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International

US drone kills senior Al-Qaeda militant in Yemen

DHAKA: Al-Qaeda said Thursday that one of its top militants who threatened more attacks on France after the Charlie Hebdo killings has died in a US drone strike in Yemen. Harith al-Nadhari and three other militants were killed in a January 31 ‘crusader American drone strike against

Kerry to hold key talks in Ukraine

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry is to hold talks in Ukraine, as Washington mulls whether to start sending weapons to help Kiev fight pro-Russian rebels.Ashton Carter, the White House’s choice for defence secretary, earlier said he was ‘inclined’ to start supplying arms.The

Al Jazeera journalist arrives back home

DHAKA: Peter Greste, the Al Jazeera journalist freed after 400 days in an Egyptian prison, has arrived back in his Australian homeland. Greste called for the release of two colleagues still in custody after he arrived on Thursday in the Queensland state capital of Brisbane, where he was

Hospital shelled in Ukraine, killing at least 5

DHAKA: Rocket salvoes hit a previously safe section of Ukraine's rebel stronghold of Donetsk on Wednesday, killing at least five people and damaging a hospital, six schools and five kindergartens, rebels said.The fighting between Russia-backed separatists and government troops in

Jordan’s King vows ‘severe response’ to IS

DHAKA: Jordan’s King Abdullah II has promised to fight back hard against Islamic State, saying that the death of a Jordanian pilot at the militants’ hands will not be in vain.The remarks were made as the king held a crisis meeting with security chiefs, reports BBC.He cut short a US

Death toll rises to 31 in Taiwan plane, 12 still missing

DHAKA: Rescue teams in Taiwan were searching for 12 people missing Thursday after the spectacular crash of a TransAsia Airways propjet captured on dramatic video.At least 31 people died in the crash of the TransAsia Airways turboprop plane shortly after takeoff in Taipai.Flight 235 had

12 killed as Taiwan plane hits river

DHAKA: At least 12 people were killed and many more are feared trapped after a TransAsia Airways plane crashed into a river in New Taipei City, which encircles Taipei, on Wednesday.According to the latest update from the Taipei City Government at 1.52pm local time, 30 people remain

Myanmar condemns UN for using the term ‘Rohingya’

DHAKA: Myanmar on Wednesday condemned a United Nations official for using the term ‘Rohingya’ to describe a persecuted minority that the government refers to as Bengali, which implies they are illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh.UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in

Greece lobbies EU leaders over debt

DHAKA: Greece’s leaders have received a guarded welcome to their reported proposals for a debt deal, ahead of crunch talks with EU creditors.After a meeting in Rome with Greek PM Alexis Tsipras, Italian PM Matteo Renzi said his country would ‘give Greece a hand’ without always

9 dead in Taiwan river plane crash

DHAKA: At least nine people were killed and dozens are feared trapped after their TransAsia Airways plane crashed into a river in New Taipei City on Wednesday.News reports said, according to The Straits Times.Seventeen others, including two children, have been sent to hospitals in New

7 dead in suburban NYC train crash

DHAKA: At least seven people were killed Tuesday evening after a Metro-North commuter train struck a Jeep just north of the train station, the MTA confirmed.At least 12 others were said to be injured in the crash.Aaron Donovan, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority,

Taiwan plane crash lands in river, 10 hurt

DHAKA: A TransAsia Airways plane crash landed in a Taipei river, injuring more than 10 people, television reported on Wednesday.No other details were immediately available.Source: sbs.com.auBDST: 0955 HRS, FEB 04, 2015

Jordan responds to pilot's killing with executions

DHAKA: Jordan has begun executing fighters on death row at dawn as part of an "earth-shattering" response to the burning alive of one of its fighter pilots by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group.Just hours after a video emerged online on Tuesday purporting to show

Greek finance minister to visit ECB on Wednesday

DHAKA: Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis is to visit the European Central Bank in Frankfurt on Wednesday.An ECB spokesman told the media, reports The Straits Times.The spokesman gave no details of the timetable of the visit or whether Varoufakis would meet ECB chief Mario Draghi.But

UN court rejects Serbia genocide claim

DHAKA: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague has ruled that Serbia did not commit genocide in Croatia during the Balkan Wars.It is still issuing its ruling on a counter claim of genocide from the Serbian side.The Croatian government had alleged that Serbia committed

US-India nuclear ‘breakthrough’ could be finalised within year

DHAKA:  A ‘breakthrough understanding’ to open India’s nuclear power sector to United States firms reached during president Barack Obama’s visit to New Delhi last month could be finalised this year.Indian officials say, reports The Straits Times.The January 25 announcement by

Icy Storm Leaves 11 Dead as It Sweeps Into Northeast

DHAKA: The snow and ice that swept into the Northeast on Monday, crippling major airports and hindering the recovery from the blizzard last week, has been blamed for at least 11 deaths, and with brutal cold bringing the threat of a flash freeze, Tuesday could again be an icy mess.New

Obama 2016 budget urges states to cut emissions faster

DHAKA: United States president Barack Obama’s fiscal 2016 Budget proposes US$7.4 billion to fund clean energy technologies and a US$4 billion fund to encourage US states to make faster and deeper cuts to emissions from power plants.Officials told the media, reports The Straits

Saudi Alarab TV channel halts hours after launch

DHAKA: A new Saudi Arabian pan-Arab news channel has stopped scheduled broadcasting less than 24 hours after going on air from studios in Bahrain.Alarab TV, owned by billionaire Saudi businessman, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, launched with the promise of politically independent news

Egypt court upholds Muslim Brotherhood death sentences

DHAKA: A court in Egypt has upheld death sentences on 183 Muslim Brotherhood supporters over a 2013 attack on a police station near Cairo.The men were convicted over the deaths of at least 11 officers in Kerdasa.The attack took place after Egyptian military forces cracked down on