DHAKA: Three major U.S. airlines on Saturday confirmed that pilots were complying with Chinese government demands that it be notified of plans to traverse the newly declared air defense zone over the East China Sea.The demands from Beijing have resulted in tensions with Japan and the

DHAKA: An earthquake of at least 6.3 magnitude has struck off eastern Indonesia`s Tanimbar islands, but there was no tsunami alert, seismologists said.The quake struck at 10:24 am local time (0124 GMT) on Sunday, 351 kilometres (217 miles) east-northeast of the East Timor capital Dili at

DHAKA: One person has been confirmed dead after a police helicopter crashed into a busy Scottish pub in Glasgow and the death toll is expected to rise.Police said on Saturday, reports The Jerusalem Post.The helicopter crashed into the roof of the Clutha pub in Glasgow at 10:25 on Friday

DHAKA: Israeli border police killed a Palestinian during a raid aimed at netting illegal immigrants in a suburb of commercial capital Tel Aviv early Saturday.A police spokeswoman said, reports france24.com.‘Border police carried out an operation this morning in a cemetery in Petah Tikva

DHAKA: Two people were killed and at least 10 others wounded on Saturday in sectarian clashes between residents of the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli.A security source told media, reports france24.com.Clashes regularly erupt between Alawite residents of the Jabal Mohsen neighbourhood,

DHAKA: Japan’s imperial couple arrived in India on Saturday on their first ever official visit, billed by New Delhi as a symbol of goodwill towards Asia’s biggest democracy.Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko will meet the Indian premier and other dignitaries during their six-day

DHAKA: Members of Saudi Arabia’s royal family have said in recent weeks that Riyadh would seek to develop or buy nuclear weapons, if more is not done to stop Iran from producing nuclear bombs of its own.The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, says The Jerusalem Post.A Saudi royal

DHAKA: A Cessna 208 with at least 10 people on board crashed in southwest Alaska on Friday evening, killing four people including the pilot and injuring six others.Officials said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The small, single-engine aircraft, heading for St Mary’s from Bethel, two small

DHAKA: Unidentified assailants gunned down a soldier outside his home and attacked a special forces base in Libya’s second city Benghazi during the night.A security official said on Saturday, reports The Voice of Russia.There were no casualties in the attack on the base even though the

DHAKA: The Ukrainian opposition will set up a national resistance headquarters and start preparations for a nationwide strike in the near future.Arseny Yatsenyuk, the leader of the opposition Batkivshchyna party faction at the parliament says, The Voice of Russia reports.‘We have made a

DHAKA: Ethiopian workers face hostility amid ‘regularisation’ campaign to control foreign labour and get more Saudi citizens into work.Under the watchful eyes of Saudi policemen slouched in their squad cars along a rundown street, little knots of Ethiopian men sit chatting on

DHAKA: A Mozambique Airlines (LAM) plane with 28 passengers and 6 crew on board has gone missing on a flight to Angola, say airline officials.Flight TM470 left Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, at 11:26 local time (09:26 GMT) and was due to arrive in the Angolan capital, Luanda, at

DHAKA: Dozens of Thai opposition rioters attacked a bus filled with government supporters on Saturday, as tensions erupted over rallies aimed at toppling premier Yingluck Shinawatra.‘Dozens of anti-government protesters are attacking a bus with paving stones and other plastic chairs,

DHAKA: The United States has offered to destroy Syria`s chemical stockpile and will do so on a ship at sea.The world’s chemical watchdog said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.‘The Director-General stated that the neutralisation operations will be conducted on a US vessel at sea

DHAKA: China will launch its first ever moon rover mission on Monday, state media have announced.A rocket carrying the vehicle, named ‘Jade Rabbit’ in a nod to Chinese folklore, will blast off at 01.30am local time (Sunday 1730 GMT).‘The Chang’e 3 is set to be launched for its

DHAKA: The French parliament has backed part of a bill that imposes a 1,500 euro fine on anyone paying for sex.Prostitution is legal in France but pimping and soliciting in public are illegal.Supporters of the bill say it would punish the customer and protect the prostitute but critics

DHAKA: A 50-member panel drafting Egypt’s new constitution begins voting on Saturday on the final document which will then be put to a referendum, officials said.The constitution is the first key milestone in a road map envisaged by Egypt’s military-installed rulers after the army

DHAKA: There are survivors from a plane carrying at least 10 people that crashed on Friday night near the western Alaska village of Saint Marys, the authorities have said.Alaska State Troopers spokesman Megan Peters said ‘there are survivors, and we are working our best to get them

LONDON: "Bangladesh Freedom Honour" recipient British-Irish national Nora Sharif, known as friend of Bangladesh, passed away on Friday night (UK time).She breathed her last at her London residence around 1:00pm. She was 70. Nora Sharif, wife of president of UK unit Awami League Sultan

DHAKA: Anti-government protesters in Thailand have placed symbolic padlocks on the doors of several state-run offices, continuing a week-long campaign to paralyse the administration of prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra.Authorities, meanwhile, continued their hands-off approach to the