DHAKA: A senior adviser to US President Barack Obama said that Afghanistan will sign a deal on Tuesday to allow American soldiers to remain in the country past the end of the year. John Podesta, speaking to a news conference at the US embassy in Kabul, said he didn’t know if newly

DHAKA: Pro-democracy protesters have again urged Hong Kong’s leader to step down saying he will be condemned by history, as huge crowds continue to bring parts of the territory to a standstill. On Monday night, tens of thousands blocked streets, singing and chanting, reports the BBC.

DHAKA: The imprisoned former chief minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, Jayaram Jayalalitha appealed against her sentence, BBC reports.  One of India's most colourful and controversial politicians, Jayalalitha was jailed for four years on corruption charges at the weekend. In a

DHAKA: Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have closed in on a key Kurdish town in Syria, right next to the border with Turkey. They prompting the government in Ankara to deploy tanks to protect its territory, reports Aljazeera. The news comes as activists

DHAKA: At least 32 people were killed and 10 seriously injured when a bus collided with a cargo truck in southern South Sudan.Hospital officials said on Monday, reports dailymail.co.uk.Officials said it was still not clear what caused the accident early on Monday morning on a road that

DHAKA: Taiwan’s president threw his weight behind Hong Kong’s democracy protesters on Monday, saying he was ‘very concerned’ by events in the city and urging China to proceed with ‘peaceful and cautious measures’.Chaotic protests saw Hong Kong police fire tear gas on

DHAKA: India prime minister Narendra Modi has ordered government officers to work on father of nation Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday, a national holiday, to clean ministries, including toilets, in a nationwide cleanliness drive.Modi plans to honour the independence hero by launching on

DHAKA: The ranks of Hong Kong democracy protesters who have paralysed parts of the city swelled into their tens of thousands on Monday, digging in for another night of confrontation with the police in their campaign for free elections.In the worst unrest since the former British

DHAKA: India’s finance minister Arun Jaitley may have to cancel a trip to the United States in October after he was moved to an isolation ward of a government-run hospital to help him recover from an infection that followed a stomach operation to treat diabetes.Jaitley is due to

Hong Kong’s government said it has withdrawn riot police from main streets where thousands of protesters were camped out in a massive civil disobedience campaign, and urged the crowds to disperse peacefully.This comes after a violent weekend when police used pepper spray, tear gas

DHAKA: Firefighters, police and troops resumed search operations on a volcano in central Japan on Monday, after four confirmed fatalities with at least 27 other people feared dead.More than 500 rescuers returned to Mount Ontake after the search had been called off on Sunday afternoon

DHAKA: Ashraf Ghani has been sworn in as Afghanistan's president in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul.It comes after six months of deadlock amid a bitter dispute over electoral fraud and a recount of votes.Under a US-brokered unity deal Ghani takes over the presidency and

DHAKA: A group of Taliban suicide bombers has attacked a local government headquarters in Afghanistan's eastern Paktia province, killing 10 people, as the country's new president was preparing to be sworn in.A fighter detonated an explosives laden vehicle at the entrance of a

DHAKA: Afghan President-elect Ashraf Ghani is set to be inaugurated in a ceremony at the presidential palace in Kabul.It comes after six months of deadlock amid a bitter dispute over electoral fraud and a recount of votes.Under a US-brokered unity deal Ghani takes over the presidency and

DHAKA: President Barack Obama has acknowledged that US agencies underestimated the threat posed by the Islamist insurgency in Syria.In a frank TV interview, he said that al-Qaeda had been beaten in Iraq by US forces working with Sunni tribes.But they took advantage of the power vacuum

DHAKA: Thousands of people have remained on the streets of Hong Kong for another day of pro-democracy protests, defying tear gas and ignoring appeals to leave.Overnight, riot police advanced on crowds who ignored official warnings that the demonstrations were illegal.Protesters are

DHAKA: Authorities in India’s Gujarat state arrested at least 40 people after late-night clashes between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Vadodara and suspended mobile phone internet and bulk text messaging services for four days. Officials said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.

DHAKA: The bodies of 31 hikers have been found near the top of Japan’s Mount Ontake a day after a sudden volcanic eruption. The hikers were not breathing and their hearts had stopped. The search for a total of 45 missing climbers has now been called off for the night. The volcano,

DHAKA: Moscow wants to improve ties with Washington and is not interested in a continued ‘sanctions war’ with the West. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report on Sunday. In an interview with Russia’s Channel 5 TV, Lavrov said

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has said ‘unprecedented challenges’ facing Yemen since Shia Muslim rebels took over the capital could threaten international security, and called for swift action to deal with instability in its southern neighbour. The world’s largest oil exporter, which shares