DHAKA: NATO foreign ministers will confer on Ukraine during their upcoming session. An alliance spokesman said on Tuesday they expected the Ukrainian issue to be discussed even though Ukraine was not on the agenda.The NATO foreign ministers will convene at the alliance’s headquarters on

DHAKA: At least two people were killed in Belgium on Tuesday in a road accident involving some 40 to 50 cars, local media reported.The chain collision on a highway near the western town of Zonnebeke is believed to have been caused by fog, Belgian authorities told the Belga news agency,

DHAKA: Thai anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said on Tuesday he will continue the fight to oust prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, despite a government decision earlier not to confront protesters.‘Today we won a partial victory but we will fight on until the Thaksin

DHAKA: Police say suspected Maoist rebels exploded a powerful land mine to kill six police officers and their driver in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.Senior police officer SK Bhardwaj says the team was patrolling a rebel-infested area of Aurangabad district when the rebels remotely

DHAKA: The Ukrainian parliament is to vote Tuesday on a no-confidence motion on the government as thousands of protesters outside the building demanded the cabinet’s ouster.The vote was initiated by the opposition in the wake of mass protests against a decision by the government and

DHAKA: A suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus, causing deaths and injuries, Syrian state television reported, with at least four reported killed and 17 injured.‘A terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up in the Jebbeh district of the Jisr al-Abyad

DHAKA: Russia has scrapped almost 31,000 tonnes of first-category chemical weapons or 77 percent of its declared stock, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director General Ahmet Uzumcu said.Consistent with the Russian plan for the disposal of chemical weapons, the

DHAKA: Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, deported by Britain in July after a near decade-long legal battle, is to go on trial in Jordan on December 10.Jordan judicial sources said Tuesday, reports TDS.‘The state security court has set next Tuesday, December 10, as the date for the

DHAKA: Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are perceived by their populations as so corrupt that they occupy the last three places in the 2013 index of global corruption published by Transparency International on Tuesday.Danes and New Zealanders have the most faith in their officials and

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign ministry says a US security deal with Kabul is not ‘useful’ for Afghanistan, and also impact ‘regional issues’ negatively.The Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States would keep thousands of troops in Afghanistan past a 2014 deadline. Iran is

DHAKA: A suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus on Tuesday, causing deaths and injuries.Syrian state television reported, with a monitoring group saying at least two people were killed, reports The Straits Times.‘A terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew

DHAKA: Thousands of people made a bee line for relief centres on Tuesday morning as the heavy downpour and resulting flood forced them out of their homes.Although there were no casualties reported so far, more than 5,000 people from four of Pahang’s districts, Rompin, Kuantan, Pekan and

DHAKA: A powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been removed from his post.South Korean media reports say, according to the BBC.Citing South Korea’s intelligence agency, they say Chang Song-thaek lost his position as vice-chairman of the North’s top military body.Two

DHAKA: Iran`s foreign minister has appealed to Gulf Arab states to overcome their differences and work together for regional stability and to find a solution to the Syrian crisis.Speaking on Talk to Al Jazeera programme, to be broadcast on Tuesday at 07:30 GMT and 16:30 GMT, Mohammad

DHAKA: The US remains "deeply concerned" about China`s new air defence identification zone (ADIZ), Vice-President Joe Biden said as he began a tour of East Asia.In written responses to Japan`s Asahi newspaper, Mr Biden said China and Japan had to establish measures to lower tensions,

DHAKA: Thai police have removed barriers around their headquarters, after protesters said they were targeting the police building.The move to defuse tensions came as anti-government protests in Bangkok entered their tenth day, reports BBC.The mood in the capital now appears calmer, with

DHAKA: Italian coastguards have reached a small boat packed with migrants adrift off the coast of southern Italy.They say around 120 Syrian migrants were picked up from the vessel, which had encountered rough seas, reports the BBC.Large waves and gales meant that for 24 hours, coastguard

DHAKA: Demonstrators are blockading government buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, as they step up their campaign for the resignation of the government.Protesters have put up barricades on Independence Square, while others are entrenched inside city hall.The unrest was triggered in

DHAKA: The United Nations human rights chief says there is mounting evidence that Syrian government officials including president Bashar Assad are responsible for crimes against humanity and war crimes.Navi Pillay says a UN panel investigating abuses in Syria`s civil war has produced

DHAKA: France on Monday arrested 45 people in a vast sweep against international arms traffickers.French police said, reports The Straits Times.In a statement, police said some 300 officers had been involved in the operation, which focused on hundreds of military-grade arms, pieces of