DHAKA: A pint-sized android has uttered the first robotic words in space, showcasing Japan`s drive to combine cutting-edge technology with cuteness.The wide-eyed and bootie-wearing ‘Kirobo’, roughly the size of a Chihuahua, broadcast a message from inside the International Space

DHAKA: A member of the military wing of Hamas was killed in a ‘Jihadist mission’ east of Gaza city on Thursday morning.Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported, says The Jerusalem Post.The Kassam Brigades member was identified by Gaza emergency services as 24-year-old Mohammad Lufi

DHAKA: Egyptian police killed two attackers who were trying to assassinate the interior minister in Cairo on Thursday.Egypt security officials said, reports The Jerusalem Post.Security sources had earlier said his convoy had been targeted by a bomb, but that the minister was unhurt.BDST:

DHAKA: The UN special envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, will hold discussions on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit to push for an international conference to be held on ending Syria’s civil war.UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said in a statement that Brahimi was on his way to St

DHAKA: Dozens of people have been injured as more than 130 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes in thick fog on the A249 Sheppey crossing in Kent in England.Eight of those hurt in the collisions, which took place at about 07:15 BST, have serious injuries, reports the BBC.Early

DHAKA: Hezbollah is preparing to defend Damascus from an invasion by the Syrian rebels following a possible US strike, as well as preparing for retaliation against Israel if the situation in the area calls for it.Lebanese sources told Saudi newspaper Okaz on Thursday, reports The

DHAKA: A bomb wounded 11 people, mostly children, when it exploded outside a Pakistani girls’ school on Thursday, a doctor said.The bomb went off at the end of the school day as pupils walked into a street lined with fabric shops in the northwestern town of Bannu, which has been a

DHAKA: A blast near the home of the Egyptian interior minister in Cairo’s Nasr City district injured at least four people, but the minister was not nearby at the time.The cause of the blast, in an area just outside central Cairo, was not immediately clear, the sources said, reports The

DHAKA: Russia is warning that a United States strike on Syria’s atomic facilities might result in a nuclear catastrophe, and is urging the United Nations to present a risk analysis of such a scenario.The warning comes from Russia’s foreign ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich.He

DHAKA: China warned on Thursday that a military strike on Syria would hurt the global economy, in particular by causing oil prices to rise, and reiterated its calls for a political solution to the civil war.‘Military action would have a negative impact on the global economy, especially

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry said the US is building an international coalition for a possible military strike against Syrian president Bashar Assad’s regime, as punishment for an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,400 people.‘We are building support with

DHAKA: The Egyptian army killed 20 al-Qaida-led Islamist terrorists and wounded 50 others in a military operation in Sinai in the past 48 hours.Egyptian newspaper Al Gomhuria reported on Thursday, reports The Jerusalem Post.An Egyptian military source told the paper that 95% of the

DHAKA: World leaders from the G20 group of nations are set to meet in Russia amid sharp differences over military action against Syria`s government.Ahead of the talks, Russia`s Vladimir Putin warned that action without UN approval would be "an aggression".But President Barack Obama said

DHAKA: Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a liar, claiming he had denied that al Qaeda was fighting with the Syrian opposition in that country`s civil war.Speaking to his human rights council, Putin recalled watching a

DHAKA: A US Senate panel has approved the use of military force in Syria, in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack.By a 10-7 vote, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the resolution that authorizes a limited military response, giving Obama an initial victory in his push

DHAKA: Turkey’s envoy to Egypt, recalled last month after a crackdown on supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, was returning to Cairo on Wednesday, but Egypt said it would not reciprocate until Turkey stopped its ‘interference’.Relations between Ankara and Cairo

DHAKA: Former Syrian defence minister General Ali Habib, a prominent member of president Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, has defected and is now in Turkey.A senior member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition told media on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘Ali Habib has

DHAKA: France’s prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday if there was no response to the chemical attack in Syria it risked sending Iran the wrong message on its nuclear programme.‘To not act would be to put in danger peace and security in the entire region. What credibility

DHAKA: Iran president Hassan Rouhani will attend the yearly United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month, Iranian media reported on Wednesday, an event his predecessor used to make incendiary statements on the world stage.A relatively moderate cleric, who has said he wants

DHAKA: Syria’s deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday the regime would not give in to threats of a US-led military strike against the country, even if a third world war erupts.In an exclusive interview with media, Faisal Muqdad said the government had taken ‘every measure’ to