DHAKA: North Korea has threatened to conduct a nuclear test in response to a United Nations move towards a probe into the country’s human rights violations.Its foreign ministry on Thursday accused the United States of orchestrating a recent UN resolution calling for the

DHAKA: A man armed with a knife has killed seven people at a hospital in north-eastern China, state media report.The attack took place on Thursday in the popular resort town of Beidaihe, state broadcaster CCTV news said, reports the BBC.The 27-year-old suspect was believed to be

DHAKA: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said on Wednesday that ‘close to 50’ French citizens have been killed fighting alongside jihadists in Syria. A government source told the media the precise number, as of Monday, was estimated at 49, reports The Straits Times. ‘We know the

DHAKA: A ferocious storm dumped massive piles of snow on parts of upstate New York, trapping residents in their homes and stranding motorists on roadways, as temperatures in all 50 US states fell to freezing or below. The storm was blamed for at least six deaths in New York, New

DHAKA: French lawmakers now have the power to launch a US-style impeachment of their president under a new law passed on Wednesday. Heads of state in France have until now enjoyed some of the strongest legal protections in the West - only removable in cases of high treason. But the law

DHAKA: Russia is ready for cooperation with the United States, provided it is based on respect for each others’ interests and non-interference in domestic affairs. President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times. ‘We are ready for practical cooperation with our

DHAKA: Spanish lawmakers on Tuesday urged their government to recognize Palestine as a state, albeit only when the Palestinians and Israel negotiate a solution to their long-running conflict. The symbolic motion, which echoes similar votes last month in Britain and Ireland, received the

DHAKA: At least four people have been killed as a car bomb targeted a government building in the Iraqi Kurdish capital, Irbil. The local Rudaw news network reports, the BBC says. The blast, accompanied by gunfire, was reported outside the governor’s office, close to the historic

DHAKA: Clashes have taken place between Hong Kong police and a small group of protesters who tried to break into parliament early on Wednesday.Protesters used metal barricades to break down a side door at the Legislative Council building (Legco).The incident happened hours after bailiffs

DHAKA: An unidentified man opened fire inside the car of K Nityananda Reddy, director and vice-chairman of Indian leading pharmaceutical company — Aurobindo Pharma, in the Banjara Hills area of Hyderabad on Wednesday.No injures were reported from the scene of action, reports the

DHAKA: Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called an early election, two years ahead of schedule. At a news briefing, he said he would dissolve parliament later this week and was also delaying a planned but unpopular increase in sales tax. Abe was elected two years ago with an

DHAKA: Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas condemned an attack by two Palestinian men in a Jerusalem synagogue which killed four people on Tuesday. ‘The presidency condemns the attack on Jewish worshipers in their place of prayer and condemns the killing of civilians no matter who is

DHAKA: Court bailiffs in Hong Kong are clearing out a protest site near government offices after the high court granted an injunction.The bailiffs, backed by police officers, are removing barricades outside Citic Tower in the Admiralty area, but leaving the rest of the

DHAKA: At least four people are reported killed in what Israeli police say was a ‘terrorist attack’ at a Jerusalem synagogue. Two men armed with axes and knives carried out the attack in the Har Nof neighborhood. Police say they shot both the attackers dead inside the synagogue,

DHAKA: Scores of Myanmar students rallied illegally in Yangon Monday against a new education bill they describe as undemocratic, the latest in a series of protests that began during a visit by US president Barack Obama.Young activists, some holding banners reading ‘We need Academic

DHAKA: Russia and Iran have signed a set of documents on enhancement of cooperation in peaceful use of atomic energy. Sergei Kirienko, Head of ROSATOM, Russia’s state nuclear energy corporation and Ali Akbar Salehi, Vice- President of Iran and Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy

DHAKA: Pakistan’s prime minister Nawaz Sharif has rejected the use of a bulletproof car provided by rival India for next week’s summit of South Asian leaders in Kathmandu.A Nepalese official said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.Sharif ‘will be bringing his own car... all

DHAKA: Russia said on Monday several of its diplomats had been expelled from Poland and that a number of Polish diplomats had left Russia after Moscow took ‘adequate’ measures in return.It was unclear why the Russian diplomats had been expelled and no more details were immediately

DHAKA: Scientists and geologists who trekked a mountain in upper Terengganu have discovered what they believe to be fossils of three different types of dinosaurs that may have lived in the area 66 million years ago or earlier.The fossils are said to be unrelated to those found earlier

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has condemned the killing of US aid worker Abdul-Rahman Kassig as ‘an act of pure evil’.The Islamic State (IS) militant group released a video showing a masked man standing over a severed head, which the White House confirmed was Kassig.His parents