DHAKA: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance since 3 September, BBC reports.  Media said on Tuesday that Kim "gave field guidance" at a newly-built scientists' residential district. Rodong Sinmun daily newspaper carried several photographs of Kim using a

DHAKA: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the southern coast of El Salvador on Monday night, reports the epoch times. The quake hit about 35 miles south of Chirilagua, the US Geological Survey said. It was also located 40 miles south of Intipuca, 52 miles south of La Union, and 105 mile

DHAKA: The severity of destruction caused by Cyclone Hudhud emerged a day after it ravaged coastal Andhra Pradesh with human fatalities reaching a grim 22 on Monday. Some 15 people were killed in Visakhapatnam, six in Vizianagaram and one in Srikakulam, said government spokesman Parakala

DHAKA: President Abdrabuh Mansur Hadi Monday named former oil minister Khalid Bahah as Yemen’s new premier, in his second bid this month to end the country’s political crisis. A presidency source said, reports The Straits Times. Bahah, 49, was nominated after consultations with

DHAKA: Asserting that the problem of terrorism in India was imported, president Pranab Mukherjee has said indigenous terrorist activity was ‘extremely negligible’ with hardly any involvement of the 150 million Muslims of the country.‘Of course there may be one or two out of

DHAKA: A Chinese court on Monday condemned 12 people to death and gave another 15 suspended death sentences in connection with a July attack in violence-racked Xinjiang.The regional government’s Tianshan portal said, reports The Straits Times.Thirty-seven civilians and 59

DHAKA: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has declared The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2014 to Jean Tirole of Toulouse 1 Capitole University in France.The Academy press release said that he is awarded ‘for his analysis of market power

DHAKA: Australian prime minister Tony Abbott on Monday vowed to ‘shirtfront’, or confront, Russian president Vladimir Putin at the Group of 20 summit next month over the loss of Australian lives in the MH17 crash over Ukraine.Australia is hosting the summit in Brisbane, and there

DHAKA: Powerful typhoon ‘Vongfong’ slammed into Japan on Monday morning, with at least one person missing and dozens injured while more than 300 flights were grounded.Officials and local media said, reports The Straits Times.Winds of up to 180 kmh whipped ashore as the typhoon made

DHAKA: Clashes have broken out in Hong Kong after masked men moved in on the main pro-democracy protest site in Central district.Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post said about 500 masked men rushed the barricades set up by protesters in recent week.Police have made some arrests,

DHAKA: Turkey has agreed to let the US use its military bases in the campaign against Islamic State militants, US National Security Adviser Susan Rice says. Ms Rice said the US welcomed the new agreement, which included use of the Incirlik air base in Turkey's south. The US is leading

DHAKA: Bolivia's President Evo Morales has claimed victory and a third term in office after presidential elections."This win is a triumph for anti-imperialists and anti-colonialists," he told cheering supporters at the presidential palace in La Paz.Exit polls show him on 60%, well ahead

DHAKA: International donors have pledged $5.4bn (£3.4bn) for the Palestinians at a conference in Cairo.The total, announced by the Norwegian Foreign Minister, Boerge Brende, exceeded the $4bn (£2.5bn) the Palestinian Authority had asked for.Half the sum would be "dedicated" to work in

DHAKA: Chinese prime minister Li Keqiang on Sunday arrived in Moscow for talks with president Vladimir Putin as Russia is struggling with its most pronounced isolation since the end of the Cold War.‘It is a major event in the bilateral relations,’ Chinese vice-minister Cheng

DHAKA: Israeli and Palestinian officials met at the weekend to draw up an action plan to prevent the Ebola epidemic from spreading to the territories they control.The Israeli military said Sunday, reports The Straits Times.‘During the meeting (on Saturday evening), updates were

DHAKA: The US has pledged $212 million in new aid to help rebuild Gaza at a donor conference in Cairo.The Palestinian government is appealing for a total $4bn to rebuild Gaza after the 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas.At least 100,000 Gazans lost their homes in the war and much of

DHAKA: As the Occupy Central movement enters its third week with no end to the impasse in sight, Hong Kong leader Leung Chun Ying has again ruled out resigning, saying that this ‘will not solve the problem’.He also indicated that a return to the table for talks with the protest

DHAKA: Three people were killed in rain-related incidents as cyclone named ‘Hudhud’ crossed the Visakhapatnam coast on Sunday uprooting trees and damaging power lines.‘Three deaths have been reported due to the impact of ‘Hudhud’ cyclone. Two died after trees fell on them

DHAKA: Heavy rain and strong winds have lashed Vizag as the cyclonic storm ‘Hudhud’ made a landfall on Andhra Pradesh coast. The outer edge of the cyclone crossed land at around 10am and the eye of the storm is expected to make a landfall at around noon. Several trees have been

DHAKA: Cyclone Hudhuh has hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh at Kailasagiri in the port city of Visakhapatnam. Winds are gusting at nearly 200 kms per hour, reports NDTV. Here are the latest developments: The worst phase of the cyclone has begun, says the navy, which has a huge base in