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

DHAKA: A suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus, causing deaths and injuries, Syrian state television reported, with at least four reported killed and 17 injured.‘A terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up in the Jebbeh district of the Jisr al-Abyad

DHAKA: Russia has scrapped almost 31,000 tonnes of first-category chemical weapons or 77 percent of its declared stock, Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Director General Ahmet Uzumcu said.Consistent with the Russian plan for the disposal of chemical weapons, the

DHAKA: Radical Islamist cleric Abu Qatada, deported by Britain in July after a near decade-long legal battle, is to go on trial in Jordan on December 10.Jordan judicial sources said Tuesday, reports TDS.‘The state security court has set next Tuesday, December 10, as the date for the

DHAKA: Afghanistan, North Korea and Somalia are perceived by their populations as so corrupt that they occupy the last three places in the 2013 index of global corruption published by Transparency International on Tuesday.Danes and New Zealanders have the most faith in their officials and

DHAKA: Iran’s foreign ministry says a US security deal with Kabul is not ‘useful’ for Afghanistan, and also impact ‘regional issues’ negatively.The Bilateral Security Agreement with the United States would keep thousands of troops in Afghanistan past a 2014 deadline. Iran is

DHAKA: A suicide bomber blew himself up in central Damascus on Tuesday, causing deaths and injuries.Syrian state television reported, with a monitoring group saying at least two people were killed, reports The Straits Times.‘A terrorist suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew

DHAKA: Thousands of people made a bee line for relief centres on Tuesday morning as the heavy downpour and resulting flood forced them out of their homes.Although there were no casualties reported so far, more than 5,000 people from four of Pahang’s districts, Rompin, Kuantan, Pekan and

DHAKA: A powerful uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been removed from his post.South Korean media reports say, according to the BBC.Citing South Korea’s intelligence agency, they say Chang Song-thaek lost his position as vice-chairman of the North’s top military body.Two

DHAKA: Iran`s foreign minister has appealed to Gulf Arab states to overcome their differences and work together for regional stability and to find a solution to the Syrian crisis.Speaking on Talk to Al Jazeera programme, to be broadcast on Tuesday at 07:30 GMT and 16:30 GMT, Mohammad