DHAKA: Israel approved plans for nearly 14,000 new settler homes during the nine months of peace talks with the Palestinians, an Israeli settlement watchdog said on Tuesday as the negotiation period formally ended. Figures quoted by Peace Now showed that during the talks, Israeli prime

DHAKA: Workers on London's Underground train system kicked off a 48-hour strike at 9:00pm (on Tuesday, threatening chaos for commuters on Wednesday and Thursday. Dozens of ‘Tube’ stations will remain shut and lines will either be entirely closed or carry a limited service as

DHAKA: Deadly twisters lashed Alabama and Mississippi on Monday as the South took a violent second-day assault from spring storms. Seven people were reported killed in Mississippi and as many as six were reported killed in Alabama, although only two had been confirmed and the total was

DHAKA: North Korea has begun a live-fire drill near its maritime border with South Korea, one month after a similar exercise triggered the exchange of hundreds of artillery shells across the disputed boundary. The firing began at about 2 PM local time (0500 GMT) and no rounds appeared to

DHAKA: At least 10 people were killed and 20 others wounded in twin bombings at a market in a town northeast of Baghdad on Tuesday. The 10:00am blasts in Saadiyah came a day after a suicide bomb in the nearby town Khanaqin which killed 30 people, with Iraq due to hold its first

DHAKA: People in northern Mississippi and Alabama huddled in hallways and basements as a string of tornadoes ripped through their states Monday, a day after another line of storms killed 16 people to their west. Two people were killed at a trailer park west of Athens, Alabama, on Monday,

DHAKA: At least 30 people were killed and 50 others injured in a suicide bomb attack at a rally in north-eastern Iraq on Monday, report BBC.             The attack took place at a political gathering in the town of Khanaqin, which has a large Kurdish population.   It was the

DHAKA: Remains of about 50 mummies, including newborn babies, thought to belong to the 18th Pharaonic dynasty were found in a huge tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings in Luxor. Egypt’s antiquities minister Mohamed Ibrahim said on Monday, reports The Jerusalem Post. Wooden coffins

DHAKA: The European Union agreed on Monday to impose sanctions on another 15 Russian and Ukrainian figures for their role in the Ukraine crisis. Diplomatic sources said, reports The Straits Times. The 15 will be subject to the same visa ban and asset freezes already imposed on more than

DHAKA: Al Jazeera Media Network has served Egypt with a $150m compensation claim on the grounds that its investments in the country have been damaged since July 2013. On Monday, the network lodged a formal ‘notification of dispute’ with the interim government of Egypt, reports Al

DHAKA: The United States on Monday imposed sanctions against seven Russian government officials and 17 companies linked to president Vladimir Putin in its latest action to punish Moscow for its intervention in Ukraine. The White House said the seven Russians, including Igor Sechin, head

DHAKA: Pro-Russian separatists have seized the local police headquarters in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kostyantynivka.   A spokeswoman for the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said on Monday, reports The Jerusalem Post.   ‘At 6:00am (0300 GMT) about 30 separatists came to the local

DHAKA: President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russia will be able to replace any defense industry imports lost due to the Ukraine crisis with its own products despite the close ties between arms and military equipment makers in Russia and Ukraine.   Putin told lawmakers he

DHAKA: Deadly attacks on Monday, including a spate of suicide bombings, killed 20 soldiers and policemen as they cast their ballots ahead of Iraq's first election since US troops withdrew.   The bombings in Baghdad, as well as north and west Iraq raise serious concerns about the

DHAKA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s website http://teammodi.in/ was hacked after he had declared that ‘all infiltrators from Bangladesh would be sent back after May 16 if BJP is voted to power in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections’.   A

DHAKA: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi’s website http://teammodi.in/ has been hacked after his declaration ‘all infiltrators from Bangladesh would be sent back after May 16 if BJP is voted to power in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections’.   A

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has deported around 427,000 foreigners over the last six months, figures from the interior ministry indicate.   The statistics also show that 12,635 expatriates are waiting at special centers for their deportation process to be completed in order to leave the

DHAKA: The pro-Russian mayor of the town of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine was left fighting for his life after being seriously wounded by gunfire on Monday.   Gennady Kernes was ‘hit by a bullet in the back’ during an attack by unknown gunmen, officials said, reports The Straits

DHAKA: Indian police said on Monday they had found the body of a murdered Briton wrapped in a plastic bag and dumped outside shops in New Delhi.   The 40-year-old man had a British passport in his pocket which police said bore the name Rodick Andrew Reymond.   The body was found on

DHAKA: China’s foreign ministry on Monday restated its opposition to placing sanctions on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, after leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) major economies agreed to swiftly impose further punitive measures.   Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said China had