DHAKA: Americans take a positive view of the interim nuclear accord between the Western powers and Iran, according to poll results reported by the Politico news site.The survey, which was commissioned by a liberal organisation aligned with the Democratic Party, showed that 34 percent of

DHAKA: US vice president Joe Biden told Chinese president Xi Jinping on Wednesday that relations between the two countries must be built on trust.Biden, speaking in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, added that Xi is a candid person, and that candour generates trust which is the basis

DHAKA: Russia wants ‘stability and order’ in neighbouring Ukraine, where protests have erupted over a decision to spurn a trade pact with the European Union.Russian prime minister Dmitry Medvedev told a visiting Ukrainian official on Wednesday.Medvedev told Ukrainian deputy prime

DHAKA: Turkey’s popularity in the Middle East has dropped sharply over the past two years, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, reflecting Ankara’s sometimes controversial foreign policy strategy.The biggest decline was registered in Egypt and war-ravaged Syria, where Turkey is

DHAKA: South Africa’s ailing first black president Nelson Mandela is still teaching life lessons and remains a fighter even as he approaches death.His daughter said on Tuesday, reports NDTV.‘Tata (father) is still with us, very strong... very courageous, even, (for) lack of a better

DHAKA: A truck carrying potentially ‘extremely dangerous’ radioactive material intended for medical use has been stolen in Mexico.The UN atomic watchdog said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.‘At the time the truck was stolen, the source was properly shielded,’ the

DHAKA: The US military has halted its ground cargo shipments from Afghanistan via Pakistan because of the risk to drivers after protests over US drone strikes.Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright said this would affect outgoing shipments of equipment and other goods from US units on Afghan

DHAKA: Joe Biden should not repeat ‘erroneous remarks’ on China’s new air zone, Chinese state media warned, as the US vice-president arrived in Beijing.Biden is in Beijing for meetings with Chinese president Xi Jinping and premier Li Keqiang, reports the BBC.His visit to Asia has

DHAKA: A senior commander of the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah has been killed near Beirut, the group says.Hassan Lakkis was ‘assassinated’ near his home in Hadath, 7km south-east of the Lebanese capital, Hezbollah TV channel Al-Manar said, reports the BBC.Hezbollah blamed

DHAKA: The US military has halted its ground cargo shipments from Afghanistan via Pakistan because of the risk to drivers after protests over US drone strikes.Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright said this would affect outgoing shipments of equipment and other goods from US units on Afghan

DHAKA: A team of French scientists probing the death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in 2004 do not believe he was poisoned, according to leaks from their report.They have reportedly concluded he died after a "generalised infection".A previous report by Swiss scientists said tests on

DHAKA: The UN mission in Democratic Republic of Congo has started to deploy unarmed surveillance drones to monitor rebel activity near the forested borders with Rwanda and Uganda.This is the first time any UN mission has deployed drones.The first two were launched from the eastern city of

DHAKA: The Thai government said on Tuesday it had ordered police confronting anti-government protesters in the capital, Bangkok, to stand down to avoid violence.‘The protesters said they want to seize government buildings, but the government doesn’t want to see any fighting or

DHAKA: With British prime minister David Cameron in the country on an official visit, a Chinese state-run newspaper on Tuesday labelled Britain a fallen great power worthy now only as a destination for tourists and students.The Global Times editorial appeared as Cameron emphasised the

DHAKA: Nine people were killed and 17 wounded in a suicide and mortar attack on a government compound in the northern Iraqi town of Tarmiya on Tuesday.Iraq police and medics said, reports The Jerusalem Post.One attacker wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at the structure, which

DHAKA: NATO foreign ministers will confer on Ukraine during their upcoming session. An alliance spokesman said on Tuesday they expected the Ukrainian issue to be discussed even though Ukraine was not on the agenda.The NATO foreign ministers will convene at the alliance’s headquarters on

DHAKA: At least two people were killed in Belgium on Tuesday in a road accident involving some 40 to 50 cars, local media reported.The chain collision on a highway near the western town of Zonnebeke is believed to have been caused by fog, Belgian authorities told the Belga news agency,

DHAKA: Thai anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban said on Tuesday he will continue the fight to oust prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, despite a government decision earlier not to confront protesters.‘Today we won a partial victory but we will fight on until the Thaksin

DHAKA: Police say suspected Maoist rebels exploded a powerful land mine to kill six police officers and their driver in the eastern Indian state of Bihar.Senior police officer SK Bhardwaj says the team was patrolling a rebel-infested area of Aurangabad district when the rebels remotely

DHAKA: The Ukrainian parliament is to vote Tuesday on a no-confidence motion on the government as thousands of protesters outside the building demanded the cabinet’s ouster.The vote was initiated by the opposition in the wake of mass protests against a decision by the government and