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

DHAKA: With debate raging over the proper response to president Bashar Assad’s purported use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians near Damascus 10 days ago, a US-led assault on Syria is just hours away.Arab media sources said over the weekend, reports The Jerusalem

DHAKA: South Africa’s presidency on Saturday denied reports that former president Nelson Mandela had been discharged from hospital and had returned to his Johannesburg home.Mac Maharaj said he had received no word from doctors about Mandela being released, as reported by the BBC and

DHAKA: A woman in eastern China murdered her husband and boiled the corpse to cover her tracks after he abused her and her daughter.The woman drugged the man, her second husband, and tortured him for three days in June by withholding food and water and beating him, causing his death, said

DHAKA: A teenager has been found guilty of taking part in the fatal gang rape of a woman on a Delhi bus last year, his lawyer says.He has been convicted on charges of rape and murder over the crime, committed when he was aged 17.The teenager, who cannot be named, faces up to three years

DHAKA: Reports that former South African President Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital are incorrect, South Africa`s presidency says.The BBC and other news outlets reported earlier that Mr. Mandela had returned to his Johannesburg home.The presidency said in a statement that