DHAKA: One of the trials putting ousted Egyptian President Mohammad Morsi in the dock is due to resume in Cairo. Morsi and 14 other figures from the Muslim Brotherhood are charged with inciting the killing of protesters near the presidential palace in 2012. At a hearing in another trial

DHAKA: The Egyptian army says 13 militants have been killed in an air strike targeting an al-Qaeda-inspired group in northern Sinai. The raid comes days after Islamist group Ansar Bayt Al-Maqdis said it shot down a military helicopter in the area. Militants in northern Sinai have

DHAKA: The head of a global environment measurement index has denied reports suggesting it had found air pollution in the Indian capital, Delhi, to be worse than in Beijing.The US-based Environmental Preference Index (EPI) did not rank cities as it did not have any comparative

DHAKA: A new report that studied kids throughout childhood found that those who are obese at five years old are more likely to be heavy later in life. While other studies have hinted at that trend, those have generally involved what’s known as prevalence of the condition — or the

DHAKA: The high number of early deaths in Russia is mainly due to people drinking too much alcohol, particularly vodka, research shows. The study, in The Lancet, says 25% of Russian men die before they are 55, and most of the deaths are down to alcohol. The comparable UK figure is 7%.

DHAKA: Staff at Adelaide Zoo in Australia were in mourning on Friday after the world`s oldest flamingo, and their oldest resident, died aged 83. The flamingo, known as "Greater" after his species, was put to sleep on Thursday due to complications associated with old age, having arrived

DHAKA: The current round of peace negotiations on Syria is due to end in Switzerland later on Friday, with little or no progress expected on core issues. After a week of talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva, the opposing sides are still stuck on the question of how to proceed, reports

DHAKA: The current round of peace negotiations on Syria is due to end in Switzerland later on Friday, with little or no progress expected on core issues. After a week of talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva, the opposing sides are still stuck on the question of how to proceed, reports

DHAKA: The current round of peace negotiations on Syria is due to end in Switzerland later on Friday, with little or no progress expected on core issues. After a week of talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva, the opposing sides are still stuck on the question of how to proceed, reports

DHAKA: The current round of peace negotiations on Syria is due to end in Switzerland later on Friday, with little or no progress expected on core issues. After a week of talks at the UN headquarters in Geneva, the opposing sides are still stuck on the question of how to proceed, reports

DHAKA: Accused bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should be put to death if he is found guilty of planting devices that killed three people and wounded 264 at the Boston Marathon last year, the US government`s chief prosecutor has said. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement on Thursday

DHAKA: An influential cleric who supported the Afghan Taliban in their war against US-led forces has been shot dead in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta, officials said on Thursday.‘Two unknown gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead Maulana Abdullah Zakiri’ as he was on his way to a

DHAKA: Anti-Congress protests broke out in New Delhi on Thursday over Rahul Gandhi’s remarks on the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.Sikh groups protested outside the AICC office in the national capital, breaking barricades and chanting anti-Congress slogans.Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi had

DHAKA: Malaysia’s prime minister has appealed for unity and an end to ‘the politics of hate’ amid soaring racial and religious tensions in the Muslim-majority country.Prime Minister Najib Razak, weakened by an election setback last May, is seen as widely under pressure from

DHAKA: New Tunisian tourism minister Amel Karboul resigned just hours after being sworn in amid controversy surrounding her 2006 visit to Israel.Tunisia’s official news agency said on Wednesday, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report on Thursday.At the close of her swearing in

DHAKA: A new Telangana state will come into being in two weeks come what may, K Chandrasekhara Rao or KCR, a key politician of the region said Thursday as a majority in the Indian state Andhra Pradesh assembly rejected the plan, posing a moral dilemma for the Centre.‘By February 15,

DHAKA: Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich has gone on sick leave with a respiratory ailment, his website said on Thursday, with the issue of a new prime minister still undecided.‘The president of Ukraine has been officially registered as sick with an acute respiratory ailment and a

DHAKA: The Syrian government has been ‘deliberately and unlawfully’ demolishing thousands of homes.A new report by Human Rights Watch says, reports the BBC.Satellite images appear to show large-scale demolitions with explosives and bulldozers in opposition strongholds in Damascus and

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama and Jordan’s King Abdullah will discuss Syria and the Middle East at a February 14 summit at a retreat in California.The White House said on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.Obama had met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the same location last June,

DHAKA: Militants stormed an office of Iraq’s human rights ministry in northeast Baghdad on Thursday and took a number of civil servants hostage.Iraq security officials said, reports The Straits Times.The attack was mounted by eight armed men, said police and an interior ministry