DHAKA: The Saudi corporation behind plans for the world's tallest building says it has secured financing to complete the record-breaking project.Kingdom Holding, chaired by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, said on Sunday that its affiliate, Jeddah Economic Company, had reached a more than

DHAKA: Police have fired tear gas and used pepper spray to disperse a group of anti-global warming activists who marched in Paris in defiance of a recent ban on public demonstrations, a day before the start of a key UN summit on climate change in France’s capital.The tough response by

DHAKA: Israel has said it is suspending contact with EU officials involved in peace efforts with the Palestinians.The move follows the bloc's decision to label goods from Jewish settlements in the West Bank, reports the bbc.comPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "ordered suspension of

DHAKA: A critical UN conference aimed at agreeing a new global approach to climate change is set to open in Paris.The meeting, known as COP21, will see negotiators from 195 countries attempt to finalise a new treaty over the next two weeks, reports the BBC.Political leaders from 147

DHAKA: World leaders are ‘quite close’ to reaching a deal to fight climate change when they meet in Paris from Monday, Latvian President Raimonds Vejonis, Europe’s first Green party head of state, said, adding any deal should be legally binding.Vejonis urged participants at the UN

DHAKA: Russia has announced a package of economic sanctions against Turkey over the shooting down of a Russian jet on the Syrian border on Tuesday.A decree signed by President Vladimir Putin (in Russian) covers imports from Turkey, the work of Turkish companies in Russia and any Turkish

DHAKA: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan voiced ‘sadness’ on Saturday over the downing of a Russian fighter jet by Turkish forces, saying he wished it had not happened.Addressing supporters, Erdogan again defended Turkey’s action and criticized Russia for its moves in Syria

DHAKA: The aunt of a Syrian boy whose lifeless body was photographed on a Turkish beach, sparking worldwide outrage at the refugee crisis, said she hopes her family members will be in Canada by Christmas.Tima Kurdi said on Friday that Canada has approved her application to bring her

DHAKA: Three people have died after a man traded gunfire with police from inside a birth control clinic in the US city of Colorado Springs, police say.One police officer and two civilians were killed, Mayor John Suthers said. Several other people were injured, reports the BBC.A male

DHAKA: A suicide bomber has killed at least 21 people in an attack on a Shia Muslim procession in Nigeria's Kano state, eyewitnesses and organisers say.The bomber ran into the crowd and detonated his device before he could be spotted, said an organiserThe attack happened shortly after a

DHAKA: Germany will deploy Tornado reconnaissance jets to support France in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria, a senior lawmaker for Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives confirmed on Thursday."Germany will be a more active contributor than it has been until now,"

DHAKA: France is to hold a national memorial service for the 130 people who died in the Paris attacks two weeks ago.Friday's service in central Paris will bring together 1,000 people, including President Francois Hollande as well as survivors and victims' families, reports the BBC.A

DHAKA: Public support for a strong global deal on climate change has declined, according to a poll carried out in 20 countries.Only four now have majorities in favour of their governments setting ambitious targets at a global conference in Paris, reports the BBC.In a similar poll before

DHAKA: India has successfully test-fired its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, as part of a user trial by the army.The missile test was carried out from a mobile launcher from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR)

DHAKA: Germany plans to send about 650 troops to Mali to help with the peacekeeping mission in the restive West African state.German defense minister Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Thursday.‘We will shortly ask parliament to approve a mandate

DHAKA: Britain should join air strikes against the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and Syria in Syria.UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said, reports Al Jazeera.Cameron attempted to persuade politicians to back action in parliament, arguing the Paris attacks have given new urgency to the

DHAKA: The surviving crew member of a Russian fighter jet shot down by Turkey has rejected Ankara’s explanation of the incident, saying there were no warnings given before the plane was attacked.Turkey said the fighter jet violated its airspace on its southern border with Syria, an

DHAKA: Two Palestinians were shot and killed during clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Thursday as deadly violence over the past two months continues.‘Yahya Taha, 21, from the village of Qattaneh ... died after he was shot and wounded in the head during clashes,’

DHAKA: The World Bank wants to raise $16bn to help Africa adapt to climate change.By boosting the continent’s resilience to global warming and increasing renewable energy it hopes the scheme will prevent millions of people from sliding into extreme poverty.The Africa Climate Business

DHAKA: The Turkish military has released an audio recording of what it says were warnings to a Russian warplane before it was shot down on the Syrian border.‘Change your heading south immediately,’ a voice is heard saying in English. Turkey said it had tried to rescue the SU-24