DHAKA: The United States must ‘do everything in its power’ to repair relations after reports emerged that it spied on French President Francois Hollande and two of his predecessors.France Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.‘The US should

DHAKA: President Vladimir Putin has extended Russia’s ban on food imports from the West by one year, longer than had been expected, in retaliation to the extension of European sanctions against Moscow over Ukraine.The ban, which prohibits most food imports from the United States, the

DHAKA: Germany’s domestic intelligence agency (BfV) fears a growing number of women have gone to Iraq and Syria to fight alongside Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria militants.German intelligence chief said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of the

DHAKA: France has summoned the US envoy in Paris over claims that the US spied on President Francois Hollande and his two predecessors.Officials say, reports the BBC.Whistleblower website Wikileaks reports the US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy and

DHAKA: The death toll from a heatwave in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province has passed 800, hospital officials say, as mortuaries reached capacity.At least 780 people had died in Karachi, BBC Urdu reported. Another 30 deaths were reported elsewhere in the province, state owned PTV

DHAKA: The US National Security Agency (NSA) spied on French Presidents Jacques Chirac, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande in 2006-12.WikiLeaks says, reports the BBC.The whistleblower website cites ‘top secret intelligence reports and technical documents’ from the NSA.The US would

DHAKA: China's food safety watchdog has asked three milk producers in central Shaanxi province to recall substandard infant formula milk powder and urged local authorities to punish the firms severely if they have broken the law.Tainted milk is a sensitive topic in China after a 2008

DHAKA: A strong earthquake has struck off an island chain south of Tokyo, but officials say there is no danger of a tsunami.Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the earthquake hit Tuesday evening and measured a preliminary magnitude of 6.9. It said it was located very deep, about 480

DHAKA: Pakistan’s prime minister called for emergency measures as the death toll from a heatwave in southern Sindh province reached nearly 700.The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said it had received orders from Nawaz Sharif to undertake immediate response measures.The

DHAKA: Indian prosecutors said on Tuesday they have formally charged eight men over the rape of an elderly Catholic nun that shocked the country earlier this year.The nun, who is in her 70s, needed surgery after the attack in March when a gang of robbers broke into the convent school

DHAKA: Pakistan’s prime minister called for emergency measures as the death toll from a heatwave in southern Sindh province reaches 500.The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) said it had received orders from Nawaz Sharif to undertake immediate response measures.The army has

DHAKA: China is mounting a serious effort to challenge US military superiority in air and space, forcing the Pentagon to seek new technologies and systems to stay ahead of its rapidly developing rival.Deputy defense secretary Robert Work said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.The

DHAKA: The Afghan parliament has been attacked by Taliban fighters in Kabul, with a series of explosions and gunfire forcing politicians to evacuate.Al Jazeera’s Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul, said five people were killed, in addition to the seven fighters who launched the

DHAKA: A coordinated Taliban attack on the Afghan parliament in Kabul has ended with all six gunmen killed.The interior ministry says, reports the BBC.Attackers detonated a huge car bomb outside the building, before racing into parliament itself, reports said.Police evacuated the

DHAKA: China inaugurated a new land crossing into Tibet on Monday for Indian pilgrims who wish to visit one of the holiest sites in both Hinduism and Buddhism, state media said, as the two countries seek to set aside differences and improve ties.The first group of pilgrims entered Tibet

DHAKA: Multiple explosions have taken place around the Afghan parliament in the capital Kabul.A security official told the media gunfire was also heard outside the building. Live television footage showed lawmakers being evacuated amid smoke, reports the BBC.It is not immediately clear

DHAKA: A Europe-wide police team is being formed to track and block social media accounts linked to Islamic State (IS).A recent US study found there were at least 46,000 accounts on Twitter linked to the militant group, many of which help to recruit new IS members, reports the BBC.The

DHAKA: Thousands of people have rallied in front of parliament in Athens, in support of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, who presented new proposals to European leaders on Sunday aimed at ending his country’s debt crisis.Greece is set to join summit of European leaders in Brussels

DHAKA: A devastating heatwave gripping Sindh for several days has taken a toll of at least 136 people in the province. Most of them were pronounced dead at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), officials said on Sunday.The officials said the city would not see any let-up on

DHAKA: A court in Germany is set to consider a request from Egypt to extradite Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Mansour, who was detained at Berlin airport at the request of the Egyptian government.Egypt asked Germany and Interpol on Sunday to extradite Mansour, but prosecutors have said they