DHAKA: Flights into and out of the northern Australian city of Darwin were cancelled on Saturday and some to Bali affected due to huge ash clouds thrown up by an Indonesian volcano. Indonesia’s Sangeang Api volcano began erupting on Friday and its ash is sweeping south towards

DHAKA: A roadside bomb has killed 12 civilians in eastern Afghanistan, officials have said. Afghan provincial officials in Ghazni said two minivans hit a roadside bomb in Giro district, Al Jazeera publishes this reports without mentioning the date. The passengers in the two vehicles

DHAKA: Union minister Smriti Irani has requested the Delhi University (DU) to reinstate five officials who were suspended for leaking her documents amid a controversy over her educational qualifications. ‘Since DU is an autonomous institution I have put forth my personal appeal to the

DHAKA: A Chinese military official on Saturday blasted the United States for making ‘threats’ after the US defence chief accused Beijing of inflaming tensions in the disputed South China Sea. China state television reported, says The Straits Times. US defense secretary Chuck Hagel

DHAKA: A Chinese woman was beaten to death at a McDonald’s outlet in China’s eastern province of Shandong, city police said, after she reportedly refused to give members of an alleged religious cult her mobile phone number on May 28. Six people, including four members of the same

DHAKA: Police in India say they have now arrested all suspects in connection with the gang rape and murder of two teenage cousins. Three suspected attackers have been detained, along with two policemen accused of dereliction of duty and criminal conspiracy. The girls, who belonged to a

DHAKA: Thailand will have to wait for about 15 months or more before elections are held, according to Thai junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha, who has laid out his road map for reforms after seizing power though a military coup on May 22. In a televised statement last night, the army chief

DHAKA: President Barack Obama dropped a major bombshell on Friday. He announced White House Press Secretary Jay Carney will be resigning in a surprise press briefing appearance. In his remarks, Obama called Carney "one of my closest friends in Washington."  "I'm going to miss him a

DHAKA: There is more to a country than the cold GDP numbers and economic statistics. And to understand well-being of a nation, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has come up with a ‘Better Life Index’. This index allows user to understand how life in a

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben, who lives in Brahmanwada village of Unjha town of Mehsana district, has been given round-the-clock police protection by the Mehasana police. Since Friday, five policemen from Mehsana police headquarters have been deployed

DHAKA: The US defence secretary has accused China of "destabilising" the South China Sea, saying its action threatened the region's long-term progress. Chuck Hagel said the US would "not look the other way" when nations ignored international rules. Mr Hagel was speaking at a three-day

DHAKA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she wants former Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker to become the next EU Commission president. But some European leaders have voiced opposition to the move. Correspondents say the UK government sees Juncker as too much of an EU

DHAKA: Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has urged young Turks to ignore calls to mark the first anniversary of Istanbul's Taksim Square protests. He was speaking ahead of nationwide demonstrations planned for Saturday. Thousands of police officers and dozens of water cannon trucks are to

DHAKA: Congress president Sonia Gandhi's daughter Priyanka Gandhi on Friday wrote a letter to the Director of Special Protection Group (SPG), asking for withdrawal of special airport exemptions provided to her and family. The plea came hours after reports claim today that government is

DHAKA: There is outrage over police inaction in a village in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where two teenage girls were gang raped and hanged from a tree. The father of one victim said he was ridiculed by policemen when he sought help in finding his missing daughter. He said when

DHAKA: The US has expressed new concerns about rising violence in eastern Ukraine, including the downing of a military helicopter by pro-Russian rebels battling the government. The White House and State Department both said on Thursday that a de-escalation of the crisis was imperative

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged states not to include him in school curriculum, in a series of Friday morning tweets. "Am reading in the news that some states want to include Narendra Modi's life struggles as a part of their school curriculum...I firmly believe that

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged states not to include him in school curriculum, in a series of Friday morning tweets. "Am reading in the news that some states want to include Narendra Modi's life struggles as a part of their school curriculum...I firmly believe that

DHAKA: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has described the stoning to death of a woman by her family in front of a Lahore court as ‘totally unacceptable’. Farzana Parveen, who was three months pregnant, was pelted with bricks and bludgeoned by relatives furious because she

DHAKA: Details of the ‘gist’ of talks between Tony Blair and George Bush ahead of the Iraq war are to be published. The UK’s Chilcot inquiry says, reports the BBC. But transcripts and full notes of conversations will remain secret at the request of the government. The agreement