DHAKA: British foreign secretary William Hague said he will discuss an international push for a ceasefire in Gaza with US Secretary of State John Kerry and his German and French counterparts during talks in Vienna on Sunday. Hague said in a statement on Saturday that the discussions on

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin is visiting Latin America in an apparent bid to seek allies to counter US and Western influence. In Cuba, the first stop of his tour, he met leader Raul Castro, and his predecessor and brother Fidel Castro. Russia confirmed cancellation of 90% of

DHAKA: Britain said Saturday it had barred a Russian delegation from attending the Farnborough air show because of the Ukraine crisis, sparking an angry reaction from Russia. The Russian embassy in London expressed ‘regret’ that Britain had not issued visas to a large part of its

DHAKA: Israel’s air force will continue to pound targets in the Gaza Strip over the course of at least the next 24 hours. The IDF Spokesperson said on Saturday, reports The Jerusalem Post. Brig.-Gen. Moti Almoz told Israel Radio on Saturday that there were still ‘many’ targets in

DHAKA: Trapped between Al Qaida in Yemen and Isis (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) in Iraq, Saudi Arabia is facing a looming terrorism threat across the border. Warn experts on terrorism, reports gulfnews.com. Hundreds of Saudi fighters joining other groups abroad make the external

DHAKA: US secretary of state John Kerry scrambled to produce a deal by the end of Saturday to end Afghanistan’s election crisis, meeting for the second day with the country’s two presidential candidates and incumbent president Hamid Karzai. The deadlock over the June 14 election

DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin is visiting Latin America in an apparent bid to seek allies to counter US and Western influence. In Cuba, the first stop of his tour, he met leader Raul Castro, and his predecessor and brother Fidel Castro, reports BBC. Russia confirmed

DHAKA: Iraqi security forces and government-affiliated militias appear to have executed at least 255 prisoners since 9 June, a human rights group says. The killings appeared to be retaliation for attacks by the jihadist Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (Isis), Human Rights Watch said

DHAKA: Israel's aerial bombardment of Gaza has claimed its 120th Palestinian life as Hamas continued to launch rockets into central Israel and the United States offered to help broker a truce. Diplomatic efforts failed to make any headway, with US President Barack Obama phoning Israeli

DHAKA: A magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit an ocean area east of Iwaki city on the Japanese island of Honshu, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. It hit 131km (81 miles) off Iwaki, at a depth of 10km, the USGS said. A tsunami warning has been issued. In 2011 the north-east of Japan was hit

DHAKA: US government infectious disease labs mishandled dangerous pathogens five times in the last decade, according to a health agency report. This year alone, workers mishandled samples of anthrax and the highly-infectious H5N1 avian flu. In response, the Centers for Disease Control

DHAKA: Ashraf Ghani, one of two candidates disputing the Afghan presidential election, has called for an ‘extensive audit’ of votes. He made the appeal before meeting US Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived in Kabul to try to resolve a growing political crisis. Kerry is also

DHAKA: At least 19 Ukrainian troops have been killed in the east of the country before dawn Friday, where government forces are fighting pro-Russian separatists, CNN reports. The attack happened around 4:30 a.m. near the town of Zelenopolsk, in eastern Ukraine's restive Luhansk region,

DHAKA: Indian engineers are toiling in the Himalayas to build the world’s highest railway bridge which is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower when completed by 2016. The arch-shaped steel structure is being constructed over the Chenab River to link sections of the

DHAKA: Three policemen were shot dead in an ambush by suspected Muslim militants in Thailand’s insurgency-racked far south. An official said this on Friday, reports the Times of India. The three Muslim officers were returning from evening prayers when they were attacked on Thursday

DHAKA: An overloaded minivan ferrying children home from kindergarten in China's Hunan province has crashed into a pond, killing all 11 people on board. The van was carrying eight kindergarten pupils and two teachers, as well as the driver. It was meant to carry only seven people,

DHAKA: The US is prepared to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, President Barack Obama has said. His comments came during a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu earlier said Israel's operation was progressing as

DHAKA: The death toll from Israeli air strikes on Gaza has risen to 100, reports BBC quoting local sources. Israel has carried out hundreds of strikes since launching its operation on Tuesday to stop rocket fire from Gaza. Militants there continue to fire on Israel, causing damage and

DHAKA: A Myanmar court has sentenced five journalists to jail with hard labour for 10 years for writing that the military was making chemical weapons. Their lawyer Wah Win Maung was quoted as saying they plan to appeal. Yangon-based Unity Weekly News had published stories in January

DHAKA: Kurdish leaders have vowed to boycott the cabinet of Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki after he accused Kurds of harbouring extremists.On Wednesday Maliki said the Kurdish provincial capital Irbil was a haven for jihadist fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria