DHAKA: President Barack Obama says the US should take military action against Syria and he will seek congressional authorisation for intervention.The US says the Syrian government carried out chemical weapons attacks on 21 August in which 1,429 people died.Mr Obama said the operation

DHAKA: A Delhi-based woman was allegedly gang-raped and her male friend assaulted by two police constables and their three friends here on the outskirts of the national capital.Four of the accused, including the two PAC constables, have been arrested for the incident that took place on

DHAKA: A Palestinian shot by Israeli soldiers in clashes in the West Bank this month died of his wounds on Saturday, hospital officials said.Kareem Abu Sbaih, 19, was shot on August 20 by Israeli soldiers making an arrest in the Jenin refugee camp.A second Palestinian was killed during

DHAKA: Tunisia’s Islamist-led coalition has failed to agree with the opposition on how to end weeks of political deadlock, mediators said on Saturday, ahead of planned anti-government protests.Tunisia was plunged into crisis by the July 25 assassination of opposition MP Mohamed Brahmi,

DHAKA: Five civilians died in clashes in Egypt on Friday when opponents and supporters of ousted president Mohamed Mursi clashed in several cities.Egypt health ministry said on Saturday, reports The Straits Times.Three were killed in clashes in the Giza district in Cairo, one in the canal

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry, defence secretary Chuck Hagel, and other senior US national security officials will hold conference calls about Syria on Saturday afternoon with the Senate Democratic Caucus as well as the Senate Republican Conference.A White House official said,

DHAKA: An official says a passenger train in eastern Czech Republic smashed into a herd of cattle, killing 17 of them.Martin Drapal, spokesman for Czech Rail Safety Inspection, says the train heading from the town of Krnov to the city of Olomouc hit the animals two hours before midnight

DHAKA: The team of United Nations inspectors that was investigating the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria arrived at Beirut International Airport on Saturday.An international media correspondent said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The team had crossed the land border from Syria into

DHAKA: Opposition fighters across Syria are preparing to launch attacks that exploit anticipated US-led military strikes, but there are no plans to coordinate with Western forces.A Syrian rebel commander said on Saturday, reports TDS.The United States said on Friday it was planning a

DHAKA: Several countries have advised their citizens against travelling to Lebanon as regional tensions grow over a possible US military strike on Syria.Those issuing the advice include Bahrain, Kuwait, Britain and France, while Austria told its citizens to contact its embassy in Lebanon

DHAKA: A liquid ammonia leak from a refrigeration unit at a food company in China’s commercial hub of Shanghai killed 15 people on Saturday.The local government said, reports daily Hurriyet.The leak also sickened at least 26 others, who had been sent to hospital, with six in critical

DHAKA: Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo on Sunday to discuss Syria, Arab League deputy chief Ahmed Ben Helli said on Saturday, as the United States appeared to be readying a strike on the country.A routine meeting had been scheduled for Tuesday, but was advanced ‘in light of

DHAKA: Most French people do not want France to take part in military action on Syria and most do not trust French president Francois Hollande to do so, a poll showed on Saturday.The United States said on Friday it would punish Syrian president Bashar Assad’s government for a chemical

DHAKA: The United States Government assesses with high confidence that the Syrian government carried out a chemical weapons attack in the Damascus suburbs on August 21, 2013. Embassy of the United States of America Saturday issued a press release on U.S. Government Assessment of the

DHAKA: Turkey president Abdullah Gül has said that any military action targeting Syria would be fruitless without the development of a political strategy, stressing the importance of diplomacy with Russia and Iran.‘I don’t believe any military intervention will bring results without

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin has challenged the US to present to the UN evidence that Syria was responsible for chemical weapons attacks.Putin said it would be ‘utter nonsense’ for Syria’s government to provoke opponents with such attacks when it was in a position of

DHAKA: A team of United Nations inspectors crossed into Lebanon from Syria Saturday after completing their probe into a suspected chemical weapons attack near Damascus.The inspectors crossed the border in a convoy of UN vehicles at 7:40am local time escorted by Lebanese security

DHAKA: UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay has sharply criticised the government of Sri Lanka, at the end of a week-long visit.In a statement, Pillay said she feared the country was becoming increasingly authoritarian, reports the BBC.Since the civil war ended four years ago,

DHAKA: The United States wants to use Philippine bases for extended periods of up to 20 years, a Manila official said on Saturday as the two sides are in talks on a wider US military footprint in Asia.The negotiations aim to allow more US troops, ships, aircraft and other equipment to

DHAKA: An Indian court found a teenager guilty on Saturday over the fatal gang-rape of a student in New Delhi, a crime that sparked revulsion and angry protests in the country, an official said.The juveniles’ court sentenced the teenager to three years in a correctional facility after