DHAKA: President Barack Obama has come under renewed criticism over his foreign policy from both Democratic and Republican lawmakers as he wrestled with crises in Iraq, Syria, Libya and Ukraine.Republican lawmakers on Sunday seized on Obama's comment earlier this week when he said,

DHAKA: Iraqi forces have reached the besieged town of Amerli in northern Iraq, where thousands have been trapped by jihadists.The military officials confirmed the matter which reports the BBC.The apparent breakthrough came amid fresh US air strikes on Islamic State (IS) positions.

DHAKA: Leading American senators have called for the US to send weapons to help Ukraine fight what they say is "a Russian invasion".Robert Menendez, head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Russia's President Vladimir Putin must face a cost for his "aggression".Senator

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin has urged talks to discuss ‘statehood’ for eastern Ukraine. Russian media report, says the BBC. He went on to say it was ‘impossible to predict’ the end of crisis. His comments came after the EU gave Russian a one-week ultimatum to

DHAKA: Chinese authorities have ruled out open nominations for elections to choose Hong Kong’s leader. Authorities said two to three candidates will be nominated by a ‘broadly representative’ committee, reports the BBC. The decision is expected to limit elections to a selection of

DHAKA: European Union leaders chose Polish prime minister Donald Tusk as the new president of their Council and Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini as the bloc’s new foreign policy chief. Outgoing European Council president Herman Van Rompuy said, reports The Jerusalem Post.

DHAKA: European leaders have named the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, as the next EU president and Italian foreign minister Federica Mogherini to head its diplomatic service, as the bloc faces a series of challenges topped by Ukraine. Tusk, who speaks only halting English and no

DHAKA: Residents of a besieged Iraqi town say they have prepared graves for their families and will kill their wives and children if the city falls to the Islamic State group.The Shia Turkmen of Amerli, a town in the north of Iraq, are resisting Islamic State fighters who have

DHAKA: The US military has attacked Islamic State positions around the besieged Iraqi town of Amerli, where thousands of Shia Turkmen have been cut off from food and water for nearly two months by the group.John Kirby, the US department of defence spokesman, said on Sunday that

DHAKA: The European Union has given Russia one week to reverse course in Ukraine or face new sanctions. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said the EU was working urgently on further restrictive measures. Earlier, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said his country was

DHAKA: Eight persons were reportedly killed and 308 others got injured following clashes between police and protesters in Islamabad, capital of Pakistan, on Saturday night though police confirmed death of one.The clashes happened there over protesters’ march towards the prime

DHAKA: A cargo plane with six Ukrainians and one Russian on board crashed in Algeria’s far south early on Saturday. An Algerian transport ministry official said, reports The Straits Times. The Ukrainian Antonov-12 plane en route to Equatorial Guinea could have crashed for technical

DHAKA: Most of 24 trapped Nicaraguan gold miners have been freed after a mine collapse. Officials said, the BBC report says on Saturday. The miners were slightly dehydrated but otherwise in good health said Deputy Interior Minister Carlos Najjar. It is not known if the remaining miners

DHAKA: Amid Pakistan army’s mediation efforts, protesters have stepped up pressure on the embattled government with cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri setting yet another deadline of 24 hours for prime minister Nawaz Sharif to quit.In a late night development, Qadri’s camp was visited by a

DHAKA: European Union leaders gather in Brussels Saturday to hammer out a robust response to Russian incursions in east Ukraine and to appoint new candidates to key EU posts, including a replacement for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton.The 28 heads of state and government

DHAKA: Soldiers in the southern African kingdom of Lesotho have seized the police headquarters in an apparent coup attempt.Officials say, reports the BBC.Sports minister Thesele Maseribane told media that troops had also surrounded State House, a key government building.There are reports

DHAKA: Seven persons were killed and a two-year-old child injured when a car ran over three persons before crashing into a divider near a hotel in Greater Noida in india, on Friday.NDTV reports on Saturday.Six persons, including the two-year-old child, were returning from Noida in a

DHAKA: At least six people were killed and dozens wounded when a suicide car bomber and Taliban gunmen attacked an office of the Afghan intelligence agency in the eastern city of Jalalabad on Saturday.Afghanistan officials said, reports dawn.com.‘The attack was carried out by a

DHAKA: The West African country of Senegal has confirmed its first Ebola case one week after closing its border with Guinea over fears that the deadly outbreak could spread.Senegal is the fifth country in the region where the virus has spread, CNN reports.Senegal’s health minister,

DHAKA: US secretary of state John Kerry has called for a global coalition to combat Islamic State fighters’ ‘genocidal agenda’ after president Barack Obama admitted he had no strategy to tackle the group. Kerry’s call followed a decision by Britain to raise its terror alert level