DHAKA: The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 hit a fresh snag on Thursday after it was found that the underwater drone at the heart of the operation had been damaged, forcing what could be another lengthy delay. The Australian agency coordinating the search effort, now in

DHAKA: Rahul Gandhi, the Congress party’s chief campaigner in the national election, is being sharply criticised for skipping his mother Sonia Gandhi’s farewell dinner for prime minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday. Several Congress leaders Thursday tried to defend Gandhi saying he

DHAKA: Turkish police fired teargas and water cannon at thousands of protesters on Thursday, as a 24-hour strike got underway over a deadly mine explosion. Police intervened twice when around 20,000 protesters took to the streets in the western city of Izmir to protest the death of 282

DHAKA: Thailand’s army chief warned on Thursday that the military may ‘use force’ if political violence escalates in a six-month crisis which has left 28 people dead and hundreds wounded. ‘If violence continues the military may need to come out... to restore peace and order,’

DHAKA: Jayalalithaa, the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, has expelled a leader from her party for suggesting that she will ally with Narendra Modi, widely expected to be India’s next prime minister.   K Malaisamy, a former parliamentarian from the AIADMK, said that Modi ‘is a great

DHAKA:Former US president Bill Clinton has praised the strength and health of his wife, ex-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, dismissing a top Republican’s public doubts about her well-being. ‘As far as I can tell, she’s in better shape than I am,’ Clinton, a Democrat, said of

DHAKA: Villagers in an area of Nigeria where Boko Haram operates have killed and detained scores of fighters who were suspected of planning a fresh attack. The residents and a security official said, reports Al Jazeera. Locals in Nigeria’s northern states have been forming vigilante

DHAKA: The captain and three other crew members of the Sewol, the South Korean ferry that sank last month, have been charged with murder, chief prosecutor Yang Joon-jin said Thursday. The captain, Lee Joon-seok, along with the chief engineer, and the first and second mates, could face

DHAKA: Trade unions in Turkey have announced a one-day strike in protest at the country's worst ever mine disaster which has claimed at least 274 lives. Union officials said the recent privatisation of the mining sector had made working conditions more dangerous. Three days of mourning

DHAKA: In a surprise move, the New York Times newspaper has announced that it has replaced executive editor Jill Abramson - the first woman to lead the paper - with immediate effect. Dean Baquet, 57, the paper's managing editor, has been named as the replacement. Arthur Sulzberger Jr,

DHAKA: Two anti-government protesters have been killed and 22 others injured in an attack in the Thai capital, Bangkok, police say. Witnesses reported explosions and gunfire at a protest camp at the city's Democracy Monument. Protesters have been pressing the Senate to replace the

DHAKA: Ukraine interim president Oleksandr Turchynov said on Wednesday as he opened round-table talks on Ukraine’s deepening crisis that Kiev was ready to listen to pro-Russian rebels in the east but would not bow to blackmail. ‘Those with weapons in hand who are waging a war against

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has met Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba in a show of support for the embattled foes of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The meeting on Tuesday came as the US again voiced concerns that any deadly weapons provided at the request of rebels in Syria

DHAKA: At least 23 people have been killed after suspected al-Qaeda fighters simultaneously attacked two army positions in southern Yemen, highlighting a deteriorating security situation which is the toughest challenge facing the government. General Mohsen Saeed al-Ghazali, an aide to

DHAKA: Britain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft and a military team to help with the search for more than 200 missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants. UK prime minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times. ‘Today I can announce we have

DHAKA: Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the death toll from a mine explosion at 232 on Wednesday. Turkish media reported, says The Straits Times. Erdogan was inspecting the site of the accident in the western town of Soma, about 150 miles south of Istanbul in Turkey’s

DHAKA: More than 200 schoolgirls on Wednesday began their second month as Boko Haram hostages, with Nigeria’s government indicating it was willing to talk to the militants to secure their release. Lawmakers in Abuja were also set to debate a request from president Goodluck Jonathan for

DHAKA: Two people were killed and nine injured on Wednesday when police opened fire to disperse two clashing groups in India’s Hyderabad. India police said, reports The Straits Times. Curfew was imposed to bring the situation under control in Sikh Chowni in Kishan Bagh under the

DHAKA: Afghanistan’s presidential election result was delayed on Wednesday as authorities said they had not completed fraud investigations after the first-round vote last month to find a successor to Hamid Karzai. ‘The final result has been delayed for an unknown number of days,’

DHAKA: Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated accusations on Wednesday that he was forced out of office at the height of the euro zone crisis in 2011 as the result of a ‘plot’ by European Union officials. Berlusconi’s comments followed the publication in Italy of