DHAKA: European Union president Herman Van Rompuy on Sunday hailed the ‘courage’ shown by Iran and world powers in their deal to curb Teheran’s nuclear programme, but also urged its ‘punctual’ implementation.‘It is now crucial to ensure punctual implementation of the agreement

DHAKA: The Saudi health ministry on Sunday announced a new Mers death, raising to 55 the number of people killed by the coronavirus in the country with the most fatalities.A 37-year-old Saudi man died in Riyadh, the ministry said on its website, reports The Straits Times.The World Health

DHAKA: Fierce clashes between regime troops and rebels near an opposition stronghold east of Syria’s capital Damascus has killed more than 70 combatants.A monitoring group reported on Sunday, reports daily Hurriyet.Saturday’s fighting in the Eastern Ghouta region killed 28 jihadists

DHAKA: At least two security personnel were killed and five others wounded on Sunday in a bomb attack on a convoy in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal areas.The attack came in the Mir Ali area of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, a hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda

DHAKA: More than 11,000 children have died in Syria’s civil war in nearly three years, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a new report says.Summary executions and torture have also been used against children as young as one, the London-based Oxford Research Group think tank

DHAKA: The Iranian Navy will take delivery of new domestically manufactured warships, hovercrafts, and helicopters next week, the commander of the Navy announced during a press conference held ahead of the National Navy Day, which falls on November 28 this year.Rear Admiral Habibollah

DHAKA: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday the deal reached with six world powers in Geneva ‘recognised Iran’s nuclear rights’ by allowing it to continue to enrich uranium and that Tehran’s enrichment activities would proceed similar to before.He said in a statement in

DHAKA: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the deal reached with world powers in Geneva was the basis for further progress, and the prayers of the Iranian nation had contributed towards its success.‘This can be the basis for further intelligent actions,’

DHAKA: Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai says he won’t immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by an assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year.Hamid Karzai spoke after the Loya Jirga issued its statement on

DHAKA: Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government denounced world powers’ nuclear agreement with Iran on Sunday as a ‘bad deal’ that Israel did not regard itself as bound by.‘This is a bad deal,’ an official in Netanyahu’s office said, reports The Jerusalem

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of pro and anti-government demonstrators are due to mass in Bangkok on Sunday as Thailand faces its most significant political street action since bloody rallies in 2010.Authorities expect about 50,000 anti-government protesters will be on the streets by the

DHAKA: A volcano in western Indonesia has erupted eight times in just a few hours, ‘raining down rocks’ over a large area and forcing thousands to flee their homes.Indonesia officials said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.Mount Sinabung has been erupting on and off since

DHAKA: Rescuers have found more bodies at the scene of oil pipeline blasts in eastern China, bringing the death toll in one of the country`s worst industrial accidents this year to 52.The Qingdao government information office said on its microblog Sunday that four more bodies had been

DHAKA: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a deal struck with world powers on Sunday had recognised Iran’s nuclear programme and in a final ‘step’ all sanctions on the Islamic republic would be lifted.Speaking on Iran’s Press TV, Zarif said the deal was an

DHAKA: A meeting of Afghan elders is expected to back a security pact letting thousands of US troops remain after combat operations end in 2014.Sources said more than 75% favour a deal being signed this year, contrary to what president Hamid Karzai wants.He told the opening session of the

DHAKA: A historic deal was struck early Sunday between Iran and six world powers over Tehran`s nuclear program that slows the country`s nuclear development program in exchange for lifting some sanctions while a more formal agreement is worked out.The agreement -- described as an "initial,

DHAKA: A string of government airstrikes on rebel-held areas in northern Syria on Saturday killed at least 44 people, activists said, as Al-Qaeda-linked rebels captured one of the country`s oil field in the east.Mr Rami Abdurrahman, the director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for

DHAKA: Iran and six world powers meeting in Geneva have reached a deal on Tehran`s nuclear programme, foreign ministers say.No details have been released about the agreement, which has been reached after five days of negotiations.Negotiators from the UK, US, Russia, China, France and

DHAKA: A suicide bomber who attacked Iran’s Embassy in Beirut has been identified through DNA tests on his father.A Lebanese judge said on Saturday, after the man came forward when photos of suspects were published.The test on Adnan Abu Dahr showed that human remains at the scene of the

DHAKA: The Queen’s representative in Australia has reportedly become the first serving governor-general to publicly back the country becoming a republic.Quentin Bryce, 70, made the comments during a speech in Sydney in which she outlined a future vision for Australia.‘Perhaps one day,