DHAKA: Former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has said she plans to run for president of Ukraine in May elections.Tymoshenko was released from prison in February, following the ousting of president Viktor Yanukovych, after three years in jail.She has already served twice as prime minister

DHAKA: Thailand’s anti-corruption authorities rejected a request on Thursday by prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra to extend a deadline to defend herself against negligence charges that could see her banned from politics.Yingluck has been summoned to appear before the National

DHAKA: The youngest son of the pilot whose flight went down in the Indian Ocean has dismissed speculation that his father may have crashed the plane intentionally.Ahmad Seth, son of captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah, said he knew what kind of man his father was, New Straits Times (NST) reported

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama says it was a ‘great honour’ to meet Pope Francis for the first time during a European tour dominated by the crisis in Ukraine.He flew into Rome after three days of talks with world leaders in the Netherlands and Brussels.Tensions are high following

DHAKA: A Thai satellite has detected some 300 objects in an area of the southern Indian Ocean being searched for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.The image was taken by the Thaichote satellite on 24 March, a day after images from a French satellite purported to show 122 floating

DHAKA: US Secretary of State John Kerry has met the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas in a bid to salvage foundering peace talks that were dealt a new blow when Arab leaders said they never would recognise Israel as a Jewish state.Kerry and Abbas spoke for more than four hours over a

DHAKA: The number of people still missing in Saturday`s catastrophic mudslide in the US state of Washington has dropped to 90, authorities have said.The official death toll remained at 24 on Wednesday night, including eight bodies authorities say they have located but been unable to

DHAKA: An air and sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has resumed in the southern Indian Ocean, a day after fresh satellite images revealed a possible debris field.Six military aircraft, five civilian aircraft and five ships are taking part in Thursday`s operations,

DHAKA: Field Marshal Abdul Fattah al-Sisi has announced that he has resigned as Egypt`s military chief in order to stand for the presidency.In a widely expected announcement, he said on state TV he was appearing "in my military uniform for the last time".Field Marshal Sisi led the

DHAKA: Egypt’s army chief, Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, met military leaders on Wednesday to say he was resigning as defence minister so he can run for the presidency.Egypt’s state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported on its website, reports The Straits Times.Quoting a military

DHAKA: A team of Pakistani government representatives have arrived in the tribal region of North Waziristan for peace talks with the Taliban.It is the first direct contact between the two sides since peace moves began last month, reports the BBC.The government team flew by helicopter from

DHAKA: Ukraine’s acting president asked parliamentary approval on Wednesday for a set of military exercises with Nato partners that would put US troops in direct proximity with Russia`s forces in the annexed Crimea peninsula.Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov’s request came as the

DHAKA: Indian Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Sahara group chief Subrata Roy to deposit Rs 10,000 crore with the market regulator Sebi for his release on interim bail from judicial custody. The apex court bench of Justice KS Radhakrishnan and Justice JS Khehar said that of the Rs 10,000

DHAKA: A further 122 objects potentially from missing Malaysian flight have been identified by satellite.Malaysia’s acting transport minister has said, reports the BBC.The images, taken on 23 March, showed objects up to 23m in length, Hishammuddin Hussein said.Some of the objects

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama is in Brussels for talks with leaders of the European Union and Nato to discuss Ukraine and other transatlantic issues.In a major speech, he is due to stress the importance of European security to the US, and warn Russia against threatening international

DHAKA: More than 15,000 servicemen from Ukrainian military units, formations and organisations previously deployed in the Russian Republic of Crimea said they wanted to continue military service in Russian law enforcement agencies.Crimean government told Itar-Tass on Wednesday, reports

DHAKA: Australian prime minister Tony Abbott says authorities are ‘throwing everything we have’ at the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.He was speaking as weather conditions in the southern Indian Ocean improved, allowing the search to resume.The Australian Maritime

DHAKA: North Korea has test-fired two medium-range ballistic missiles, just hours after the US, South Korea and Japan met in the Netherlands for talks.It is the first launch of a Nodong missile since 2009 and marks a step up from the short-range rockets Pyongyang has fired in recent

DHAKA: Kenya has ordered all refugees living in urban areas to return to their camps in a bid to end attacks by armed groups carried out in retaliation for Kenya`s intervention in neighbouring Somalia.Kenyans were asked to report any refugees or illegal immigrants outside the overcrowded

DHAKA: Authorities say they have recovered the bodies of two more people killed in a massive mudslide in the US state of Washington, bringing the total to 16.The officials said they thought they had located eight more bodies under the mud but were unable to retrieve them, reports BBC.As