DHAKA: With 10 days to a nuclear deal deadline, top US and Iranian officials spoke Saturday of substantial headway.Iran’s president proclaimed that agreement was within reach. But America’s top diplomat said it was up to Tehran to make the decisions needed to get there, reports the

DHAKA: The US defense department says it is investigating an online threat allegedly made by Islamic State (IS) to about 100 of its military personnel.A list of names and addresses was posted on a website linked to the group alongside a call for them to be killed.The group said it

DHAKA: Al-Qaeda fighters captured the capital of a province in southern Yemen, killing about 20 soldiers, before they were driven out by the army late on Friday.Local officials and residents said, The Straits Times publishes this report on Saturday.The fighting came hours after suicide

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Saturday that world powers were ‘united’ in their nuclear talks with Iran, amid speculation of splits with France, and stressed that he would not rush into a bad deal.‘I emphasise: We are united in our goal, our approach, our resolve

DHAKA: Jailed Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan on Saturday called for Kurds to hold a congress to bring an end to the 40-year armed struggle in Turkey waged by the separatist Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).‘A congress should be organised to bring an end to the 40-year struggle

DHAKA: US first lady Michelle Obama was greeted by flag-waving schoolchildren on Saturday during her first trip to Cambodia as she pushes a US-led initiative to combat a ‘crisis’ in girls’ education.Michelle visited a school on the outskirts of Siem Reap with Bun Rany, the wife of

DHAKA: The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea are meeting later for their first talks in three years.The meeting in Seoul is likely to focus on ways to ease regional tensions over territorial and diplomatic disputes.The three states have strong economic ties but relations

DHAKA: Police found the bodies of five infants in a home near Bordeaux, France, according to news reports. Four of the bodies were frozen, the reports say.The mother, 35, was hospitalized at Pellegrin Hospital in Bordeaux for gynecological and psychiatric examinations, the French

DHAKA: Islamic State (IS) say its militants carried out suicide bombings on two mosques in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, which killed at least 137 people.The attacks are the first claimed by IS - a Sunni group - since it set up a branch in Yemen in November, reports BBC.Both mosques were

DHAKA: Millions of people are set to see an astronomical triple play when a rare total solar eclipse occurs on the same day as the vernal equinox, and a supermoon makes an appearance. The moon will also reach perigee on Friday, the point where it is closest to the Earth, creating a

DHAKA: At least 35 people were killed, 150 injured as two mosques in the Yemeni capital Sanaa have been attacked by suicide bombers during the rush for Friday prayers.Three blasts were heard in two central mosques used by Houthi Shia Muslims, sources have told Al Jazeera.A report on a TV

DHAKA: Six people including three security personnel were killed and10 others injured as a ‘fidayeen’ squad of militants in Army fatigues stormed a police station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district in India on Friday.Two militants were also killed in the subsequent encounter

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has told the Iranian people that a deal to transform the relationship between the two countries could be within reach.“We have the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries,” he said in a video message for Persian

DHAKA: Millions of people in the UK and northern Europe are witnessing the best solar eclipse in years.In a solar eclipse, a path across the Earth's surface is plunged into darkness as the Moon comes between us and the Sun.This commenced at 07:41 GMT and the deepest part of the Moon's

DHAKA: At least 30 people died and over 50 were injured as two coaches of the Dehradun-Varanasi Janta Express derailed in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae Bareli district of India on Friday. The accident took place around 9:30am (Indian time) as the train was coming to a stop at the Bachhrawan

DHAKA: In a small step toward a possible thaw in relations, officials from Japan and China on Thursday held their first meeting on security issues in four years, discussing the creation of a hotline to ease tensions in the East China Sea.The world's second- and third-largest economies,

DHAKA: Iran and major powers are still ‘pretty far’ from a deal aimed at preventing Teheran getting nuclear weapons. A European diplomat involved in crunch talks in Switzerland said Thursday, reports The Straits Times. ‘I think we are pretty far from a deal,’ the negotiator said

DHAKA: Thailand’s Supreme Court accepted a criminal case against ousted former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Thursday for allegedly mishandling a multibillion-dollar rice subsidy scheme, and she could be jailed for up to 10 years if found guilty. ‘The panel (of judges) has

DHAKA: Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria militants may have committed genocide in trying to wipe out the Yazidi minority in Iraq.A UN report said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The IS group ‘may have committed all three of the most serious international crimes - namely war

DHAKA: Tunisia’s prime minister says 21 people are dead after an attack on a major museum, including 17 foreign tourists - and that two or three of the attackers remain at large. Habib Essid told national television that the foreigners included tourists from Poland, Italy, Germany and