DHAKA: Iran’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has been appointed as the new Iranian ambassador to Malaysia.She will be first Iranian woman who has been appointed to such as post since the Islamic Revolution in 1979, Tehran Times publishes this report on Saturday.Afkham is

DHAKA: Russia has warned of the risk of a ‘proxy war’ in the Middle East after the US said it would send special forces to Syria.Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said this increased the need for co-operation between the US and Russia.US officials said ‘fewer than 50’ troops

DHAKA: A Russian plane carrying more than 200 people has crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.Egypt’s civil aviation ministry said, reports Al Jazeera.The statement said search-and-rescue teams found on Saturday the wreckage of the Russian passenger jet in the Hassana area, south of the

DHAKA: Fifteen traders including six children have been killed in a fire at a public market in the Philippines.Police say, reports the BBC.About 13 others were injured in the blaze at a market in the southern city of Zamboanga.The fire began when sparks from low-hanging electric cables

DHAKA: A Russian airliner has crashed in central Sinai with more than 200 people on board.The office of Egypt’s prime minister has confirmed, reports the BBC.The Airbus A-321 had just taken off from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, on its way to the Russian city of St

DHAKA: Confusion surrounds the fate of a Russian airliner carrying more than 200 people that went missing after taking off from Egypt’s Sinai peninsula.One report said the plane, flying to Russia from Sharm al-Sheikh, had reappeared over Turkey, reports the BBC.But other reports in the

DHAKA: Authorities in central China say 17 workers have been killed and 23 injured when a building collapsed during renovations.The Wuyang County government in Henan province says on its website that the building collapsed on Friday afternoon while work was being done on its foundation,

DHAKA: At least 27 people have been killed after fire broke out at a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest, government officials say.Romanian media said a large fire took hold at the Colectiv club on Friday night, causing a stampede for the exit, reports the BBC.Emergency response

DHAKA: Former secretary general of Amnesty International Irene Khan pocketed £533,103 when she quit the organisation in December 2009.The pay-out, made just seven months after she launched an anti poverty campaign, was more than four times the £132,490 she picked up in 2009, reported

DHAKA: Imran Khan, Pakistan's World Cup-winning cricket captain, has divorced his second wife, Reham. The 63-year-old politician had formally married the former BBC presenter in a high-profile wedding in January 2015, reports NDTV.The 42-year-old Reham, a divorced mother of three, had

DHAKA: At least 40 people were killed and about 100 wounded after Syrian government forces fired missiles into a market place in a town near Damascus, a conflict monitor and a local rescue group said on Friday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said government forces fired 12

DHAKA: Fifteen people were injured when a plane's engine caught fire as it taxied for take-off from an airport in Florida.The Dynamic Airways Boeing 767 was on the runway at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, preparing for departure to Venezuela.The left engine, which had

DHAKA: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for "flexibility" at talks in Vienna between the countries backing rival sides in the Syrian civil war.He urged the five main participants - the US, Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and Turkey - to abandon "national perspectives" for "global

DHAKA: China has decided to end its decades-long one-child policy, Xinhua news agency reports.All couples will now be allowed to have two children, the state-run news agency said, citing a statement from the Communist Party, reports the BBC.The controversial policy was introduced

DHAKA: The first online university for refugees, which offers them a free higher education wherever they are in the world, has launched in Germany.Kiron University says all students need is a computer and an internet connection. For those who do not have access to the internet, offline

DHAKA: The Greek coastguard have rescued 242 refugees when their wooden boat sank north of the island of Lesbos, but at least three drowned, including two small boys.Authorities have said, reports Al Jazeera.Two small boys and a man were found drowned on Wednesday, and an extensive search

DHAKA: International talks in Vienna this week will test whether Russia and Iran are ‘serious’ about finding a political solution to the war in Syria.The Saudi foreign minister has said, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Thursday.Adel al-Jubeir’s comments on Wednesday came after

DHAKA: US Republicans have traded blows in a heated presidential debate in Colorado that featured several angry exchanges.Frontrunners Donald Trump and Ben Carson, with no political experience, were under attack from the start, reports the BBC.Ohio Governor John Kasich condemned their

DHAKA: Nepal's parliament has elected women's rights campaigner Bidhya Devi Bhandari as its first female president, in a move hailed as a milestone.She is the second person to hold the mainly ceremonial role, reports the BBC.The 54-year-old is currently the vice-chair of the ruling

DHAKA: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his deputies will attend talks on the war in Syria held in Vienna.Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency reported, says Al Jazeera.‘We have reviewed the invitation, and it was decided that the foreign minister would attend the