DHAKA: China will not follow the path of ‘Western colonists’ in Africa, its foreign minister said during a five-nation tour of the continent, parrying criticism that his country’s hunger for resources has led to one-sided policies and damaging projects.China is Africa’s biggest

DHAKA: South Korea’s president Park Geun-hye has said she is prepared to hold talks with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un without setting pre-conditions.In a nationally televised press conference, she said she would ‘meet with anyone if necessary to open the path of a peaceful

DHAKA: Indonesian divers have retrieved the flight data recorder of crashed AirAsia Flight QZ8501.The officials said this which reports the BBC on Monday.The head of Indonesia’s search and rescue agency, Bambang Soelistyo, said teams were still looking for the second device, its

DHAKA: At least 56 people including a toddler in the north-west of Mozambique have died from apparent poisoning after consuming traditional beer known as ‘phombe’.The local authorities said this Sunday that reports NDTV on Monday.Carla Mosse, director of health for the province of

DHAKA: Opposition challenger Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic has become the first female president of Croatia, winning by the narrowest of margins.She secured 50.5 percent of the vote with 99 percent of ballots counted, while incumbent Ivo Josipovic was close behind on 49.5 percent.Josipovic

DHAKA: Dozens of world leaders including Muslim and Jewish statesmen linked arms leading hundreds of thousands of French citizens in an unprecedented march under high security to pay tribute to victims of Islamist militant attacks. French president Francois Hollande and leaders from

DHAKA: Indonesian divers on Sunday found the black box of the AirAsia plane which crashed in the Java Sea a fortnight ago with 162 people aboard.The transport ministry said, reports The Straits Times.But they failed to retrieve it because it was stuck under debris from the main body of

DHAKA: More than 10,000 people marched through the Belgian capital Brussels on Sunday in solidarity with the huge rally in Paris in the wake of this week’s terror attacks. A police source said, reports The Straits Times. Police had counted ‘between 10,000 and 15,000’ about half an

DHAKA: The Chinese police detained 25 plane passengers who opened emergency exits before take-off after becoming angry that their flight was delayed by snow, state media reported, in the latest incident of rowdy behavior by Chinese travelers.They were forced to wait in their seats for

DHAKA: More than a million people and dozens of world leaders were expected to march through Paris on Sunday in a historic display of global defiance against extremism after Islamist attacks that left 17 dead.In an unprecedented show of unity, the leaders of Israel and the Palestine will

DHAKA: A deadly road accident between an oil tanker and passenger coach late Saturday night left at least 62 dead with scores wounded as both vehicles caught fire, hospital officials said.“We have received more than 57 bodies but the death toll may rise as most of them are completely

DHAKA: The Indonesian authorities said on Sunday that strong signals were emanating from the crucial black box recorders of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the sea two weeks ago, killing all 162 people on board.Military divers were trying to follow the pings to the boxes, believed

DHAKA: World leaders are gathering in Paris ahead of a march in the French capital to show unity after three days of terror that left 17 people dead.Some 40 leaders are to go to the rally, expected to dwarf Saturday marches that saw 700,000 take to the streets.About 2,000 police officers

DHAKA: French police are searching for a suspected female accomplice of the attackers behind deadly attacks on a satirical magazine and a kosher supermarket, amid plans for a large street march in Paris.Hundreds of troops were deployed around Paris on Saturday, tightening security on

DHAKA: At least 57 people have been killed after an oil tanker apparently speeding in the wrong direction crashed into a passenger bus in southern Pakistan, igniting a fierce blaze, police have said.The bus was en route to the town of Shikarpur from the southern port city of Karachi

DHAKA: A suicide bomb attack by a young girl in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri has killed 19 people, while another a bomb-laden car exploded in Yobe state killing a further two people, police said.The first blast happened about 12:40pm local time (11:40 GMT) on Saturday near

DHAKA: A suicide bomb attack by a young girl in the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri has killed 19 people, while another a bomb-laden car exploded in Yobe state killing a further two people, police said. The first blast happened about 12:40pm local time (11:40 GMT) on Saturday near

DHAKA: The tail of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea was lifted to the surface using floating balloons on Saturday, but apparently without the crucial black box recorders.Indonesian authorities said, reports The Straits Times.The tail, which is where the black box data

DHAKA: North Korea said on Saturday it was willing to suspend nuclear tests if the United States agreed to call off annual military drills held jointly with South Korea, saying the exercises were the main reason for tension on the Korean peninsula.The proposal, which the North’s

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama rallied to the support of France after the bloody end to hostage sieges in Paris, vowing to offer all assistance to combat the threat of militant Islamists.‘I want the people of France to know that the United States stands with you today, stands with