DHAKA: Syria has submitted a new 100-day plan for the removal of its chemical weapons after failing to meet a February 5 deadline, but the international mission overseeing the operation believes it can be done in a shorter timeframe, diplomats have said.The Organisation for the

DHAKA: Ukrainian opposition leaders have signed a deal with the president to end a political crisis that will effectively strip the presidency of much of its power and free from jail the opposition leader, Yulia Tymoshenko.The pact, which was signed by the president, Viktor Yanukovich,

DHAKA: A car bomb has exploded at the gates of Somalia`s presidential palace, followed by an attack by gunmen, police in Mogadishu say.A fierce gunfight is now said to be underway inside the compound.President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has called the UN envoy to Somalia to say he was not

DHAKA: A mortar attack struck a busy area in a mainly Shia town south of Iraq`s capital, killing at least 22 people and wounding more than 50, authorities said.The five mortar rounds slammed into a busy market, a residential building and a parking lot around 7pm local time as people

DHAKA: At least 70 people have been killed during street fighting between protesters and riot police in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev, while the country`s interior ministry says that 67 police officers were seized by the protesters.A Media photographer saw bodies of 21 dead civilians in

DHAKA: The Indian Supreme Court has put on hold Tamil Nadu`s plan to release seven people convicted of killing former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, which has led to a legal battle between the state government and the Centre.Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh had said Tamil Nadu`s

DHAKA: More than 100 South Koreans are heading across the border for reunions with their North Korean relatives - the first such events since 2010.The reunions, which come after North Korea called for better relations between the two sides, are taking place from 20 to 25 February, reports

DHAKA: California politicians have announced a $687m (£412m) plan to provide immediate assistance to communities parched by an ongoing historic drought.The proposal was put forward by state Democrats and California Governor Jerry Brown, reports BBC.Most of the money, garnered from two

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has vowed to expand trade agreements between the Americas and Asia, despite concerns within his own political party.Ending a day of talks with the leaders of Mexico and Canada, Obama said the North American partners must keep up their "competitive

DHAKA: Ukraine`s President Viktor Yanukovych says he has agreed a truce with opposition leaders, after at least 26 people died in clashes this week.In a statement, he said "negotiations" would now start to end the bloodshed of the last two days, reports BBC.Opposition leader Arseniy

DHAKA: Australia has inadvertently made public the identities of almost 10,000 asylum seekers, the department of immigration has said, raising concerns it could help locate people fleeing persecution.A file published on a government website by mistake held the names, nationalities and

DHAKA: The government in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu has decided to free three men and a woman convicted of plotting the 1991 assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.On Tuesday, the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan, citing

DHAKA: Colombia`s President Juan Manuel Santos has dismissed the chief of the armed forces over disparaging comments about inquiries into extrajudicial killings.Santos said General Leonardo Barrero had been sacked for "disrespectful remarks" that emerged as part of an investigation into

DHAKA: Downtown Kiev was aglow in fire early Wednesday, as demonstrators undeterred by a bloody day on the streets staked their claim to the heart of the Ukrainian capital and, they hope, the heart of the country itself.Such flames have been a constant for three months, acting as fiery

DHAKA: The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday commuted the death penalty of Rajiv Gandhi`s killers to life term, citing the 11-year delay in deciding their mercy pleas.With this, the three convicts on death row in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case — Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan —

DHAKA: One asylum seeker has been killed and 77 injured during a second night of violence at Australia`s immigration detention centre in Papua New Guinea.The man died of head injuries on the way to hospital, Australian Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said.Thirteen people suffered

DHAKA: Dozens of people were injured in violence that erupted as Thai police began clearing protest sites in the capital, Bangkok.More than 40 people were injured and one police officer killed in the violence, reports say.Police are trying to retake official sites that have been blocked

DHAKA: India`s Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has cut indirect taxes on cars and mobile phones in an attempt to boost economic growth.Chidambaram unveiled the move as he presented the interim budget ahead of this year`s general elections.In his speech he expressed concerns over

DHAKA: An Ethiopian Airlines plane en route from Addis Ababa to Rome has been forced to land in Geneva after being hijacked, Swiss police say.One hijacker has been arrested. The airline said in a statement that all passengers and crew were safe.There are no injuries, and the police say

DHAKA: At least four people died and 14 were wounded Sunday by an explosion on a tourist bus in the Egyptian resort town of Taba, authorities said.Brig. Gen. Alaa Mahmoud said 33 tourists from South Korea were on the bus and had visited the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St. Catherine`s, in