DHAKA: Australia is making key moves to legalize the growing of cannabis for medicinal and scientific purposes.The government announced, reports Al Jazeera.Australia health minister Sussan Ley said on Saturday that changes to existing legislation that bans the growing of marijuana will be

DHAKA: Five people have been killed and nine wounded in an attack on a Shia gathering hall in eastern Saudi Arabia.The interior ministry says, reports the BBC.The killings, in Saihat in Eastern Province on Friday, come two days after the start of Ashura commemorations, a holy occasion for

DHAKA: Fresh violence has erupted between Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza, with three Palestinians killed in clashes, Palestinians say.Two were killed in confrontations with Israeli troops over the Gaza border, medical sources said.Also, in the West Bank, a Palestinian

DHAKA: Hungary has closed its border with Croatia in an effort to stem the flow of migrants through the country en route to Western Europe.Croatia said it would begin directing migrants to Slovenia instead, reports the BBC.Hungary has been a major transit country for migrants, many of

DHAKA: At least 30 people have died after two explosions at a mosque near the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, an emergency official says.One suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside the mosque in the suburb of Mulai, a regional controller with the National Emergency

DHAKA: Israel has announced that it will begin banning alleged Palestinian attackers and their relatives from occupied East Jerusalem as increasingly harsh restrictions are being imposed on local Palestinians amid weeks of protests and clashes. The ongoing violence was triggered last

DHAKA: Russia's air force flew 33 sorties over Syria in the last 24 hours, striking 32 Islamic State targets, the Russian Defence Ministry says.The bombing campaign in Syria is forcing the jihadists to flee, reports the rt.com on Thursday.The 9K33 Osa short-range air defense launcher was

DHAKA: Iraqi forces are battling the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group on separate fronts, ramping up operations to retake Baiji and Ramadi, two of the conflict's worst flashpoints.The Baiji area has seen almost uninterrupted fighting since ISIL swept across Iraq last

DHAKA: EU states have approved an action plan for Turkey that it is hoped will ease the flow of migrants to Europe.Nearly 600,000 migrants have reached the EU by sea so far this year, many of them travelling from Turkey to Greece before seeking to head north, reports BBC.Turkey made a

DHAKA: Iran has given the UN nuclear watchdog what it needs to assess whether Tehran’s past activities had anything to do with nuclear weapons.The agency said on Thursday, reports The Jerusalem Post.It is being considered as a further step towards implementing an agreement between

DHAKA: The United States is to extend its military presence in Afghanistan beyond 2016.Administration officials say, reports the BBC.President Barack Obama will outline the plans later. They are expected to include keeping 5,500 troops in the country when he leaves office in

DHAKA: One of India's greatest mysteries is likely to be resolved soon as the Centre has agreed to make public all files related to freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. The decision came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the family members and well-wishers of Netaji at

DHAKA: Myanmar has signed a ceasefire with eight ethnic minority rebel groups in a step towards ending decades of civil war.The move was weakened by the refusal of several other armed groups to join the deal, despite more than two years of negotiations.The truce was a key goal of

DHAKA: Israeli forces have shot and killed two more Palestinians, following fourteen days of violence that have already claimed at least 30 Palestinian lives.Israeli police opened fire on one young Palestinian on Wednesday afternoon at the entrance of the Damascus gate in Jerusalem.The

DHAKA: The Palestinians want the UN to consider deploying a protection force in occupied East Jerusalem to help quell violence.The Palestinian envoy to the United Nations has said.Riyad Mansour said on Wednesday that the proposal would be included in a draft resolution aimed at defusing

DHAKA: Front-runner Hillary Clinton was widely seen as a runaway winner in the first Democratic Presidential debate, delivering a commanding performance in which her experience of big stage and high office shone through. Clinton reduced her four male opponents for the Democratic

DHAKA: Israeli forces have shot and killed a Palestinian man following fourteen days of violence that has already seen at least 30 other Palestinians killed.Police opened fire on the young Palestinian on Wednesday at the entrance of the Damascus gate in Jerusalem, reports Al

DHAKA: Taliban insurgents overran two checkpoints in southern Helmand province and killed 29 border police officers.A provincial official said, reports TDS.Bashir Ahmad Shakir, a provincial council member in Helmand province, said on Wednesday that the police officers were killed after a

DHAKA: Anakara’s police, intelligence and security chiefs have been suspended in the wake of bombings that left 97 people dead in Turkey’s capital.The interior ministry said the move would enable a ‘robust’ investigation.The attack, the worst in Turkey’s modern history,

DHAKA: Turkey has summoned ambassadors from both Russia and the United States regarding ties with Kurdish forces in Syria.Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has said, reacting to any probable arms support to groups which have ties with the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK),