DHAKA: A UN-backed special court in The Hague has rejected an appeal against war crimes convictions by lawyers representing former Liberian President Charles Taylor.It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt.Taylor appeared impassive in court as the judge upheld his

DHAKA: At least 21 people have been killed in blasts targeting markets in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, reports say.Bombs in the Sabaa al-Bour area, north of Baghdad, killed at least 14 people, officials said. More than 40 others were reportedly injured as the area was packed with shoppers.A

DHAKA: Some of Europe`s key animals have made a comeback over the past 50 years, a report suggests.Conservationists say species such as bears, wolves, lynx, eagles and vultures have increased in numbers.They believe that protection, curbs on hunting and people moving away from rural areas

DHAKA: At least 158 people have been killed since fighting broke out earlier this month between separatist rebels and soldiers in the Philippines, state news reported Wednesday.The majority of those killed, 125, were militants from the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), the

DHAKA: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said he cancelled his plan to take part in the UN General Assembly in New York to "protect my life" after purported threats on it.I decided then and there to continue back to Caracas and drop the New York trip to protect a key goal:

DHAKA: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says he wants to reach a deal with world powers on Tehran`s nuclear programme in three to six months.He told the Washington Post he saw a resolution of the issue as a "beginning point" in easing US-Iran relations.Mr Rouhani said he was fully

DHAKA: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives here on a four-day visit, a Sikh rights group has secured summons against him from a US court in connection with the alleged human rights violations in the counter-insurgency operations in Punjab in the 1990s.The Sikh for Justice (SFJ), the

DHAKA: In a major fidayeen attack, militants dressed in army fatigues have killed at least 12 people in a police station and an Army cantonment in Jammu and Kashmir this morning. Over a dozen people are injured and more casualties are feared.The militants first attacked a police station

KOLKATA: The third Bangladesh book fair is set to be begun in Kolkata on Thursday.Bangladesh deputy high commissioner to Kolkata in a press conference confirmed the matter to banglanews.A total of 28 publishers from Bangladesh will join the fair at Gaganendra showroom of Nandan-Rabindra

DHAKA: Rescuers in Pakistan are striving to reach victims of a massive earthquake that struck the country`s southwest, killing at least 328 people, wounding more than 500 and flattening thousands of mud-built homes.The 7.7 magnitude quake struck Balochistan’s Awaran district on Tuesday

DHAKA: Militants launched a coordinated assault against local government and police buildings in northern Iraq on Wednesday, with suicide car bombs and mortar attacks killing at least 10 people.Iraq police and medical sources said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The attacks, which military

DHAKA: Kenya’s investigation into a bloody siege by Islamist militants in Nairobi has been joined by experts from the US, UK, Germany, Canada and Interpol.Forensic experts are combing the Westgate shopping complex for DNA and ballistic clues, Interior Minister Joseph Ole Lenku said.He

DHAKA: Iranian newspapers on Wednesday welcomed a speech by US president Barack Obama for recognising Washington’s ‘past mistakes’, saying a new international mood that favours Tehran has begun.In remarks before the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Obama pushed for a

DHAKA: Indian premier Manmohan Singh confirmed Wednesday he will meet Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif this weekend in a major step towards better relations following rising tensions.Singh said he will hold talks with Nawaz Sharif on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, the

DHAKA: Bomb disposal experts and investigators searched through the wreckage of a Kenyan shopping mall on Wednesday after a four-day attack by Islamist militants that killed at least 72 people.Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta declared three days of mourning after troops defeated the

DHAKA: Iranian president Hassan Rohani on Tuesday called the Holocaust a ‘reprehensible’ crime committed by the Nazis against the Jewish people but said it was up to historians to determine the scale of what happened.‘I am not a historian and when it comes to speaking of the

DHAKA: Rescuers in Pakistan are striving to reach victims of a massive earthquake that struck the country`s southwest, killing at least 327 people, wounding more than 500 and flattening thousands of mud-built homes.The 7.7 magnitude quake struck Balochistan’s Awaran district on Tuesday

DHAKA: Eleven Islamist rebel groups in Syria have announced they do not recognise the authority of the main opposition alliance, the National Coalition.A joint statement says, ‘All groups formed abroad without having returned to the country do not represent us’.They also call for the

DHAKA: Dutch police closed two department stores and a restaurant in the city of Haarlem on Wednesday after someone tweeted threats of a ‘bloodbath’.Armed police were deployed outside V&D shops and a restaurant in the city to the west of Amsterdam after ‘threatening tweets’ were

DHAKA: Rescuers in Pakistan are striving to reach victims of a massive earthquake that struck the country’s southwest, killing more than 270 people and flattening thousands of mud-built homes.The 7.7 magnitude quake struck Balochistan’s Awaran district on Tuesday at 4:29pm local time