DHAKA: Three people have died and nine are missing after a gas leak sparked an explosion which leveled two buildings in New York City, authorities say.Scores of others have been injured in the incident, which sent smoke billowing into the city sky, BBC reported.Rescue crews began

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has welcomed Ukraine`s interim prime minister to the White House and pledged to "stand with Ukraine" in its dispute with Russia.He warned Russian President Vladimir Putin the international community "will be forced to apply costs" if Russia does not remove

DHAKA: Devyani Khobragade, charged in New York with visa fraud and making false statements about a domestic worker she employed has won dismissal of a federal indictment, ending a chapter in an dispute that frayed US-Indian diplomatic relations.Devyani, who was India`s deputy

DHAKA: A Chinese satellite probing the mysterious disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 "observed a suspected crash area at sea," a Chinese government agency said -- a potentially pivotal lead into what thus far has been a frustrating, fruitless search.China`s State Administration

DHAKA: The Group of Seven most developed economies on Wednesday said a Moscow-backed referendum in Crimea on switching over to Kremlin rule would have ‘no legal effect’ and called on Russia to back down.The G7 – Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and the United States

DHAKA: New York City emergency crews are responding to reports of an explosion and building collapse that has reportedly injured 11 people.Smoke is billowing from the scene of the incident in East Harlem.Residents reported hearing a blast in the five-storey apartment building at 116th

DHAKA: The former Libyan prime minister, Ali Zeidan, has defied a travel ban and fled the country hours after parliament removed him from office in a no-confidence vote.Zeidan was in Malta for two hours late on Tuesday on a refuelling stop before going to ‘another European country’,

DHAKA: Crimea will soon take ownership of Ukrainian state companies on its territory, its first deputy prime minister said on Wednesday, pushing forward with steps to cement the region’s independence before a referendum on joining Russia.Crimea, a southern Ukrainian region which is home

DHAKA: A scandal that initially landed former French leader Nicolas Sarkozy in hot water has boomeranged on to the Socialist government which now stands accused of ‘political espionage’ and threatens a star minister.Several leading members of France’s right-wing opposition, itself

DHAKA: At least four soldiers were killed when an avalanche struck a base camp in northern Pakistan.The military said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.The incident happened in the snow-covered Astore area which falls in the territory of Gilgit-Baltistan, also claimed by India as

DHAKA: False alarms, swirling rumours and contradictory statements have made the wait all the more agonising for the families of the 239 people on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.As the search dragged into its fifth day, here are some of the key areas of confusion:Did the

DHAKA: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani arrived in Muscat on Wednesday for a visit dedicated to talks with leaders of the Islamic republic’s historic ally in the Gulf on regional tensions and bilateral cooperation.Rouhani was greeted on arrival at the royal airport in Muscat by Oman’s

DHAKA: Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is making a rare trip outside the capital to meet people displaced by the country’s three-year-old civil war.Syria state media reported on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.‘President Assad is inspecting conditions for the displaced in

DHAKA: A joint naval exercise of US, Bulgarian and Romanian naval forces in the Black Sea has started.The Bulgarian navy said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.The USS Truxtun, a US guided-missile destroyer with about 300 crew and part of the US Sixth Fleet headquartered in Italy,

DHAKA: The international search for a missing Malaysian airliner has been expanded into the Andaman Sea, hundreds of kilometers to the northwest of the original search radius.An official said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.‘Yes, above Sumatra is the Andaman Sea,’ Malaysian

DHAKA: Russia`s leaders are refusing all negotiations with their Ukrainian counterparts, Ukraine`s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has said.Turchynov told that Ukraine would not intervene militarily in Crimea, even though a secession referendum there was a "sham".Meanwhile interim

DHAKA: Libya`s General National Congress has passed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and designated the defence minister as acting prime minister.Parliamentarians voted to oust Zeidan as anger grew with the government`s failure to stop eastern rebels from

DHAKA: The funeral is to take place in the Turkish capital Istanbul of a teenaged boy who died nine months after being injured during anti-government protests.Berkin Elvan`s death on Tuesday led to protests in cities across the country, reported BBC.President Abdullah Gul has appealed for

DHAKA: The northern Australian city of Darwin has been hit by a major blackout, forcing schools to close and knocking out traffic lights.The power cut, which was caused by a tripped circuit at a sub-station, began in the early hours of Wednesday.It affected all of Darwin, closing

DHAKA: Malaysia`s air force chief has denied remarks attributed to him that a missing Malaysia Airlines plane was tracked by military radar to the Strait of Malacca, far from its planned route.Rodzali Daud said such reports in local media were untrue, but it was possible the plane had