DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has repeatedly called leaders in Saudi Arabia and Iran to try to defuse their diplomatic row.US officials say, reports the BBC.State department spokesman John Kirby said the phone conversations involved foreign ministers of both countries and the

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama grew emotional Tuesday as he made a passionate call for a national "sense of urgency" to limit gun violence.He was introduced by Mark Barden, whose son Daniel was killed in the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, reports the

DHAKA: The North Korean authorities say they have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb amid reports of a tremor near the main nuclear test site.State media announced the test after monitors detected a 5.1 magnitude quake close to the Punggye-ri site, reports the BBC.The North is thought to

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has strongly condemned an attack on the Saudi embassy in Tehran by protesters angered by the execution of a Shia cleric.The statement made no mention of the execution of the cleric, Nimr al-Nimr, reports the BBC.Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic ties with

DHAKA: Sudan said on Monday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Iran after the storming of the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran and consulate building elsewhere in Iran.‘In response to the barbaric attacks on the Saudi Arabian Embassy in Tehran and its consulate in Mashhad ... the

DHAKA: Bahrain has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran, following a similar move by Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia on Sunday gave Iranian diplomats two days to leave after a row over the Saudi execution of a top Shia Muslim cleric and a subsequent attack on its embassy in

DHAKA: Twin infants born just as New Year's Champagne corks were popping share the same parents, but different birth years.Maribel Valencia, of San Diego, California made it to a local hospital on Thursday just in time to give birth to a baby girl -- Jaelyn -- in the final seconds of

DHAKA: Heavy gunfire was heard from inside an Indian airbase near the Pakistani border, as a siege on the base spilled into its third day.Indian officials vowed on Monday to kill any remaining attackers inside the base in Pathankot, with at least one gunman thought to still be holed up

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has announced it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran following Saturday’s attack on its embassy in Tehran during protests against executions in the kingdom.Adel al-Jubeir, the Saudi foreign minister, made the announcement on Sunday while the foreign ministry said

DHAKA: At least eight persons were killed and 100 injured in Manipur when a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit northeastern India early Monday morning at around 4:36 am.There is large scale damage in Imphal with many houses reporting huge cracks. Walls of many building have also collapsed,

DHAKA: A war of words has broken out between Iran and Saudi Arabia after Riyadh announced that Shia religious figure Nimr al-Nimr was among 47 men it had executed on terrorism charges.The Saudi interior ministry announced the executions on Saturday, listing the names of the 47 killed, all

DHAKA: Israeli prosecutors have filed murder charges against two citizens in connection with a July 31 arson attack in the occupied West Bank that killed three members of a Palestinian family.Amiram Ben Oleal, 21, was indicted on Sunday for murder on the basis of a hate crime, and the

DHAKA: The mayor of a city south of Mexico’s capital was shot to death less than a day after taking office.Officials said, reports Al Jazeera.Gunmen opened fire on Mayor Gisela Mota on Saturday at her house in the city of Temixco, said the government of Morelos state, where Temixco is

DHAKA: The United States has expressed concern that Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr could further exacerbate sectarian rivalry in the Middle East.The US State Department urged leaders throughout the region to redouble efforts to lower tensions,

DHAKA: Reports have emerged of crowds breaking into and setting fires at the Saudi Arabian embassy in Tehran.The Iranian police have dispersed the protesters from inside the embassy and the Iranian Foreign Ministry has appealed for calm, and to respect diplomatic premises.  Photos and

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has executed the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, the interior ministry said.He was among 47 people put to death after being convicted of terrorism offences, it said in a statement, reports the BBC.Sheikh Nimr was a vocal supporter of the mass anti-government

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman accused Saudi Arabia on Saturday of supporting terrorism and executing its opponents.The accusation came after Saudi Arabia executed a prominent Shia cleric, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘The Saudi government supports terrorists and takfiri

DHAKA: Israeli jets have launched air strikes in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian security sources said, just hours after rockets from the enclave hit southern Israel.The air raids on Saturday morning targeted four empty facilities belonging to the Hamas movement, ranging from Beit Hanoun in

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has executed 47 ‘terrorists’, according to the interior ministry, including Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr and al-Qaeda-affiliated Faris al-Zahrani.In a press release read on state TV on Saturday, the ministry listed the names of all those it said were already convicted

DHAKA: Soldiers opened fire on a man outside a mosque in south-eastern France after he drove a car at them.Officials say, reports the BBC.According to the police, the driver injured one of the four soldiers, who were guarding the mosque in Valence.The driver has been hospitalized after