strikes on Gaza after its brief ceasefire was met with continuing rocket fire. Israel had earlier accepted an Egyptian truce proposal for the conflict and stopped operations on Tuesday morning. However, the armed wing of Hamas, which controls Gaza,

DHAKA: Iraq’s parliament has elected Salim al-Jabouri as speaker, breaking weeks of political deadlock amid a jihadist-led Sunni rebellion in the north and west. The main Sunni Arab bloc in the Council of Representatives had nominated the moderate Islamist for the position. Despite

DHAKA: The death toll in Tuesday’s derailment on the Moscow metro has risen to 12. The Russian emergency ministry says, reports the BBC. Scores were injured, some seriously, when a packed commuter train braked abruptly between stations in the west of the city in the morning rush hour.

DHAKA: At least 89 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion at a busy market in eastern Afghanistan’s Paktika province. The defence ministry says, reports the BBC. Officials say the attacker drove a 4x4 vehicle into the market in Orgun district and detonated the explosives.

DHAKA: Hong Kong’s leader formally proposed electoral reforms to Beijing on Tuesday, although he stopped short of recommending specific changes ahead of an election in the Asian financial centre in 2017 for its next chief executive. Leung Chun-ying’s report to the Standing Committee

DHAKA: Iraqi security forces advanced into militant-held Tikrit on Tuesday in an assault aimed at revitalising flagging efforts to retake the city. Officials said, reports The Straits Times. Security forces began the attack on Tuesday morning and have succeeded in retaking government