DHAKA: Pope Francis urged anti-austerity protesters who attended his weekly Angelus blessing to use dialogue and not violence to press their demands.Addressing a group of protesters among the pilgrims gathered Sunday in St Peter’s Square, the pope appealed for ‘a constructive

DHAKA: Turkish authorities have removed another 25 police chiefs from their posts, media reported.It was a part of a widening a crackdown on the force since it launched a corruption investigation that prime minister Tayyip Erdogan has called a ‘dirty operation’ against his rule,

DHAKA: A top Indian PR executive has sparked outrage after she reportedly sent a racist tweet shortly before boarding a plane to Africa.The tweet, sent from the account of Justine Sacco, read, ‘Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!’Sacco is the director

DHAKA: A Cairo court has sentenced three leading activists to three years in prison for organising an illegal protest, the latest move in a widening crackdown on critics of the interim government.Two of the three activists, Ahmed Maher and Mohamed Adel, are leading members of the April 6

DHAKA: Protesters shut down traffic at major junctions in Bangkok on Sunday in a bid to oust the caretaker government a day ahead of the registration for candidates in the February 2 snap polls.Although the protest leaders had expected a turnout in the region of 2 million, the National

DHAKA: A pro-Muslim Brotherhood TV channel launched broadcasting in Egypt from its station in Istanbul.A Turkish media outlet reported, says Today’s Zaman.The channel, called ‘Rabia’, will have an Islamist vision.Taking its name from Rabia al-Adawiya Square in Egypt, which turned

DHAKA: Eight people were killed and 10 others were injured when a suicide bomber struck the Barsis military checkpoint east of Benghazi on Sunday.Libya’s official LANA news agency said, reports CNN.LANA also said casualties include soldiers and civilians who were at the checkpoint when

DHAKA: Technical talks between Iran and six world powers aimed at resolving complex technical steps of an interim deal reached in November on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear issue were ‘slowly’ making progress.Iranian deputy foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said Saturday, The Jerusalem

DHAKA: Ice storms, heavy snowfall, possible tornadoes and the threat of flash floods are expected to create travel nightmares over the weekend in many parts of the United States, causing flight delays and unsafe road conditions for some of the millions of people travelling ahead of

DHAKA: A cargo train derailed in a sprawling Nairobi slum on Sunday, crashing into makeshift homes where scores of people are feared trapped.The Kenyan Red Cross said, reports The Straits Times.‘One patient has been evacuated ... scores are feared trapped,’ the organisation said.One

DHAKA: UN secretary general Ban Ki Moon on Sunday demanded an immediate end to violence in South Sudan, warning that tens of thousands remained vulnerable.‘I demand that all political, military and militia leaders stop hostilities and end the violence against the civilians,’ Ban told

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has warned South Sudan that Washington and its allies would cut aid to the country over any attempted military coup, amid growing fears of civil war.Obama also urged South Sudan`s leaders to help protect US personnel and citizens in the conflict-ravaged

DHAKA: Protesters armed with knives and sticks have stormed the building of Libya`s largest internet provider in the capital, Tripoli.Some 150 people forced employees of the state-owned internet provider, the Libyan Telecoms and Technology company (LTT), to switch off its service for much

DHAKA: Cuban President Raul Castro has called for "civilised relations" with the United States, saying the two countries should respect their differences.President Castro said the US should drop its demand for regime change on the communist-run island, reports BBC.That would allow both

DHAKA: The Thai opposition is to hold a mass rally in the capital Bangkok as its campaign to bring down the government of Yingluck Shinawatra continues.Anti-government protesters have been holding huge demonstrations in the city for several weeks.On Saturday the main opposition Democrat

DHAKA: Mozambique`s civil aviation institute has said that it believes that the pilot of a plane that crashed last month deliberately caused the accident.Mozambican Airlines`s flight TM470 left the capital Maputo bound for Angola on 29 November but crashed over Namibia, killing all 33

DHAKA: The Nelson Mandela foundation on Saturday quashed reports that the former president received training from Israeli agents in 1962.‘Media have picked up on a story alleging that in 1962 Nelson Mandela interacted with an Israeli operative in Ethiopia,’ the foundation said in a

DHAKA: A police chief, who works at a department investigating financial crimes, has been found dead in his car in Ankara on Saturday.Police launched an investigation into the incident. Hakan Yüksekdağ was a police officer in Ankara Police Department, working on financial crimes.Turkish

DHAKA: Fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist sect armed with anti-aircraft guns and grenade launchers attacked a barracks in the volatile northeast and battled soldiers for several hours.The military said, reports TDS.The army said it used troops and planes to repel Friday’s

DHAKA: The body of a British doctor who died in Syrian custody earlier in the week arrived in Lebanon Saturday ahead of repatriation to the United Kingdom.The body of Dr Abbas Khan crossed the eastern Masnaa border into Lebanon at around 3:00pm, a security source told TDS.An official from