DHAKA: Petro Poroshenko has declared himself winner in Ukraine's presidential election and vowed to end the conflict in his country, after an exit poll showed he had won an outright majority. Poroshenko, appearing on television on Sunday shortly after the poll was published, hailed what

DHAKA: Libya's interim parliament approved a new government, led by Prime Minister Ahmed Mitig, in a controversial vote that threatens to deepen the country's political and security crisis. A total of 83 of 93 members present voted in favor of Mitig's government. Lawmakers in the

DHAKA: Narendra Modi, dressed in all white, visited Rajghat, the memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, early Monday. He then tweeted, "On my way to Atal ji's residence to seek his blessings." Modi, 63, will be sworn in as Prime Minister at 6 this evening at the majestic presidential palace, the

DHAKA: A day before the 50th death anniversary of first Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru, President Pranab Mukherjee will swear in as PM a leader who has led the most successful political assault on the Nehruvian consensus, India's governance mantra since Independence barring the NDA

DHAKA: Under the cover of darkness, President Obama landed at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan for a surprise visit with U.S. troops. Air Force One landed at Bagram Air Field, the main U.S. base in Afghanistan, after an overnight flight from Washington. Obama was scheduled to spend just a

DHAKA: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Sunday accepted Pope Francis’s invitation to pray for peace with Israeli president Shimon Peres on June 6 at the Vatican. Palestinian chief negotiator Saeb Erakat told media, reports The Straits Times. Peres’s spokesman said earlier that

DHAKA: Afghanistan’s election commission has fired half its staff - 5,338 people - over alleged fraud in the first round of presidential elections last month.Those sacked will be barred from working on the second round next month, commission officials said, reports the BBC.Both the

DHAKA: Life may exist on at least half a dozen other worlds, besides the Earth, and it may just take us another two decades to discover it, according to scientists.Scientists are searching for life beyond Earth using three different methods, Seth Shostak, senior astronomer with the

DHAKA: Thailand’s ruling military laid out its economic priorities on Sunday, telling financial officials from the public and private sectors that it wanted to quickly pay farmers money owed under a failed subsidy scheme and work out a budget for 2015.The army has consolidated its power

DHAKA: Prince William is considering taking to flying again as an air ambulance pilot rather than embark on full-time royal duties in the UK.A year after the third-in-line to the British throne stepped down as a search-and-rescue pilot with the Royal Air Force (RAF), plans are being drawn

DHAKA: Narendra Modi-led BJP has broken several electoral records in the Lok Sabha polls. His swearing-in ceremony too, will set several new precedents.Rashtrapati Bhavan will see it’s highest-ever turnout which includes eight heads of state, almost 150 envoys with their retinue and

DHAKA: Yemeni troops have launched a ground assault against al-Qaeda suspects who fled a recent large army operation in the south to a district near the capital Sanaa, killing three fighters.Sources told media, reports Al Jazeera.‘Yemen’s anti-terrorism forces carried out a military

DHAKA: Lightning repeatedly struck the One World Trade Center tower in an epic display Friday night as a heavy rainstorm passed over New York City. The dramatic strikes were captured by a number of photographers and videographers—including a few lucky amateurs who just happened to have

DHAKA: The invitation extended to Nawaz Sharif for Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony has not gone down well with the widow of martyred Indian soldier Hemraj, who on Sunday demanded that the Pakistan premier either bring back her husband’s head or condemn the barbarous

DHAKA: In a historic feat for Indian mountaineering, 13-year-old Malavath Purna on Saturday became the youngest female climber to scale the Mount Everest. Purna was accompanied by Sadhanapalli Anand Kumar (16), a Class IX student from the Khammam district of Andhra Pradesh, and completed

DHAKA: Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Sunday ordered the release of 151 Indian prisoners ahead of his historic visit to New Delhi to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in as premier.Islamabad’s move to free the prisoners, mostly fishermen accused of violating Pakistan’s

DHAKA: Pope Francis made an impassioned plea on Sunday for the protection of children at a mass in Bethlehem’s Manager Square in the West Bank, where rights groups say minors are mistreated by Israel.‘Children are crying, they are crying a lot, and their crying challenges us,’ the

DHAKA: Most 2-month-old babies aren't able to do more than gurgle and coo, but an infant in a touching video gone viral is miraculously able to just about say 'I love you’.The adorable YouTube video posted by the baby's mom shows her sitting on her father's lap as he tries coaxing her

DHAKA: Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa will boycott prime minister-elect Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony on Monday. Sources have told NDTV. Sources say the decision has been taken in the wake of Modi’s invite to Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa to attend his

DHAKA: Ukrainians take to the polls to vote in a new president after months of unrest following the ousting of former President Viktor Yanukovych. Eighteen candidates are competing in the contest, which is widely seen as a crucial moment to unite the country. But pro-Russian separatists