DHAKA: Iran will convert more of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel under an interim nuclear deal with six world powers, making the material less suitable for building atomic bombs.A diplomatic source said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.Iran and the United

DHAKA: At least 16 Iraqi border guards were killed on Monday in a dawn assault by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group on their post near the Syrian border.Provincial and security officials said, reports The Straits Times.‘Sixteen border guards, including a captain, were

DHAKA: Partial results from Moldova’s parliamentary elections show that pro-EU parties have a narrow lead over those backing closer ties with Russia.With 80% of the votes counted, the three pro-Western parties have about 44%. The opposition has 40%.No party appears to be able to form a

DHAKA: Taiwan’s cabinet resigned en masse on Monday after the ruling party suffered a massive defeat at the island’s biggest ever local elections.The ruling Beijing-friendly Kuomintang (KMT) had their power slashed across Taiwan at the key polls Saturday, with Premier Jiang

DHAKA: The head of the UN Ebola response mission in West Africa has told the BBC there is still a ‘huge risk’ the deadly disease could spread to other parts of the world.Tony Banbury declined to say if targets he had set in the fight against Ebola, to be achieved by Monday, had been

DHAKA: Pakistan's opposition leader Imran Khan Monday threatened to "shut down" the entire country by December 16 if the Nawaz Sharif Government failed to initiate an impartial probe into the alleged rigging in 2013 general elections.The Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief, in a

DHAKA: Maoist guerrillas ambushed a paramilitary patrol in eastern India on Monday, killing 13 policemen in the biggest rebel attack this year.A state police officer said, reports The Straits Times.The attack took place in remote Sukma district, in the jungle of Chhattisgarh state,

DHAKA: Hong Kong police have clashed with pro-democracy activists trying to surround government offices, in some of the worst unrest in two months of protests. Protesters fought police armed with pepper spray and batons on roads around the camp in the Admiralty district. Police say 40

DHAKA: Moldova is voting in parliamentary elections which are widely seen as a contest between pro-EU parties and those backing closer ties with Russia.Recent opinion polls gave a lead to the pro-Westerners, but tough post-election bargaining is predicted.On the eve of the vote, one

DHAKA: Sri Lanka’s opposition parties formally launched their bid Sunday to topple long-serving president Mahinda Rajapakse at January elections, with prayers and public meetings in the island’s old capital of Polonnaruwa.Main opposition presidential candidate Maithripala

DHAKA: At least 50 extremists of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) have been killed in the past 24 hours in clashes, suicide bombings and US-led air strikes in Syria’s Kobane.A monitor said Sunday, reports The Straits Times.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the

DHAKA: Focusing on security issues in Assam, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government will go ahead with the land swapping agreement with Bangladesh for a permanent solution to the infiltration problem.“I know Assam’s problems. I assure you all that there will be

DHAKA: LUCKY black cat Dyson plunged 150ft from his tower block home and survived.Owner Joanna Kane, 39, said: “Dyson was playing with the curtains near an open window and before I could do anything to stop him he disappeared out of it.“I heard him hit the concrete outside and

DHAKA: Leading gold buyer India has announced it has eased controls on imports of the yellow metal after its current account deficit narrowed sharply.India, the world’s second-biggest gold buyer after China, imposed the import restrictions last year to avert a trade deficit crisis

DHAKA: Taiwan’s warmer relations with China were called into question on Sunday after the island’s Beijing-friendly ruling party suffered a massive defeat at local elections, sparking the resignation of premier Jiang Yi-huah. The major rout came as the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party

DHAKA: A US lawmaker's communications director was facing social media calls she be sacked after her Facebook rant about President Barack Obama's daughters prompted widespread anger. Elizabeth Lauten, spokeswoman for Republican Congressman Stephen Fincher of Tennessee, wrote a scathing

DHAKA: The mother of a victim of downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 has begun legal proceedings against Ukraine at the European Court of Human Rights, accusing Kiev of failing to close the country's airspace, a German daily reported Sunday. The woman, who lodged her complaint at the

DHAKA: Darren Wilson, the police officer whose deadly shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old prompted months of protest in Ferguson of America’s Missouri, resigned from his job on Saturday after avoiding prosecution by the state. Wilson, 28, said in a resignation letter that he could not

DHAKA: Pope Francis prayed silently alongside a senior Islamic cleric in Istanbul’s Blue Mosque on Saturday, in a gesture of inter-religious harmony in a country bordering the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. Pope Francis took off his shoes as he entered the huge mosque, before bowing his

DHAKA: Taiwan’s premier Jiang Yi-huah resigned on Saturday after the ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party suffered a landslide defeat at the island’s biggest-ever local elections. Jiang announced that he had stepped down at a hastily called brief press conference, saying that he took