DHAKA: A powerful blast hit the Italian consulate in the Egyptian capital on Saturday, partially destroying the facade of the building in central Cairo.It was not immediately clear what caused the blast, which occurred at about 6:30 am (0430 GMT), when the consulate would have been

DHAKA: Greece's parliament has backed a government package of economic reforms aimed at ending the country's debt crisis and securing a new bailout.After a late-night debate, PM Alexis Tsipras won overwhelming cross-party support but saw some of his own MPs vote against him or abstain,

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif on Friday agreed to expedite the Mumbai terror attack trial. In a joint briefing after an hour-long meeting held in Ufa, Russia, Indian and Pakistani foreign secretaries said the two sides will "discuss

DHAKA: Five airports in Indonesia have been shut, including in the tourist hotspot Bali, because of a volcanic eruption, transport officials say.Mount Raung in East Java has been spewing ash into the air for nearly a week obscuring visibility at Bali's Denpasar airport.For a second day,

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia's Prince Saud al-Faisal, formerly the world's longest-serving foreign minister who oversaw four decades of turbulent diplomacy for the oil-rich kingdom, has died.A statement from the Royal Court said Prince Saud, who was born in 1940, died in the United States without

DHAKA: Hackers that breached US government databases stole the personal information of at least 21.5 million people, officials said on Thursday.Those affected include government job applicants, federal contractors, and over a million of their partners, the Office of Personnel Management

DHAKA: The Greek government has submitted economic reform proposals to try to secure a further bailout from its creditors, eurozone officials say.They say they received the plan late on Thursday - just two hours before a midnight deadline. They will now study it ahead of EU meetings at

DHAKA: Iran and six world powers meeting in Vienna are said to be close to an historic nuclear agreement that could resolve a dispute that lasted more than 12 years over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Thursday that he could not rule out

DHAKA: At least 14 people were killed in battles in Libya’s second city Benghazi between militiamen and forces loyal to the internationally recognized government.Hospital officials said Thursday, reports TDS.The fighting erupted Wednesday morning in the center of the city, cradle of

DHAKA: Turkish protesters have attacked the Thai consulate in Istanbul following the deportation from Thailand of about 100 Uighurs to China.Thai officials said that protesters stormed the compound late on Wednesday night. No injuries were reported.Rights groups have criticized such

DHAKA: Nuclear talks between Iran and the world’s six major powers have entered their most difficult phase, but all involved parties are working on new proposals submitted by Tehran.Russia’s deputy finance minister Sergei Ryabkov said Thursday, reports TDS.‘These talks are like

DHAKA: The Greek government has extended bank closures and a €60 (£43; $66) daily limit on ATM withdrawals until Monday.The curbs were imposed on 28 June, after a deadlock in bailout talks with creditors led a rush of withdrawals.The European Central Bank has decided not to increase

DHAKA: A court in Iraq has sentenced 24 suspected members of Islamic State (IS) to death for their role in the massacre of hundreds of soldiers in June 2014.As many as 1,700 soldiers, most of them Shia Muslim recruits, were killed when the jihadist group overran the Camp Speicher military

DHAKA: The first officially acknowledged peace talks between the Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul have concluded with an agreement to meet again after the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.Pakistan officials said, Al Jazeera publishes this report on Wednesday.Pakistan hosted

DHAKA: An Australian touched by an image of a pensioner sobbing outside a Greek bank said Wednesday he was flying over to Europe to support the man financially after discovering he was a family friend.Giorgos Chatzifotiadis, 77, broke down in Greece’s second city of Thessaloniki last

DHAKA: The eurozone has given Greece until Thursday to present new proposals to secure a deal with creditors, and has called a full EU summit for Sunday.European Council President Donald Tusk said this was now the "most critical moment in the history of the eurozone"."The final deadline

DHAKA: The US Army is to reduce the size of its force by 40,000 soldiers over the next two years, according to US media.The cost-cutting exercise will also see an additional 17,000 civilian employees cut from the army.The plan, which could be officially announced later this week, would

DHAKA: Greece has submitted ‘no concrete proposals’ for a new bailout, at a key meeting of eurozone finance ministers.Malta PM says, reports the BBC.Joseph Muscat tweeted that this ‘doesn’t help this evening’s eurozone leaders’ meeting’ in Brussels.The eurozone had urged

DHAKA: A Nato convoy and an Afghan intelligence agency office have been targeted in two suicide attacks hours apart in the Afghan capital Kabul.In the first attack a car bomb hit a land cruiser carrying foreign forces. Nato said there were no fatalities, reports the BBC.In the second

DHAKA: At least 20 people have been killed in a bomb blast in the city of Zaria, northern Nigeria.A regional governor and two workers said, reports Al Jazeera.‘I am sad that a terrorist bomb attack just killed 20 people in Sabon Gari Zaria,’ Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, the governor of