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

DHAKA: A sixth US warship is now operating in the eastern Mediterranean, near five US destroyers armed with cruise missiles that could soon be directed against Syria as part of a "limited, precise" strike, defense officials said late on Friday.They stressed that the USS San Antonio, an

DHAKA: UN chemical weapons inspectors, in Syria to probe an alleged poison gas attack that killed hundreds, have left Damascus for Beirut, having completed four days of site visits and evidence-gathering, witnesses and officials say.The experts departed their hotel in the Syrian capital

DHAKA: A 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday morning in southwestern China, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.Officials reported one death and three people injured as emergency teams began to respond, state-run Xinhua News Agency said.The quake -- with a depth of 10 kilometers

DHAKA: Over 8,000 Indians have so far signed up for the one-way trip to Mars and settle down on the red planet, as `Mars One` project plans to establish a colony there in the next 10 years.`Mars One`, a not-for-profit foundation intends to establish a permanent human settlement on Mars in

DHAKA: The first verdict in the gang-rape of a student on a moving bus in Delhi in December is expected to be delivered today by a juvenile court.The fatal attack on the 23-year-old physiotherapy intern provoked national outrage and impelled an overhaul of archaic laws to punish sexual

DHAKA: President Barack Obama has said the US is considering a "limited narrow act" in response to the alleged use of chemical weapons by the Syrian army.Mr Obama stressed that no "final decision" had been made, but ruled out putting American "boots on the ground".Citing a US intelligence

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has accused Syrian government forces of killing 1,429 people in a chemical weapons attack in Damascus last week.Mr Kerry said the dead included 426 children, and described the attack as an "inconceivable horror".President Barack Obama later said the

DHAKA: Buddhists are killing Muslims in Myanmar with impunity because the government failed to stop the attacks, New York-based Physicians for Human Rights reported amid fresh assaults that left more Muslims homeless.During the past year, scattered clashes across Buddhist-majority

DHAKA: Fancell ready to take action in Syria alongside the US, despite UK MPs blocking British involvement, President Francois Hollande has said.He said a military strike within days could not be ruled out.US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel said after the UK vote that Washington would

DHAKA: In uncharacteristically forceful remarks, the Prime Minster today combatted the Opposition’s allegations that he has led the economy into Code Red mode, and attacked the BJP for repeatedly disrupting Parliament, holding up important legislation and hurting investor

DHAKA: The United States is continuing to seek an “international coalition” for action against Syria’s alleged use of chemical weapons against civilians, after the UK parliament rejected a resolution endorsing such action, the US Defence Secretary has said.Chuck Hagel said on Friday

DHAKA: The world-renowned Irish poet Seamus Heaney has died. He was 74.His family said he died in a Dublin hospital this morning following a short illness.Born the eldest of nine children in Co Derry, Northern Ireland, Heaney won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1995 and was made a

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday ruled out reversal of reforms or resorting to capital controls to rescue the sliding rupee, which he said fell on account of domestic as well as global factors.Making a statement on the state of the economy in Parliament amid concerns

DHAKA: Egyptian police have arrested Mohamed el-Beltagy, a senior leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, the latest arrest in a widening campaign against the group.Beltagy, a former member of parliament and head of the Brotherhood`s Freedom and Justice Party, was arrested in Giza governorate,

DHAKA: At least 24 people have been killed in flash floods caused by torrential rain in the Malian capital Bamako, a government official said.Thousands were also made homeless as the Niger river burst its banks, destroying around 100 houses in several hours of heavy rain on Wednesday in

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has adopted a law that criminalises domestic violence, usually targeting women and children, in a move hailed by activists.We are always in favour of an explicit law that does not need interpretations or personal judgmentThe "Protection from Abuse" law, approved by the

DHAKA: A suicide attack in Afghanistan`s northern province of Kunduz killed a district governor, along with two of his bodyguards and two civilians at a mosque on Friday, government officials say.The group, which included the governor of the Archi district, were attending a funeral of a

DHAKA: The United States may have to take action against Syria without the support of one of its staunchest allies, U.S. officials said Thursday after British lawmakers voted down a proposal for military action.Washington will continue to consult with Britain, but "President Obama`s

DHAKA: The US has said it will act in its "best interests" in dealing with the Syria crisis, after British MPs rejected military intervention."Countries who violate international norms regarding chemical weapons need to be held accountable," the US said.Washington accuses Syrian