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

DHAKA:  At least five people, four of them women, were killed and seven injured after a four-storey building collapsed in the Vishnu Garden area of West Delhi on Saturday night. A minor girl is feared to be trapped under the debris.Eight fire engines are at the spot; local police and

BAGHDAD, IRAQ:  More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, in one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of the country.The blast brought down several buildings in Khan

DHAKA: Buckingham Palace has criticised the Sun newspaper for publishing footage of the Queen giving the Nazi salute as a child, reports NDTV.The palace said that the paper had exploited footage that appeared to have come from the monarch’s personal archives.The Sun ran an image from

DHAKA: A commuter train crashed into another passenger train during rush hour Friday in South Africa's largest city injuring more than 300 people, an emergency services spokeswoman said.Nana Radebe, spokeswoman for Johannesburg Emergency Services, said 326 people were rushed to nearby

DHAKA: A car bomb has killed at least 80 people at a busy market in an Iraqi town, officials have said.The attack happened in the predominantly Shia town of Khan Bani Saad, north of the capital Baghdad, reports BBC.Children were among those dead in the explosion, which came as people

DHAKA: Critics of the nuclear agreement with Iran are at odds with ‘99% of the world and the majority of nuclear experts’, US President Barack Obama has said.He challenged critics of Tuesday’s deal to present a better alternative - seen as a veiled reference to his Republican