DHAKA: Syrian opposition fighters have reportedly shot down a Syrian helicopter, which fell 400 meters away from the Turkish border.Reports indicate that opposition fighters also shot dead two pilots after they ejected themselves after their chopper was hit.After a Turkish jet was downed,

DHAKA: Nine Egyptian policemen were wounded Monday when a bomb detonated on a road in North Sinai, near the border with the Gaza Strip, security sources in the country said.The blast hit a police bus as it travelled from Rafah, a town on the Gaza border, to el-Arish, an hour’s drive

DHAKA: Iran’s new atomic energy chief pledged increased cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday, less than two weeks before the two sides hold a new round of talks over Tehran’s disputed atomic activities.‘I have come here with a message of my newly elected president

DHAKA: Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has risked prompting Chinese anger after it was confirmed she had a private meeting with the Dalai Lama on the sidelines of a Prague rights conference.Beijing has for decades opposed foreign dignitaries meeting Tibet’s exiled spiritual

DHAKA: A gunman has shot at least one person at the Washington Navy Yard, a naval installation in the US capital.The US Navy confirmed police had entered the building in search of a gunman, after at least three shots were fired at 08:20 local time (13:20 GMT), reports the BBC.At least one

DHAKA: Pope Francis and World Bank president Jim Yong Kim on Wednesday discussed the possibility of working together in the struggle against global extreme poverty during a meeting at the Vatican.‘What the Holy Father has been saying about inclusion and poverty is exactly the same thing

DHAKA: Iran’s deputy foreign minister pledged on Monday a ‘new approach’ to resolving United Nations. concerns about its nuclear programme, as he began talks on easing a deadlock over an investigation into suspicions of illicit nuclear bomb research by Teheran.Abbas Araqchi met UN

DHAKA: Spain has urged the US to give details of any eavesdropping amid reports it monitored 60 million Spanish phone calls in a month.The US ambassador to Spain, who had been summoned by the EU minister, vowed to clear the ‘doubts’ that had arisen about his country’s alleged

DHAKA: A strong storm battered Britain and the Netherlands on Monday, killing three people, cutting power and forcing hundreds of plane and train cancellations as it moved on across mainland Europe.Winds of up to 160 kmh lashed southern England and Wales, disrupting the travel plans of

DHAKA: Afghan president Hamid Karzai is beginning a five-day visit to the UK, during which he will hold talks with his Pakistan counterpart, Nawaz Sharif.Britain will chair the meeting, which aims to improve troubled relations between the two Asian countries.Correspondents say the UK

DHAKA: A rights activist in Kuwait says an appeals court has upheld a 10-year prison sentence against a social media commentator for posts considered offensive to Islam and the rulers of fellow Gulf states Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.Monday’s ruling highlights the escalating crackdowns in

DHAKA: A South African court began sentencing Monday 20 right-wing extremists convicted of high treason for a plot to kill apartheid icon Nelson Mandela and drive blacks out of the country.The Boeremag organisation had planned a right-wing coup in 2002 to overthrow the post-apartheid

DHAKA: Three Egyptian policemen were killed on Monday when masked men attacked a checkpoint in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, security sources said.No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. Al-Qaida-linked Islamist militants have stepped up attacks on soldiers and police since

DHAKA: The UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is due to arrive in Damascus for talks with Syrian government officials, amid reports of fierce fighting in and around the capital city.In his two-day visit, which starts on Monday, he is expected to meet Syrian president Bashar al-Assad and

DHAKA: At least 110 pilgrims including children were killed and over 100 injured in a stampede at Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh in India on Sunday morning.Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has ordered a magisterial inquiry to probe the tragedy.Atleast 50 were killed

DHAKA: Iran will not ship enriched uranium stockpiles out of the country, the Iranian deputy foreign minister said on Sunday, rejecting one key demand of world powers due to resume nuclear negotiations with Tehran this week.Abbas Araqchi’s comment may disappoint Western officials, who

DHAKA: The mood of celebration turned into one of mourning as nearly 60 devotees were feared killed and more than 100 others injured in a stampede at a temple in Datia district, 70 km from Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh, on Sunday morning.‘Between 50 and 60 people have died and over 100

DHAKA: Former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden says surveillance programs used by the United States to tap into phone and internet connections around the world are making people less safe.In short video clips posted by the WikiLeaks website on Friday, Snowden said

DHAKA: World powers will hold fresh talks with Iran on its nuclear programme on Tuesday, amid raised hopes of a less hardline approach from the Islamic republic’s new president.The two-day meeting in Geneva will be the first such negotiations since president Hassan Rouhani, a reputed

DHAKA: More than 50 pilgrims were killed and over 100 injured in a stampede at Ratangarh temple in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday morning.While more than 40 were killed in stampede, others died of drowning after jumping off a bride near the temple.The tragedy was caused by