DHAKA: Iran demanded an immediate halt to Saudi-led military operations in Yemen on Thursday and said it would make all necessary efforts to control the crisis there.   Iranian news agencies reported, says The Jerusalem Post.   Warplanes from Saudi Arabia and Arab allies on Thursday

DHAKA: Chinese president Xi Jinping worked to mend relations with Sri Lanka on Thursday as state-run media warned the island nation’s new government against shutting off billions in investments from Beijing.   Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena is on his first state visit to

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has launched a military operation, including air strikes, in Yemen against Houthi Shia rebels.   The Saudi ambassador in the US has said, reports the BBC.   Adel al-Jubeir said Saudi Arabia acted to ‘defend the legitimate government’ of president Abdrabbuh

DHAKA: Posters of ‘missing’ Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi posters have been put up in various parts of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.Rahul Gandhi has been on a leave of absence for the last few weeks, just when the crucial Budget Session of Parliament began, reports The Times

DHAKA: A United States drone strike killed 11 Pakistani Taliban militants in northeastern Afghanistan, including six or seven senior commanders, intelligence officials said on Wednesday, hours after a strike killed at least nine militants in the same area.The drone attack, late on

DHAKA: In an emotional journey, the body of Lee Kuan Yew was conveyed via a gun carriage from the Istana to Parliament House on Wednesday morning, where Singaporeans can pay their last respects till Saturday.Thousands lined the streets along the route from about 7.30am for the ceremony

DHAKA: A mother has been arrested after officials found two of her children dead inside her freezer in Detroit of the US state of Michigan.Court officials carrying out an eviction order on Tuesday discovered the bodies of an 11-year-old boy and a 14-year-old girl, reports BBC. Police did

DHAKA: A Dornier aircraft of the Indian Navy, which was on a routine training mission with three personnel on board, crashed last night about 25 nautical miles South West of Goa.While one personnel has been rescued, two officers - a Captain and an Observer - are still missing, reports

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama says prospects for a two-state solution in the Middle East are "dim" after the Israeli prime minister vowed to oppose a Palestinian state.Netanyahu's statements angered the White House, even though he has since tried to soften his remark, reports

DHAKA: A German jetliner en route from Barcelona, Spain, to Düsseldorf, Germany, plunged from the sky on Tuesday and slammed into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board.The Airbus A320 - flight 4U 9525 - went down between Digne and Barcelonnette. There are no survivors, reports

DHAKA: The Supreme Court of India has scrapped a contentious law that was seen as a major infringement of the freedom of speech online because it allowed the arrest of a person for posting "offensive" content. Section 66(A) of the Information Technology Act, "is unconstitutional and we

DHAKA: An Airbus A320 airliner has crashed in the French Alps between Barcelonnette and Digne.French aviation officials and police have said, reports the BBC.The jet belongs to the German low-cost airline Germanwings, a subsidiary of Lufthansa.The plane had reportedly been en route from

DHAKA: David Cameron has told the BBC he will not serve a third term as prime minister if the Conservatives remain in government after the general election.The PM said if re-elected he would serve the full five years of another Parliament and then leave Number 10.Cameron tipped home

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama will host Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe at the White House next month for talks expected to focus on their joint response to China’s rising power and efforts to finalize a major Asia-Pacific trade pact.Abe, who will spend eight days in the United

DHAKA: Gunmen in eastern Afghanistan attacked passing vehicles on a darkened highway during a midnight assault Tuesday, killing at least 13 people, authorities said.The attack happened in Wardak province's Sayad Abad district, where Taliban fighters hold much territory and launch frequent

DHAKA: The Yemeni foreign minister has called for Gulf Arab states to intervene to prevent the advance of Shia Houthi rebels into the south of the country. The Houthis ousted President Abdrabbuh Mansour Hadi last month, who fled to the southern port city of Aden where he established a

DHAKA: At least 36 people were killed and 70 others injured after a bus drifted into the opposite lane in Peru.The bus, operated by the Murga Serrano line, was hit by three vehicles coming in the opposite direction - two buses and a truck.The vehicle was carrying a delegation from the

DHAKA: Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe met with Indonesian president Joko Widodo Monday to forge tighter economic and defense ties, as Tokyo works to court friends in the face of a rising China.The two nations agreed to tighter cooperation on coastal security, regular talks between

DHAKA: Pakistan held its first Republic Day parade in seven years on Monday, full of flag-waving pomp and aerial military expertise, a symbolic show of strength in the war against the Taliban months after a militant attack on a school killed 132 children.The Pakistan Day parade, complete

DHAKA: In a fresh rebuke to Benjamin Netanyahu, US president Barack Obama said the Israeli leader’s pre-election disavowal of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict makes it ‘hard to find a path’ toward serious negotiations to resolve the issue.In an interview with