DHAKA: The UN Security Council has condemned North Korea`s launch of two ballistic missiles and said it was considering an "appropriate response".Council president, Luxembourg`s UN Ambassador Sylvie Lucas, described it as a violation of Security Council resolutions, report the BBC.North

DHAKA: Search teams shifted to a different part of the Indian Ocean Friday in their hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane after "a new credible lead," authorities said.An analysis of radar data led investigators to move the search to an area 1,100 kilometers (680 miles) to the

DHAKA: Turkey has blocked access to YouTube, a day after a court ordered the suspension of a ban on Twitter which the prime minister supported.The national telecoms authority (TIB) said it had taken an ‘administrative measure against the site in Turkey’, media reports, says the

DHAKA: Nearly 100,000 Russian forces have massed on Ukraine’s border, a top Ukrainian defence official said on Thursday.But US military officers say the troop number is far lower, reports The Straits Times.‘Almost 100,000 soldiers are stationed on the borders of Ukraine and in the

DHAKA: The UN Human Rights Council has voted for a resolution which paves the way for an inquiry into rights abuses at the close of Sri Lanka’s civil war.The US and the UK were among the countries which sponsored a resolution which for the first time explicitly calls for an

DHAKA: A French court has ordered ‘Closer’ magazine to pay Julie Gayet 15,000 euros over a breach of privacy for revealing her affair with president Francois Hollande.The magazine published photographs of Hollande and Gayet arriving separately at an apartment in January.The payout was

DHAKA: Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she plans to run for president of Ukraine in May elections.Tymoshenko was released from prison in February, following the ousting of president Viktor Yanukovych, after three years in jail.She has already served twice as prime minister

DHAKA: Thailand’s anti-corruption authorities rejected a request on Thursday by prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to extend a deadline to defend herself against negligence charges that could see her banned from politics.Yingluck has been summoned to appear before the National

DHAKA: The youngest son of the pilot whose flight went down in the Indian Ocean has dismissed speculation that his father may have crashed the plane intentionally.Ahmad Seth, son of captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, said he knew what kind of man his father was, New Straits Times (NST) reported

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama says it was a ‘great honour’ to meet Pope Francis for the first time during a European tour dominated by the crisis in Ukraine.He flew into Rome after three days of talks with world leaders in the Netherlands and Brussels.Tensions are high following

DHAKA: A Thai satellite has detected some 300 objects in an area of the southern Indian Ocean being searched for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.The image was taken by the Thaichote satellite on 24 March, a day after images from a French satellite purported to show 122 floating

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has met the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in a bid to salvage foundering peace talks that were dealt a new blow when Arab leaders said they never would recognise Israel as a Jewish state.Kerry and Abbas spoke for more than four hours over a

DHAKA: The number of people still missing in Saturday`s catastrophic mudslide in the US state of Washington has dropped to 90, authorities have said.The official death toll remained at 24 on Wednesday night, including eight bodies authorities say they have located but been unable to

DHAKA: An air and sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has resumed in the southern Indian Ocean, a day after fresh satellite images revealed a possible debris field.Six military aircraft, five civilian aircraft and five ships are taking part in Thursday`s operations,

DHAKA: Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced that he has resigned as Egypt`s military chief in order to stand for the presidency.In a widely expected announcement, he said on state TV he was appearing "in my military uniform for the last time".Field Marshal Sisi led the

DHAKA: Egypt’s army chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, met military leaders on Wednesday to say he was resigning as defence minister so he can run for the presidency.Egypt’s state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on its website, reports The Straits Times.Quoting a military

DHAKA: A team of Pakistani government representatives have arrived in the tribal region of North Waziristan for peace talks with the Taliban.It is the first direct contact between the two sides since peace moves began last month, reports the BBC.The government team flew by helicopter from

DHAKA: Ukraine’s acting president asked parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a set of military exercises with Nato partners that would put US troops in direct proximity with Russia`s forces in the annexed Crimea peninsula.Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov’s request came as the

DHAKA: Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Sahara group chief Subrata Roy to deposit Rs 10,000 crore with the market regulator Sebi for his release on interim bail from judicial custody. The apex court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice JS Khehar said that of the Rs 10,000

DHAKA: A further 122 objects potentially from missing Malaysian flight have been identified by satellite.Malaysia’s acting transport minister has said, reports the BBC.The images, taken on 23 March, showed objects up to 23m in length, Hishammuddin Hussein said.Some of the objects