DHAKA: China has charged former General Gu Junshan with corruption, misuse of state funds and abuse of power.China state media report, says the BBC.Gen Gu, who was deputy logistics chief in China`s army, is the most senior officer to be tried at a military court since 2006, reports

DHAKA: A Thai anti-government demonstrator was shot dead and four others injured on Tuesday, an emergency official said, when unidentified gunmen fired on a Bangkok protest march, the first fatality of Thailand`s political conflict in several weeks.‘We received three injured protesters

DHAKA: The UN’s refugee agency said Tuesday it was prepared to help evacuate some 19,000 Muslims at risk of attack from mainly Christian militias in the conflict-torn Central African Republic.‘What we don’t want is to stand by and watch people being slaughtered,’ UNHCR spokeswoman

DHAKA: Malaysia’s authoritarian government, which has been under harsh global scrutiny over the handling of its missing-plane drama, said Tuesday it would compile ‘false’ media reports over the crisis and consider filing lawsuits.Transport and defence minister Hishammuddin Hussein

DHAKA: The CIA repeatedly misled the US government over the severity and effectiveness of its interrogation methods.The Washington Post reports, according to the BBC.A long-awaited US Senate report said that the CIA used secret ‘black sites’ to interrogate prisoners using techniques

DHAKA: Nato is not seeing a Russian troop pullout from the border with Ukraine, the military alliance’s chief has said.Speaking ahead of a Nato summit, Anders Fogh Rasmussen again stressed that the best way to solve the crisis was through ‘a political dialogue’, reports the BBC.Nato

DHAKA: Afghan security forces have seized more than 22 tonnes of explosives, enough to make hundreds of bombs, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, four days before a presidential election.Taleban insurgents have declared war on the April 5 vote, calling it a Western-backed sham and

DHAKA: Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday approved holding a series of joint military exercises with NATO countries that would put US troops in direct proximity to Russian forces in the annexed Crimea peninsula.‘This is a good opportunity to develop our armed forces,’ acting defence

DHAKA: India’s main opposition BJP has chosen actor-turned politician Smriti Irani to stand against Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi in the general elections.Irani, who was the leading actress in one of India’s most popular TV soaps, will take on Gandhi in the Amethi constituency in

DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a "partial withdrawal" of troops from the border with Ukraine, the German government said.Putin informed Chancellor Angela Merkel of the move in a telephone conversation, according to her office.Thousands of Russian soldiers are still

DHAKA: Malaysian authorities have issued a new version of the last communication between air traffic control and the cockpit of the missing flight MH370.The last words spoken were "Good night Malaysian three seven zero" - and not "all right, good night" as reported.The transport ministry

DHAKA: The Palestinians have rejected an Israeli proposal to extend the crumbling peace talks beyond April 29, saying it was akin to ‘blackmail’.A Palestinian official in Ramallah told media on Monday, reports TDS.‘Israel is practising a policy of blackmail and linking its agreement

DHAKA: Ukraine on Monday denounced the visit of Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev to Crimea, describing it as a ‘crude violation’ of the rules of international behaviour.‘The Ukrainian foreign ministry, in its note to the Russian Federation, expressed a categorical protest and

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry broke from his travel schedule for the second time in a week to return to the Middle East on Monday to discuss fragile peace talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders.‘After consulting with his team, Secretary Kerry decided it would be productive

DHAKA: Government-level talks between Japan and North Korea ended on Monday in Beijing on a positive note, with Pyongyang apparently prepared to discuss the Japanese citizens kidnapped by its spies decades ago.At their first formal meeting in 16 months, diplomats from the two countries

DHAKA: Russia’s prime minister Dmitry Medvedev has arrived in Crimea, the most senior Russian official to visit since it was annexed from Ukraine.Medvedev announced that the region would become a special economic zone, with incentives for businesses.The Russian government says it is

DHAKA: Rescue crews have put no time limit on the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has said, reports the BBC.Abbott told reporters near Perth, where the operation is being co-ordinated, that the hunt for flight MH370 was still being

DHAKA: Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak will travel to Perth on Wednesday to observe search operations firsthand.Malaysia’s Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said on Monday, reports The Straits Times.Najib will be there to ‘thank everyone involved in search’,

DHAKA: Thousands of travellers, many of them visiting family during the Iranian new year holidays, have been rescued after being trapped by unexpected snowstorms in north Iran.A report said on Monday, according to The Straits Times.Red Crescent spokesman Hossein Derakhshan told the

DHAKA: Russian forces have begun a gradual withdrawal from the Ukrainian border, a Ukrainian defence ministry official told media, without specifying the number of troops involved.‘In recent days, the Russian forces have been gradually withdrawing from the border,’ the Ukrainian