DHAKA: US president Barack Obama is in Brussels for talks with leaders of the European Union and Nato to discuss Ukraine and other transatlantic issues.In a major speech, he is due to stress the importance of European security to the US, and warn Russia against threatening international

DHAKA: More than 15,000 servicemen from Ukrainian military units, formations and organisations previously deployed in the Russian Republic of Crimea said they wanted to continue military service in Russian law enforcement agencies.Crimean government told Itar-Tass on Wednesday, reports

DHAKA: Australian prime minister Tony Abbott says authorities are ‘throwing everything we have’ at the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.He was speaking as weather conditions in the southern Indian Ocean improved, allowing the search to resume.The Australian Maritime

DHAKA: North Korea has test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles, just hours after the US, South Korea and Japan met in the Netherlands for talks.It is the first launch of a Nodong missile since 2009 and marks a step up from the short-range rockets Pyongyang has fired in recent

DHAKA: Kenya has ordered all refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by armed groups carried out in retaliation for Kenya`s intervention in neighbouring Somalia.Kenyans were asked to report any refugees or illegal immigrants outside the overcrowded

DHAKA: Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of two more people killed in a massive mudslide in the US state of Washington, bringing the total to 16.The officials said they thought they had located eight more bodies under the mud but were unable to retrieve them, reports BBC.As

DHAKA: Cheng Li Ping is afraid to tell her sons their father might never come home."My heart can`t handle it. I don`t want to hurt my children," the Chinese woman told CNN Wednesday as she waited in Kuala Lumpur for evidence about what happened to her husband and the 238 others who were

DHAKA: Hard-line Islamic rebels captured a small town in northwestern Syria near the Turkish border as part of their offensive in the rugged coastal region that is a bastion of support for president Bashar Assad.Activists said Monday, TDS publishes this report on Tuesday.Fighters from an

DHAKA: A Ukrainian ultra-nationalist leader has been shot dead in what officials describe as special forces operation.Oleksandr Muzychko, better known as Sashko Bily, died in a shoot-out with police in a cafe in Rivne in western Ukraine.Ukraine’s interior ministry said, reports the

DHAKA: Thirty-five countries on Tuesday committed to bolstering nuclear security, backing a global drive spearheaded by US president Barack Obama to prevent dangerous materials falling into the hands of terrorists.In a joint statement issued on the sidelines of the third biennial Nuclear

DHAKA: Malaysia has no intention of hiding information on Flight MH370 from families and the authorities.Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.‘Our priority, after confirming that the incident happened in the Indian Ocean, is to focus in this

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Tuesday the international community has ‘betrayed’ Syrian rebels by failing to arm them against the regime of president Bashar al-Assad.‘The legitimate Syrian resistance has been betrayed by the international community and left easy prey to

DHAKA: One of Russia’s most prestigious universities faced accusations Tuesday of ‘political censorship’ after it sacked a prominent professor for comparing Russia’s takeover of Crimea to Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria.The Moscow State Institute of International Affairs

DHAKA: Angry relatives of Chinese passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane protested on Tuesday outside the Malaysian Embassy, demanding an explanation from the airline and accusing the government in Kuala Lumpur of ‘cheating’ them.Dozens of family members chanted

DHAKA: The front pages of several of Malaysia’s major newspapers were in black and white on Tuesday, in memory of the lost MH370 flight that has been confirmed to have ended its journey in the Indian Ocean.The usual bright colours of the mastheads were replaced with a black and white

DHAKA: The air and sea search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that crashed in the Indian Ocean was suspended on Tuesday due to gale force winds, rain and big waves.The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) said, reports The Straits Times.‘Amsa has undertaken a risk assessment

DHAKA: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Deshchytsia, for the first time since Russia’s move into Crimea triggered a diplomatic crisis.Lavrov says Russia is unfazed by the prospect of being expelled from the G8.Other members of

DHAKA: Authorities in the US state of Washington have found six more bodies after Saturday`s huge landslide, bringing the number known to have been killed to 14.Officials now say as many as 176 people may remain unaccounted for after the 177ft (54m) wall of mud hit near the town of Oso,

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia will, in the coming days, announce more female-only jobs for more than one million unemployed women in the country.Saudi media reported Sunday, gulfnews.com publishes this report on Monday.The initiative is part of a plan to eliminate unemployment by 2025. The

DHAKA: ‘Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean,’ Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak said on Monday.Families of passengers and crew have been informed and will be flown to Australia.Further details will be given at a press conference on Tuesday, reports The Straits