DHAKA: Ukraine interim president Oleksandr Turchynov said on Wednesday as he opened round-table talks on Ukraine’s deepening crisis that Kiev was ready to listen to pro-Russian rebels in the east but would not bow to blackmail. ‘Those with weapons in hand who are waging a war against

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama has met Syrian opposition leader Ahmad Jarba in a show of support for the embattled foes of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. The meeting on Tuesday came as the US again voiced concerns that any deadly weapons provided at the request of rebels in Syria

DHAKA: At least 23 people have been killed after suspected al-Qaeda fighters simultaneously attacked two army positions in southern Yemen, highlighting a deteriorating security situation which is the toughest challenge facing the government. General Mohsen Saeed al-Ghazali, an aide to

DHAKA: Britain has offered Nigeria surveillance aircraft and a military team to help with the search for more than 200 missing schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram militants. UK prime minister David Cameron said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times. ‘Today I can announce we have

DHAKA: Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan put the death toll from a mine explosion at 232 on Wednesday. Turkish media reported, says The Straits Times. Erdogan was inspecting the site of the accident in the western town of Soma, about 150 miles south of Istanbul in Turkey’s

DHAKA: More than 200 schoolgirls on Wednesday began their second month as Boko Haram hostages, with Nigeria’s government indicating it was willing to talk to the militants to secure their release. Lawmakers in Abuja were also set to debate a request from president Goodluck Jonathan for

DHAKA: Two people were killed and nine injured on Wednesday when police opened fire to disperse two clashing groups in India’s Hyderabad. India police said, reports The Straits Times. Curfew was imposed to bring the situation under control in Sikh Chowni in Kishan Bagh under the

DHAKA: Afghanistan’s presidential election result was delayed on Wednesday as authorities said they had not completed fraud investigations after the first-round vote last month to find a successor to Hamid Karzai. ‘The final result has been delayed for an unknown number of days,’

DHAKA: Former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi repeated accusations on Wednesday that he was forced out of office at the height of the euro zone crisis in 2011 as the result of a ‘plot’ by European Union officials. Berlusconi’s comments followed the publication in Italy of

DHAKA: Police accused a British executive of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's China unit on Wednesday of ordering his salespeople to bribe doctors and hospitals. The announcement was the first time a foreign employee in China of British-based GSK was accused in a sweeping investigation into

DHAKA: As it prepares for the ministry-making exercise in anticipation of a win in the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP leadership is seeking to figure out what to do with party stalwarts LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi. Both are decades senior to the party’s PM candidate Narendra Modi and

DHAKA: Lakhdar Brahimi has announced his resignation from his position as the UN-Arab League envoy for Syria, largely out of frustration at Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's plans to hold an election in June. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in a joint press conference with Brahimi in

DHAKA: Ukraine is due to host round-table talks in Kiev as efforts continue to find a negotiated settlement to the crisis in the east of the country. The talks will include members of the interim government and regional leaders, but pro-Russian separatists have refused to take part. The

DHAKA:  A shipwreck off the coast of Haiti may be the remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' flagship from his first voyage to the Americas, according to reports on Tuesday. Underwater explorer Barry Clifford believes the expedition he led to find and investigate the wreck

DHAKA: Police accused a British executive of drug maker GlaxoSmithKline's China unit on Wednesday of ordering his salespeople to bribe doctors and hospitals. The announcement was the first time a foreign employee in China of British-based GSK was accused in a sweeping investigation into

DHAKA: An explosion at a coal mine in western Turkey has left at least 201 workers dead and scores injured, officials say. Energy Ministry Taner Yildiz said 787 people had been inside the mine at Soma in Manisa province when an electrical fault triggered the blast. Rescuers are working

DHAKA: At least 300 miners are trapped after an explosion caused a fire triggering a collapse at a coal mine in the western Turkish province of Manisa. At least one miner was killed and 19 others hospitalised, an official said, reports Al Jazeera. The mayor of Soma, a district in

DHAKA: An initial investigation into claims that UK forces abused Iraqi detainees is to be opened by the International Criminal Court. The preliminary examination will analyse alleged crimes attributed to UK armed forces deployed in Iraq between 2003 and 2008. Attorney General Dominic

DHAKA: Six soldiers have been killed and eight more wounded in Ukraine’s restive eastern region. The country’s defense ministry has said, reports Al Jazzera. The ministry said separatists ‘ambushed’ the soldiers near the city of Krematorsk on Tuesday. According to the ministry,

DHAKA: Nigeria is ready to talk to Islamist militants Boko Haram for the release of more than 200 abducted schoolgirls. A minister has told the BBC. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said on Monday that captured girls who have not converted to Islam can be swapped for jailed fighters.