DHAKA: Turkey is to let the US carry out airstrikes against the Islamic State group from a key military base near the Syrian border, US officials have said.The agreement, yet to be confirmed by Ankara, follows months of negotiations, reports BBC.The deal comes after Turkey and IS fighters

DHAKA: A court in northern Myanmar has sentenced 153 Chinese nationals to life in prison for illegal logging.The group were arrested in January in Kachin state, close to the Chinese border, during a military operation to crack down on illegal logging.Two 17-year-old boys were also given

DHAKA: Israeli forces have broken into a house and killed a 52-year-old Palestinian man in a village north of Hebron in the occupied West Bank.Falah Abu Maria was shot in the chest two times from a relatively close range, according to medical sources, on Thursday in Beit Ummar village

DHAKA: Protesters have poured into New York’s Times Square to denounce the Iran nuclear deal as a threat to Israel and global security, demanding that the US Congress reject the pact.Speakers at Wednesday’s rally, including Republican politicians, called on the US Congress to throw

DHAKA: Iran’s President has appeared on television in a bid to shore up support for a deal that lifts sanctions in exchange for nuclear cooperation.Hassan Rouhani made the broadcast as he battled to head off opposition to the agreement from senior figures in the Iranian regime, reports

DHAKA: Greece has taken a crucial step towards a bailout after its parliament passed a second set of reforms.The passage of the measures means that negotiations on an €86bn European Union bailout can begin, reports the BBC.The reforms include changes to Greek banking and an overhaul of

DHAKA: North Korea has erected a new, taller launch tower at its missile base, possibly in preparation for firing a long-range rocket to mark an important national anniversary in October.South Korea’s Yonhap news agency has reported, Al Jazeera says on Wednesday.The 67-metre tower will

DHAKA: A suicide bomber killed 15 people including women and children in a northern Afghan market Wednesday, as militants intensify their annual summer offensive despite nascent peace talks.The attack in Almar district of Faryab province, bordering Turkmenistan, highlights the heavy toll

DHAKA: What may be the world’s oldest fragments of the Koran have been found by the University of Birmingham.Radiocarbon dating found the manuscript to be at least 1,370 years old, making it among the earliest in existence, reports the BBC.The pages of the Muslim holy text had remained

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign minister defended Tuesday what he said was a ‘balanced’ nuclear deal with world powers, telling lawmakers there was a need to accept the negotiations had required compromise.In a speech to parliament Mohammad Javad Zarif emphasized that last week’s agreement

DHAKA: North Korea has said it has ‘no interest at all’ in an Iran-like dialogue with the US over giving up its nuclear capabilities.The country’s foreign ministry said in a statement on Tuesday that its nuclear program was an ‘essential deterrence’ against the ‘provocative’

DHAKA: The UN Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution that will clear a path for international sanctions crippling Iran’s economy to be lifted.Representatives of all 15 countries on the Security Council voted on Monday by raising their hands, reports Al Jazeera.‘The

DHAKA: An explosion has killed at least 10 in a municipal culture center in the southeastern province of Şanlıurfa’s Suruç district, as scores of people have been hospitalized.There is speculation that the blast was caused by a suicide bomber from the Islamic State (IS) of Iraq and

DHAKA: At least eight Afghan soldiers have been killed in a NATO air strike in eastern Afghanistan, according to security officials, in the latest ‘friendly fire’ incident involving foreign coalition forces.Provincial army commander Abdul Razaq said the strike took place on Monday

DHAKA: Cuba and the US have formally restored diplomatic relations after an agreement struck last year putting aside decades of hostility came into force.Just after midnight on Monday, the diplomatic missions of each country became full embassies.US Secretary of State John Kerry is due to

DHAKA: Military action could still be used to prevent Iran developing a nuclear bomb, despite the agreement struck this week.The US defense secretary has said, reports the BBC.Ashton Carter made the comments en route to Israel, the first leg of a tour of the Middle East.He is seeking to

DHAKA: At least 43 people have been killed in shelling by Yemeni Houthi rebels in the southern city of Aden, officials say.They say at least 120 others were wounded in Sunday's bombardment, which came amid attempts by government forces to tighten their grip on the city.Aden has seen

DHAKA: Cuba and the US have formally restored diplomatic relations after an agreement struck last year putting aside decades of hostility came into force.Just after midnight on Monday, the diplomatic missions of each country became full embassies, reports BBC.US Secretary of State John

DHAKA: Greek banks are set to reopen after three weeks of closures sparked by the deadlock over the country's debt.Athens reached agreement with its international creditors last week, in a cash-for-reforms deal that helped Greece avoid exiting the eurozone, BBC reported.But several

DHAKA: At least two women were killed and fifteen others injured on Saturday in a stampede during the rath yatra in Puri.Festivities during the world famous festival were marred by stampede-like situation during pulling of chariots on the Grand Avenue in which two women were killed and