DHAKA: Turkey says it will pull more of its troops out of northern Iraq, following a partial withdrawal earlier this week.The foreign ministry said it acknowledged a ‘miscommunication’ with Iraq over the deployment of its forces, reports the BBC.It comes a day after US President

DHAKA: Candidates seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for the US presidency have begun their last debate of the year in New Hampshire.Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remains a frontrunner, reports the BBC.Her main rival, Senator Bernie Sanders, apologised for his

DHAKA: Israel will ease its blockade on the Gaza Strip as part of reconciliation with Turkey.The Turkish newspaper Sabah Daily, which is affiliated with the ruling party of Turkey, said on Saturday, reports The Jerusalem Post.Additionally, Israel will also compensate the victims of the

DHAKA: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and her son and deputy Rahul Gandhi were Saturday granted bail in the National Herald case, minutes after they arrived at the Patiala House court.Four others - including other top Congress leaders and Gandhi family associates - accused in the case

DHAKA: Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has stopped his ministers from giving anti-India statements so that the peace process is not hit.An official said, reports The Times of India.A close aide to Sharif said on Friday that the ministers and senior officials had been asked not to

DHAKA: Eighteen people were killed and another 14 rescued after a migrant vessel capsized off the Turkish coast.The boat, which had been en route from the coastal resport of Bodrum to the Greek island of Kos, had been carrying refugees including Syrian and Iraqi nationals when it capsized

DHAKA: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi will appear in a trial court in Delhi Saturday in the National Herald case.They are likely to be accompanied by Gandhi’s daughter Priyanka and her son-in-law Robert Vadra, reports NDTV.The two are among six people -

DHAKA: A magnitude-6.2 earthquake has struck northeast of the Vanuatu chain of islands, the US Geological Survey said.The quake had a depth of 10 kilometres, it said, reports the abc.net.au.Nearby cities to the impact zone include Isangel, Port-Vila, We, Luganville and Dumbea.There were

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution outlining a peace process in Syria.The 15-member council reached rare agreement on the issue in a session in New York on Friday, reports the BBC.The resolution endorses talks between the Syrian government and opposition

DHAKA: UK Prime Minister David Cameron has said there is "a pathway to a deal" on new terms for Britain's membership of the EU after talks with other leaders.Cameron set out his reform demands, which include controversial plans to curb access to benefits for migrants, at a dinner in

DHAKA: Southern Mexico was rattled by a magnitude-6.4 quake Thursday, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.The tremor was felt in the southern states of Oaxaca, Chiapas, and Tabasco and it prompted some tourists and residents to rush out of buildings in the colonial city of

DHAKA: Beijing authorities have issued a second pollution "red alert", little more than a week after its first ever such warning.The Chinese capital will endure dense smog from Saturday until Tuesday, the Beijing Meteorological Service said, reports the BBC.The National Meteorological

DHAKA: The Pentagon plans the transfer of 17 Guantanamo Bay detainees in the coming weeks - a move that would cut the US prison's population to 90, reports say.US media quote officials as saying Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has already told Congress about the move, reports the BBC. It

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama will sign the Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015 shortly after it passes through Congress on Wednesday.A White House official said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The law directs the president to prohibit foreign banks from conducting

DHAKA: The European Commission (EU) on Wednesday adopted its humanitarian aid budget of nearly €1.1 billion (around $120-crore) for 2016 as global humanitarian needs are set to reach a historic high in this year.As an initial allocation, it is the highest EU humanitarian budget for

DHAKA: Germany and several other nations are to discuss with Turkey ways of settling thousands of Syrian refugees ahead of the final EU summit of the year.Those attending the meeting will discuss a proposal to resettle Syrians straight from camps in Turkey. But German Chancellor Angela

DHAKA: The Indian Supreme Court Wednesday banned the registration of diesel cars and SUVs above 2000cc in the Delhi till March 31, in an attempt to clean up the city tackling one of its worst-ever bouts of toxic smog. The decision will not affect the common man, the top court said,

DHAKA: Malala Yousafzai has condemned a call by US presidential hopeful Donald Trump to ban Muslims from entering the US.The Nobel Prize winner said his comments were "full of hatred" and blaming Muslims for terrorism would only "radicalise more terrorists", reports the BBC.She was

DHAKA: Republican presidential candidates are sparring over national security issues and how best to counter the so-called Islamic State (IS) in the first debate since attacks in California and Paris.A major fault line has formed between those favouring more surveillance and those

DHAKA: The global nuclear watchdog, the IAEA, has closed a 12-year-long investigation into Iran’s nuclear activities, a key step towards lifting UN sanctions.The IAEA concluded Iran conducted nuclear weapons-related research until 2003 and to a lesser extent until 2009, but found no