DHAKA: A group of Greek Orthodox nuns kidnapped by rebels in the Syrian Christian town of Maaloula in December have been released.The 13 nuns and their three helpers were said to have been freed as part of a prisoner exchange.The women have been taken to the town of Judaydat Yabus on the

DHAKA: One of the two suspects who travelled on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 using stolen passports has been identified.‘I can confirm that he is not a Malaysian, but cannot divulge which country he is from yet,’ said Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar, reports The

DHAKA: The ousted president of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, is to speak in southern Russia on Tuesday in his first public statement in over a week.Russian news agencies reported, says The Straits Times.‘The statement will be made in Rostov-on-Don. The exact time and place will be

DHAKA: The Taliban has warned Afghans not to participate in the upcoming presidential election and has ordered its fighters to disrupt the vote.In an emailed statement sent to the media on Monday, the Taliban warned Afghans they should ‘reject completely’ the April 5 election to

DHAKA: He refused to give up hope. The latest news he heard was that the plane might be hijacked, said the elder brother of Malaysian Tan Ah Meng, who was onboard the missing Malaysia Airlines flight.‘If so, he would still be alive,’ the brother told The Straits Times at the Everly

DHAKA: The Libyan navy moved Monday to stop a North Korean ship from leaving a rebel-held port loaded with oil, as the US accused the separatists of theft and warned any buyers could face sanctions.Navy ships were deployed to block the ‘Morning Glory’ from leaving port, after culture

DHAKA: Despite the efforts of 34 planes, 40 ships and search crews from eight countries, officials have not found any sign of a Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing two days ago."Unfortunately, ladies and gentlemen, we have not found anything that appear to be objects from the

DHAKA: A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off the California coast, about 50 miles west of Eureka, the United States Geological Survey reported.There is not believed to be any threat of a tsunami, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.Source: usatoday.com

DHAKA: At least 42 African migrants have drowned after their boat overturned off Yemen`s southern coast, the defence ministry has said.The boat smuggling dozens of migrants overturned off the coast of Beer Ali, in the southern Shabwah province, late on Sunday the ministry said in a brief

DHAKA: The search operations for the missing Malaysian Airlines jetliner has widened on Sunday from 20 to 50 nautical miles, as there is still no sign of the plane which vanished over 40 hours ago.Malaysia’s Department of Civil Aviation director-general Azharuddin Abdul Rahman said on

DHAKA: The Iranian foreign minister has told the visiting EU foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton that a nuclear deal could come in the next four months.Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks lasting more than an hour with Baroness Ashton, who is making her first visit to Tehran amid a thaw in

DHAKA: Ukraine’s interim prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Sunday he would travel to the United States this week for crisis talks with senior officials.‘I am going to the United States for meetings at the highest level aimed at settling the situation in Ukraine,’ Interfax

DHAKA: Armed men have burnt down a yoga centre in Islamabad inaugurated by a world famous Indian Hindu guru who once offered to teach inner peace to the Taliban.The police said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.The Art of Living centre was torched on Saturday night in the upmarket Bani

DHAKA: The pilot of a Malaysia Airlines jet that went missing on Saturday enjoyed flying the Boeing 777 so much that he spent his off days tinkering with a flight simulator of the plane that he had set up at home.The pilot’s current and former co-workers said, reports

DHAKA: A Chinese family successfully rang the mobile phone of a passenger on board Malaysia Airlines plane MH370 which is still missing after it lost contact with the ground on Saturday.A video clip showing the family member dialing the number made its rounds online on Sunday.The call got

DHAKA: Russian forces took control of a Ukrainian border guard post in western Crimea on Sunday, trapping about 30 personnel inside.A border guard spokesman said, reports The Straits Times.He said by telephone that the Chernomorskoye base on the western edge of the Back Sea peninsula had

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of citizens turned out for an anti-nuclear rally in Tokyo on Sunday, as the nation prepares to mark the third anniversary of the Fukushima disaster.Demonstrators congregated at Hibiya Park, close to central government buildings, before marching around the national

DHAKA: Ukrainian prime minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk on Sunday vowed Ukraine would not give ‘an inch’ of its territory to Russia.He said at a rally of thousands of people in Kiev in honour of 19th-century national hero Taras Shevchenko, reports The Times of India.‘This is our land. We

DHAKA: The Israeli army was on Sunday unloading a ship which it intercepted in the Red Sea allegedly transporting arm from Iran to Gaza and escorted to the port of Eilat.An AFP correspondent said dozens of containers from the Panamanian-flagged Klos-C were being unloaded and transferred

DHAKA: Afghanistan’s first vice president, Marshal Mohammed Qassim Fahim, has died, a spokesman of the Afghan government has confirmed.In an online statement on Sunday, presidential spokesman Aimal Faizi said that Fahim had passed away and that the government had called for a national