DHAKA: Egypt’s president has said he will not ‘interfere’ with the judiciary over the sentencing of Al Jazeera journalists in Cairo, which triggered global outrage. ‘We must respect judicial rulings and not criticise them even if others do not understand this,’ Abdul Fattah

DHAKA: The US secretary of state John Kerry is in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil holding talks with Kurdish leaders as Sunni rebels continue their offensive. Kerry’s central aim is to assist the formation of a new, more inclusive Iraqi unity government, reports the BBC. Kerry said

DHAKA: Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones. Ex-News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks was cleared of all charges in the phone-hacking trial, reports the BBC. Coulson went on to become director of communications for

DHAKA: Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko said on Tuesday Russia’s move to revoke a resolution authorising military intervention in Ukraine was the Kremlin’s ‘first practical step’ towards settling the crisis in the country’s restive east. Russian agencies reported earlier

DHAKA: The European Union set Albania on the road to membership on Tuesday, agreeing to give the small Balkan state the status of candidate to join. The bloc’s enlargement commissioner Stefan Fuele said, The Straits Times reports. ‘Congratulations on candidate status just agreed,’

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday asked the upper chamber of parliament to cancel a resolution allowing him to send troops into Ukraine. A Kremlin spokesman said, reports The Straits Times. ‘In the aim of normalising the atmosphere and resolving the situation in the

DHAKA: Members of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) rescued 168 children and arrested 281 alleged pimps in cities across the US in a week-long child sex-trafficking sting. The FBI sources said that which reports the BBC. ‘Our children are not for sale,' FBI director James Comey

NEW YORK:  Climate change will exact enormous costs on U.S. regional economies in the form of lost property, reduced industrial output and higher health expenses, according to a report backed by a trio of men with vast business experience. The report, released Tuesday, is designed to

DHAKA: Iraqi forces still control the country's largest oil refinery, state-run media reports, contradicting earlier claims, CNN breaking.   Earlier, the ISIS rebels claimed that the have controlled country’s largest oil refinery.** Iraqi rebels seize key oil refinery  BDST: 1210

DHAKA: A trio of earthquakes struck in the South Pacific Ocean Tuesday morning southeast of Raoul Island, New Zealand, the U.S. Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of damage. Two quakes, with magnitudes of 6.9 and 6.3, hit within minutes of each other, according to

DHAKA: Iraqi Kurdish President Massoud Barzani gave his strongest-ever indication on Monday that his region would seek formal independence from the rest of Iraq. “Iraq is obviously falling apart,” he told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an exclusive interview. “And it’s obvious that

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has called Russian president Vladimir Putin to support peace and help de-escalate tension in Ukraine. “Obama spoke to Putin and urged him to support peace instead of allowing the provision of arms and materiel across the border and continuing support

DHAKA: Hundreds of journalists are due to gather in London to protest against the seven-year jail terms given to three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt. Earlier on Monday a court in Cairo found Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of spreading false news. The trio had

DHAKA: Pakistan’s Supreme Court overturned a high court ruling to lift a travel ban slapped on Pervez Musharraf last year, a setback to the former military ruler facing multiple trials including one for high-treason. The Sindh high court in a judgment of June 12 had allowed 70-year-old

DHAKA: Pro-Russia rebels in eastern Ukraine said they will observe a ceasefire until Friday morning, responding to the Ukrainian forces' unilateral ceasefire. The rebel announcement was made in Donetsk by Alexander Borodai, a leader of the self-styled "Donetsk People's Republic" which is

DHAKA: Iraqi Sunni rebels have fully captured the country's main oil refinery at Baiji, north of Baghdad, news BBC.  The refinery had been under siege for 10 days with the militant offensive being repulsed several times. The complex supplies a third of Iraq's refined fuel and the

KOLKATA: Nur Hossain, the prime accused of Narayanjganj 7-murder case, along with his two accomplices, has been sent to the jail custody for 14 days.After that, they will be extradited to Bangladesh with the help of the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), sources

DHAKA: An explosion has struck a public health college in Nigeria’s second city of Kano, in the north.Nigeria police say, reports the BBC.At least seven people were killed in the blast at the Kano School of Hygiene, they add.The city is known to have been targeted in the past by the

DHAKA: A top Afghan election official accused of fraud resigned Monday, raising hopes of ending a political deadlock that threatens to derail the country’s presidential succession as Nato troops withdraw.Zia-ul-Haq Amarkhail, head of the secretariat of the Independent Election

DHAKA: Israel prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Israel’s enemies throughout the Middle East on Monday that Israel would strike back if any of them attempt to harm the Jewish state.Speaking at a meeting of his Likud Beytenu faction in the Knesset, Netanyahu praised the Shin