DHAKA: Ukraine’s acting president signed a decree on Saturday declaring the appointment of a pro-Russia premier in the Crimea region illegal.Sergei Aksyonov was appointed in Crimea this week after armed men took over the regional parliament. The presidential decree said the decision had

DHAKA: German foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier warned on Saturday that developments in Ukraine over the past few hours were dangerous and urged Russia to explain its intentions regarding its troops in the Crimea region.‘The situation in Crimea in particular has become

DHAKA: The Pakistani Taliban have announced a month-long ceasefire aimed at reviving stalled peace talks with government.Spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said all Taliban fighters had been urged to ‘refrain from any activity during this period’, reports the BBC.The talks broke down last

DHAKA: Iran’s president said the Islamic Republic has decided not to develop nuclear weapons out of principle, not only because it is asked to do so by treaties.Hassan Rouhani told defence ministry officials on Saturday that if Iran wanted weapons of mass destruction, it would be easier

DHAKA: British foreign secretary William Hague will visit Kiev on Sunday for talks with the interim Ukrainian government as tensions rise with Russia over Crimea.A Foreign Office spokesman said, reports The Straits Times.The spokesman had no further details about the trip, but Hague

DHAKA: At least 12 people have been killed in three separate bomb attacks targeting a polio vaccination team in northwestern Pakistan.The bombs went off in Lashora area of Jamroud Tehsil in Khyber Agency on Saturday, reports Press TV.More than ten other people were also injured in the

DHAKA: A referendum to determine whether residents in Ukraine’s flashpoint peninsula of Crimea want greater autonomy has been pushed forward to March 30.The spokeswoman of the region’s newly-chosen prime minister Sergiy Aksyonov said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.The vote had

DHAKA: The Russian foreign ministry said on Saturday that Moscow is ‘extremely concerned’ about the recent developments in Ukraine’s Crimea, which it said confirm the desire of Kiev’s politicians to destabilise the situation on the peninsula.‘In Russia, we are extremely

DHAKA: The newly-chosen prime minister of the Ukrainian southern region of Crimea on Saturday called on Russian president Vladimir Putin to help restore ‘peace and calm’ to the Black Sea peninsula, amid a standoff with the new authorities in Kiev. ‘Taking into account my

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has warned Russia there will be "costs" for any military intervention in Ukraine.He said he was deeply concerned by reports of Russian military movements inside the country.Ukraine`s acting president has accused Russia of deploying troops to Crimea and

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Venezuela`s government to hold talks with student protesters, as the death toll from nationwide demonstrations hit 17 and new marches were planned in Caracas."They need to reach out and have a dialogue, and bring people together and

DHAKA: Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) has said it has been expelled from Myanmar and that tens of thousands of lives are at risk in the country.The decision came after the humanitarian group reported it recently treated nearly two dozen Rohingya Muslim victims of

DHAKA: Sahara chief Subrata Roy, who was sent to police custody till March 4 yesterday after he turned himself in following a Supreme Court warrant, spent the night at a forest guest house in Kukrail, nine kms from Lucknow. His lawyers have requested for a house arrest.The Sahara chief

DHAKA: Russian aircraft carrying nearly 2,000 suspected troops have landed at a military airbase near the regional capital of the restive Crimean peninsula, a top Ukrainian official has said, accusing Moscow of an "armed invasion"."Thirteen Russian aircraft landed at the airport of

DHAKA: An internet security firm has stumbled upon a "mind boggling" and "Godzilla-sized" cache of personal data put up for sale on the online black market by hackers.One of the hacker attacks stole over 105 million records making it the single largest data breach in cyber crime

DHAKA: Three Bangladeshi expatriate workers were killed in a fire incident at a workers’ hostel in Makharka area under the capital Manama of Bahrain on early Friday.      Two of the deceased were identified as Mosharraf Hossain and Abu Jalal. The identity of another deceased could

DHAKA: A bus crash in eastern Thailand has killed at least 15 people, including 13 students, Thai authorities say.The bus was travelling to the seaside town of Pattaya, about 150km (90 miles) south-east of Bangkok, when it crashed into a truck, police said.Thirteen students and two

DHAKA: North Korea launched four Scud missiles into the sea off its eastern coast Thursday, the South Korean Defense Ministry said.The missiles were fired in the direction of Russia and fell into the sea, according to the Pentagon, which described the launch as a very low-level matter,

DHAKA: The World Bank has postponed a $90m (£54m) loan to Uganda over its tough new anti-gay law that has drawn criticism from around the world.World Bank officials said they wanted to guarantee the projects the loan was destined to support were not going to be adversely affected by the

DHAKA: The US has called for all sides to "step back and avoid any kind of provocations" amid heightened tensions in Ukraine`s Crimea region.Secretary of State John Kerry said he had spoken to his Russian counterpart who promised to respect Ukraine`s "territorial integrity".But he warned