DHAKA: Russia has tightened its military grip on Ukraine’s Crimea region, taking de facto control despite Western demands that it withdraw.Thousands of Russian troops are securing the region. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said they were defending Russian citizens and human

DHAKA: Climbers scaling Mount Everest will have to bring back eight kilograms of garbage under new rules designed to clean up the world’s highest peak.A Nepalese official said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.The rule, one of several new measures for mountaineering in the Himalayan

DHAKA: Israel prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu said upon arriving in the United States on Monday that for peace in the Middle East to take hold, the Palestinians must demonstrate their desire to reach a solution.‘The tango in the Middle East needs at least three,’ Netanyahu

DHAKA: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov will meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi in Geneva on Monday at a human rights council session.Russian agencies reported, says The Jerusalem Post.They gave no further details, but since the last round of talks

DHAKA:  At least 11 people, including additional sessions judge Rafaqat Awan, were killed on Monday when unidentified assailants opened fire and threw crackers in a court in the capital city’s F-8 area, DawnNews reported.Twenty-five people were reportedly injured in the

DHAKA: Two members of Libya`s parliament were shot and wounded when protesters stormed the General National Congress (GNC) in the capital, Tripoli.Witnesses said the two were hit as they tried to drive away from the scene.The protesters, who rampaged through the building, were demanding

DHAKA: As Ukraine`s new leaders accused Russia of declaring war, Russia`s Prime Minister warned Sunday that blood could be spilled amid growing instability in the neighboring nation.Kiev mobilized troops and called up military reservists in a rapidly escalating crisis that has raised

DHAKA: Russia`s G8 partners have condemned Moscow`s military build-up in Ukraine amid fresh diplomatic efforts to avert a dangerous escalation of the crisis.The world`s seven major industrialised powers also suspended preparations for the G8 summit in Sochi in June, reports BBC.Meanwhile,

DHAKA: NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen urged Russia on Sunday to stop its military activity and threats against Ukraine.He said Moscow’s action threatened ‘peace and security in Europe’, reports TDS.‘Russia must stop its military activity and its threats,’ he said before

DHAKA: Pope Francis is urging world leaders to promote dialogue as a way of resolving the crisis in Ukraine.Speaking to thousands of people in St Peter’s Square during his traditional Sunday midday appearance, he said, ‘I am making a heartfelt appeal to the international community:

DHAKA: Egypt’s new prime minister said Sunday that security was his cabinet’s top priority, as security forces have faced near daily attacks since the July ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Mursi.In his first address to the nation, Ibrahim Mahlab, a former member of the party of

DHAKA: Beijing is vowing to strike back against an unprecedented mass killing of civilians by alleged Xinjiang militants far outside their homeland, but analysts say that may merely speed up the cycle of repression and violent reprisal.A black-clad gang killed at least 29 people and

DHAKA: Two explosions targeting a busy market in the town of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria have left at least 50 people dead.The Red Cross says, reports the BBC.Hospital sources say many of the victims were children.Maiduguri is the headquarters of a military force fighting against the

DHAKA: More than a million Rio Carnival revelers laid aside bitterness at Brazilian leaders to join wild festivities in what has been dubbed ‘the greatest show on Earth’.Many participants said they had resolved to forget, at least until festivities end on Tuesday, about lingering

DHAKA: Russian state media and ruling party officials on Sunday warned of armed marauders in Ukraine and urged the public to stand firmly behind president Vladimir Putin on possible military action.State media controlled by the Kremlin launched a full-scale propaganda operation with

DHAKA: French foreign minister Laurent Fabius pressed on Sunday for preparatory meetings ahead of a G8 meeting of world powers in Sochi in Russia to be suspended to raise pressure on Russia to defuse an escalating crisis in Ukraine.The United States has said it will not participate in

DHAKA: The United States is reportedly pressuring Israel to stop assassinating Iranian nuclear scientists, a number of whom have been mysteriously killed in a campaign thought to be carried out by Mossad.According to CBS News, Obama administration officials have communicated to Israeli

DHAKA: Ukraine has announced it is calling up military reservists, following Russia’s decision to allow deployment of troops.Ukraine acting president Olexander Turchynov had already ordered increased security at key sites, including nuclear plants, reports the BBC.US president Barack

DHAKA: The Pakistani military said it had bombed the hideout of a militant leader on Sunday, killing five insurgents, only a day after the Taliban declared a one-month ceasefire to pursue stalled peace talks with the government.The target of the attack, Mullah Tamanchey, directed a deadly

DHAKA: President Vladimir Putin has not yet decided whether to deploy Russian troops in Ukraine, his spokesman was quoted as saying after the Federation Council upper house of parliament empowered him to do so.‘After the decision by the Federation Council, the president has received the