DHAKA: The secretary-general of the world’s largest bloc of Islamic countries said emotional visits with members of the long-persecuted Rohingya Muslim community, chased from their homes in Myanmar by Buddhist mobs and arsonists, brought him to tears.‘I’ve never had such a

DHAKA: The heavy rains that have been lashing the Saudi capital have claimed at least three lives.Saudi civil defence officials said in Riyadh on Sunday, reports gulfnews.com.Two men and one woman died in the floods caused by the rains on Saturday, a civil defence official was quoted as

DHAKA: Thousands of trucks blocked motorways across France on Saturday in protest at the government’s controversial plans for a tax on heavy vehicles, causing hours of delays.Police estimated 2,000 trucks while organisers said 4,000 lined motorways, driving slowly and clogging up

DHAKA: Pakistan on Sunday ordered an inquiry into sectarian violence in the garrison city of Rawalpindi that killed nine people, injured 60 and sparked clashes around the country, officials said.Fighting erupted on Friday in the garrison-city, which neighbours the capital Islamabad, when

DHAKA: Nine axe-wielding assailants have been shot dead during an attack on a police station in China’s volatile western Xinjiang province, state media say.Xinhua news agency reports that two auxiliary police officers died in Saturday’s clashes in Bachu county’s Serikbuya, near the

DHAKA: Commonwealth leaders wrapped up a summit in Sri Lanka on Sunday, putting on a united front after talks dominated by a bitter dispute over war crimes.Leaders were expected to issue joint statements on issues such as debt management and funding to combat the threat which smaller

DHAKA: US defence secretary Chuck Hagel sounded an alarm bell about budget cuts he said threaten America’s security and global military role, while ‘gambling’ over the risk of an unexpected threat.The cuts, which amount to nearly US$1 trillion for the Department of Defence (DoD)

DHAKA: Devastating floods have killed at least 34 people and left 11 others missing in central Vietnam, local authorities said on Sunday, describing the deluge as the worst for over a decade.Television footage on Sunday showed inundated houses and streets in the town of Hoi An and the

DHAKA: There has been renewed fighting between rival militias on the outskirts of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, a day after at least 43 people died in clashes.The latest violence in the suburb of Tajoura, involving local militiamen and fighters from Misrata, left one dead.Friday`s clashes

DHAKA: Abdulla Yameen has won the presidential election run-off vote in the Maldives, officials say.Mr Yameen secured 51.3% of the vote, compared with 48.6% for ex-President Mohamed Nasheed, the Election Commission said.Mr Nasheed had won 47% in the first round this month, just short of

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of people have protested in Italy`s southern city of Naples against illegal dumping of toxic waste blamed on the local mafia.Demonstrators carried photos of relatives who they said had died of cancer as a result of the pollution.Locals call the area between Naples

DHAKA: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has reacted defiantly to the UK`s call for an inquiry into alleged human rights abuses, saying "people in glass houses shouldn`t throw stones".He was speaking on the second day of the Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka.British PM David Cameron

DHAKA: A 48-hour state of emergency has been declared in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after a fresh wave of clashes broke out following a deadly protest against armed groups.At least one person was killed and dozens wounded in Saturday`s clashes that took place a day after more than 40

DHAKA: The president of Iraqi Kurdistan visited southeastern Turkey for the first time in two decades on Saturday, a trip meant to shore up support for a flagging Kurdish peace process there and bolster Turkey’s influence across its troubled southern borders.Thousands gathered as Masoud

DHAKA: Syrian forces went on the offensive on Saturday against rebels positioned along a major highway linking the capital with the coast, rebels said, a strategic road that is likely to be used to extract chemical weapons from the country.The road passes through the mountainous area of

DHAKA: Foreign Policy magazine reported that the United States and Iran could collaborate at a UN sponsored meeting in Geneva to resolve the humanitarian crisis in Syria.More than 2.5 million people have been cut off from the UN aid pipeline by the civil war conflict.Top officials from a

DHAKA: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Saturday that Iran nuclear talks had eliminated the fundamental areas of disagreement and there was a real chance of reaching a deal next week.‘Our general impression is that there is a very good chance that must not be missed,’ the

DHAKA: Silvio Berlusconi said on Saturday his centre-right party could not support Italian prime minister Enrico Letta if he is expelled from parliament but that it did not have the numbers to bring the government down following the creation of a breakaway group by party rebels.The

DHAKA: UK prime minister David Cameron put Sri Lanka on notice on Saturday to address allegations of war crimes within months or else he would lead a push for action at the UN.Speaking at a troubled Commonwealth summit in Colombo, the British premier warned his hosts that pressure over

DHAKA: Russian police killed the main suspect in last month’s bombing of a bus in Volgograd and several other suspected militants in Dagestan on Saturday, media reports said.Five militants, including the husband of the suicide bomber who detonated the bus bomb, were killed in a shootout