DHAKA: A Syrian government delegation met Russian officials on Monday to discuss plans for an international peace conference on the conflict in the Middle East nation.The United States, Russia and the United Nations are trying to convene the conference in Geneva to try to end the civil

DHAKA: Up to 12,000 Afghan Taliban fighters have been killed, wounded or captured this year, according to a United Nations report, which said violence in the wartorn nation was at a three-year high.US-led Nato forces are to withdraw the bulk of their 75,000 troops from Afghanistan by the

DHAKA: Russian officials say the 94-year-old designer of the AK-47 assault rifle has been hospitalised.The health department of the province of Udmurtia said in Monday’s statement carried by the Interfax news agency that Mikhail Kalashnikov is in an emergency unit, reports The Straits

DHAKA: Two volcanoes have erupted in Indonesia, prompting warnings for flights and evacuation preparations.State volcanologist Surono said Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra province unleashed volcanic ash as high as 8,000 meters, the highest of its eruptions in recent days.The 2,600-meter

DHAKA: Qatar’s construction industry is rife with abuse of migrant workers who are ‘treated like cattle’ and live in squalid accommodations.Amnesty International said on Sunday while calling on world soccer`s governing body to help with the situation, The Jerusalem Post publishes

DHAKA: An Egyptian police officer was shot dead in Cairo on Sunday by unknown assailants, the interior ministry said in a statement, three days after a three-month curfew and state of emergency were lifted.Officer Mohamad Mabruk, in charge of following up on the Muslim Brotherhood in the

DHAKA: Britain’s Prince Harry was due to arrive in South Africa on Monday as he makes his way to Antarctica for a gruelling trek to the South Pole.The royal is taking part in a 335km race between three teams of four wounded military personnel, representing Britain, the United States and

DHAKA: A prominent Syrian rebel leader has died from wounds suffered in an air raid on the city of Aleppo, in a blow to the armed opposition to president Bashar Assad.Activists said on Monday, reports The Jerusalem Post.Abdelqader Saleh, head of the Islamist al-Tawhid Brigades, which is

DHAKA: A passenger plane crashed at an airport in the Russian city of Kazan, killing all 50 people on board.The Boeing 737 had taken off from Moscow and was trying to land but exploded on impact at about 19:20 local time (15:20 GMT), officials said.The Emergencies Ministry said there were

DHAKA: A cargo train traveling south of Egypt`s capital slammed into vehicles crossing the tracks early Monday, killing at least 24 people, many from the same family returning from a wedding party.Ahmed el-Ansari, the emergency services chief, told The Associated Press the identities of

DHAKA: British Nobel Prize-winning author Doris Lessing has died aged 94.Her best-known works include The Golden Notebook, Memoirs of a Survivor and The Summer Before the Dark.She became the oldest winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature when in 2007 she won the award for her life`s work

DHAKA: Pakistan announced on Sunday it would put former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, on trial for treason, punishable by death or life imprisonment, for imposing emergency rule in 2007.‘Following the judgement of the Supreme Court and a report submitted by an inquiry

DHAKA: France will not accept the proliferation of nuclear arms, president Francois Hollande said on Sunday after arriving in Israel for a visit expected to focus on Iran’s controversial nuclear drive.‘France will not tolerate nuclear proliferation,’ he said in a speech on the red

DHAKA: An Egyptian minister on Sunday ruled out accepting an Islamist offer for dialogue until the Muslim Brotherhood recognises the government’s transition plan and renounces violence.Social solidarity minister Ahmed al-Borei told media the Brotherhood must also accept that Islamist

DHAKA: French president Francois Hollande landed in Israel on Sunday for a visit set to be dominated by the issue of world talks with Iran on its disputed nuclear programme.The visit, Hollande’s first since he became president in 2012, will also see him travelling to the Palestinian

DHAKA: Afghan villagers discovered on Sunday the beheaded bodies of six government contractors in the country’s insurgency-racked south, the apparent victims of Taliban insurgents who regularly target state projects, officials said.Meanwhile, the death toll from a suicide vehicle bomb

DHAKA: Three Syrians have been killed by border troops while seeking to cross into Turkey through the southeastern province of Mardin.The Syrian intruders, who were trying to walk over a mined area on the border, were shot dead on November 17 by Turkish soldiers, according to Doğan News

DHAKA: Syria’s air force struck Qara near the Lebanese border on Sunday as loyalist forces tried to storm the town where rebels have taken up positions.A monitoring group said, reports Turkish daily Hurriyet.‘Since the morning, the town of Qara has been hit by air strikes. Warplanes

DHAKA: A powerful 7.8-magnitude undersea earthquake struck in the Scotia Sea, a remote region in the far south Atlantic near Antarctica.United States earthquake monitors reported Sunday, reports The Straits Times.The quake struck at 9.04am GMT in the ocean some 893km south-west of

DHAKA: South Africa’s Nelson Mandela remains ‘quite ill’ and is unable to speak, using facial expressions to communicate as he receives intensive medical care at home.His former wife told Sunday media, reports The Times of India.Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said the 95-year-old was not