DHAKA: A Ukrainian ultra-nationalist leader has been shot dead in what officials describe as special forces operation.Oleksandr Muzychko, better known as Sashko Bily, died in a shoot-out with police in a cafe in Rivne in western Ukraine.Ukraine’s interior ministry said, reports the

DHAKA: Thirty-five countries on Tuesday committed to bolstering nuclear security, backing a global drive spearheaded by US president Barack Obama to prevent dangerous materials falling into the hands of terrorists.In a joint statement issued on the sidelines of the third biennial Nuclear

DHAKA: Malaysia has no intention of hiding information on Flight MH370 from families and the authorities.Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak said on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.‘Our priority, after confirming that the incident happened in the Indian Ocean, is to focus in this

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Tuesday the international community has ‘betrayed’ Syrian rebels by failing to arm them against the regime of president Bashar al-Assad.‘The legitimate Syrian resistance has been betrayed by the international community and left easy prey to

DHAKA: One of Russia’s most prestigious universities faced accusations Tuesday of ‘political censorship’ after it sacked a prominent professor for comparing Russia’s takeover of Crimea to Nazi Germany’s annexation of Austria.The Moscow State Institute of International Affairs

DHAKA: Angry relatives of Chinese passengers aboard a missing Malaysia Airlines plane protested on Tuesday outside the Malaysian Embassy, demanding an explanation from the airline and accusing the government in Kuala Lumpur of ‘cheating’ them.Dozens of family members chanted

DHAKA: The front pages of several of Malaysia’s major newspapers were in black and white on Tuesday, in memory of the lost MH370 flight that has been confirmed to have ended its journey in the Indian Ocean.The usual bright colours of the mastheads were replaced with a black and white

DHAKA: The air and sea search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 that crashed in the Indian Ocean was suspended on Tuesday due to gale force winds, rain and big waves.The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (Amsa) said, reports The Straits Times.‘Amsa has undertaken a risk assessment

DHAKA: Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has held talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Deshchytsia, for the first time since Russia’s move into Crimea triggered a diplomatic crisis.Lavrov says Russia is unfazed by the prospect of being expelled from the G8.Other members of

DHAKA: Authorities in the US state of Washington have found six more bodies after Saturday`s huge landslide, bringing the number known to have been killed to 14.Officials now say as many as 176 people may remain unaccounted for after the 177ft (54m) wall of mud hit near the town of Oso,

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia will, in the coming days, announce more female-only jobs for more than one million unemployed women in the country.Saudi media reported Sunday, gulfnews.com publishes this report on Monday.The initiative is part of a plan to eliminate unemployment by 2025. The

DHAKA: ‘Flight MH370 ended in the southern Indian Ocean,’ Malaysia’s prime minister Najib Razak said on Monday.Families of passengers and crew have been informed and will be flown to Australia.Further details will be given at a press conference on Tuesday, reports The Straits

DHAKA: Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak urged people to allow family members and relatives of passengers on board flight MH370 space and time to grieve over their loss.The premier at a surprise press conference on Monday evening, reports The Straits Times.He said he wanted to share

DHAKA: Malaysian Airlines says it now has to assume ‘beyond any reasonable doubt’ that missing flight MH370 has been lost and there are no survivors.The announcement came in a text message, seen by the BBC, that was sent to families of those on board.Malaysia Airlines light MH370,

DHAKA: Russian defence minister Sergei Shoigu on Monday inspected troops and military facilities in Crimea, the first senior Russian official to travel to the Black Sea peninsula since Moscow absorbed the region into its territory.Russia state television said, reports The Straits

DHAKA: A cousin of Syrian president Bashar Al Assad was killed on Sunday in battles with Islamist rebels near the border with Turkey, activists and state media said.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Hilal Al Assad, local head of the National Defence Force militia, and seven of

DHAKA: Ukraine’s acting president announced on Monday that the ex-Soviet nation’s troops have been given orders to withdraw from Crimea following the peninsula’s seizure and annexation by Russia.‘The national security and defence council has reached a decision, under instructions

DHAKA: A court in Egypt on Monday sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Mursi to death after a mass trial, judicial sources said.Islamist backers of Mursi are facing a deadly crackdown launched by the military-installed authorities since his ouster in July, with

DHAKA: Russian troops on Monday seized control of a new Ukrainian military base in Crimea, throwing stun grenades and tying up the hands of Ukrainian marines.The Ukrainian defence ministry said, reports The Straits Times.The Russian troops stormed the naval base in Feodosia in eastern

DHAKA: Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has escalated his salvo against the ‘double standards’ of Twitter, while also defiantly warning Facebook and YouTube to ‘obey Turkish laws’.‘Twitter obeys the American Constitution, British, German, Chinese, and Russian (laws).