DHAKA: Palestinian officials say Israel is the ‘only suspect’ in the death of leader Yasser Arafat following a Swiss report that said his remains contained high levels of radioactive polonium.The head of a Palestinian committee set up to investigate Arafat’s 2004 death called it an

DHAKA: Activists from right-wing religious parties led protests in Pakistan on Friday to denounce a US drone strike that killed the leader of the country’s Taliban, after the movement named a notorious hardliner as his successor.Pakistan last week reacted angrily to the drone attack

DHAKA: Any deal negotiated between Iran and world powers at a Geneva conference should solidly address concerns about the Islamic state’s nuclear programme.French foreign minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘We want a deal that bring a solid first

DHAKA: Britain’s foreign secretary William Hague and German foreign minister Guido Westerwelle will join six-power talks with Iran over its contested nuclear programme on Friday.The six powers, the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany, began talks with Tehran on

DHAKA: More than 20 million children are to be vaccinated in Syria and neighbouring countries against polio to try to stop the spread of the crippling infectious disease following its re-emergence there after 14 years.United Nations agencies said on Friday, reports The Jerusalem Post.The

DHAKA: About 2,000 Sri Lankan university students blocked traffic as they shouted slogans outside the capital’s main railroad station on Friday to protest a government decision to close state universities during a summit of leaders from Commonwealth countries next week.The university

DHAKA: World powers and Iran are working intensively to advance talks in Geneva over Iran’s disputed nuclear programme.A spokesman for European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Friday, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘Very intense work is continuing,’ spokesman Michael

DHAKA: Egypt will hold parliamentary elections ‘between February and March’, to be followed by a presidential vote in early summer.Egypt foreign minister Nabil Fahmy said on Friday, reports The Jerusalem Post.The elections will replace the leaders appointed after the army ousted

DHAKA: Three people were killed and seven others hurt on Friday as super typhoon ‘Haiyan’ struck the Philippines.The government said, reports The Straits Times.Two people were electrocuted by power lines toppled by the cyclone, while a third victim was struck by lightning, said

DHAKA: Uganda president Yoweri Museveni is testing for HIV in public, saying he wants all Ugandans to know their status if the country is to stem the growing number of new infections.Public leaders in Uganda rarely test for HIV in public, despite the urging of Aids workers in this East

DHAKA: Russian foreign ministry says Syrian opposition refuses to participate in proposed Moscow talks.RIA Novosti reported Friday, says TDS.The National Coalition, Syria’s leading opposition force, rejected Russia’s offer to hold talks with Syrian authorities in Moscow, the agency

DHAKA: The Pakistani Taliban has vowed to orchestrate a wave of revenge attacks against government targets after naming commander Mullah Fazlullah as its new leader.The threat on Friday came a week after Hakimullah Mehsud, the previous leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has apologised to Americans whose health insurance plans have been cancelled as a result of his signature health law.In recent weeks, insurance companies have reportedly cancelled policies that do not meet strict requirements under Mr Obama`s 2010

DHAKA: A series of attacks in Iraq, including a double suicide car bombing targeting a military base, killed 30 people across the country, officials said.The deadliest attack took place when the two suicide bombers drove their explosive-laden cars into a military base in the town of

DHAKA: The new head of the Pakistani Taliban, Mullah Fazlullah, has ruled out peace talks with the government, vowing revenge for his predecessor`s death.A Taliban spokesman told the BBC the militants would instead target the military and the governing party.Mullah Fazlullah was named the

DHAKA: The Iranian foreign minister has said he believes an agreement with world powers on Iran`s nuclear programme is possible by the end of talks on Friday.Mohammad Zarif told CNN that Iran would not suspend uranium enrichment completely but could "deal with the various issues on the

DHAKA: Typhoon Haiyan is battering the Philippines with sustained winds of 235 km/h (146mph).Meteorologists say that if initial estimates based on satellite images are borne out, it could be the most powerful storm ever to make landfall.Schools and offices have been closed in the path of

DHAKA: The wife of Egypt’s toppled president says she has visited him in prison, their first face-to-face contact since he was forced out of office in a popularly backed military coup four months ago.Naglaa Ali told media by phone that she and other family members met with Mohammed

DHAKA: Maldives officials on Thursday moved up a possible presidential run-off to Sunday, one day after the election in a bid to avoid a potential constitutional crisis.Two presidential election attempts since September have failed, and the Indian Ocean archipelago must have an elected

DHAKA: Riot police stormed the former Greek state television headquarters in Athens on Thursday and evicted dozens of fired journalists, ending a five-month sit-in against the broadcaster’s closure.The government took ERT off air in June to meet a target for public-sector job cuts set