DHAKA: Dozens of journalists protested on Saturday in Malaysia against the suspension of a weekly magazine, urging the Southeast Asian nation to allow greater press freedom.The Heat stopped publication last month after the Home Ministry suspended it, saying it had violated its printing

DHAKA: A shallow earthquake of 5.9 magnitude struck off the coast of Chile on Friday, the US Geological Survey reported.There were no immediate reports of damage.The quake’s epicentre was located 71km southwest of Iquique, Chile, at a depth of 7.3 km.BDST: 1522 HRS, JAN 04, 2014Edited

DHAKA: The Obama administration announced it was taking two new executive actions on gun control, proposing a regulation to clarify gun restrictions for the mentally ill and another that would make it easier to add information about mental health restrictions into the federal background

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin on Saturday signed a decree lifting a blanket ban on political protests at the Sochi Winter Olympics, bowing to pressure from the International Olympic Committee.The decree allows demonstrations and marches at locations or along routes that must be

DHAKA: At least four striking garment workers were killed and 22 injured as military police opened fire in Phnom Penh, in the third and worst day so far of clashes, which followed weeks of protests against the government.Violence and arson were being reported from the capital’s Veng

DHAKA: Direct talks aimed at ending weeks of violence in South Sudan are due to begin.They would come a day after delegations from the warring parties met mediators in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, reports BBC.Ethiopia`s Foreign Affairs Minister Tedros Adhanom said the initial

DHAKA: In a few days, people in the Midwest and Northern Plains will have reason to be jealous of what their countrymen in the Northeast are going through now -- digging out from as much as 2 feet of snow, dealing with the effect of blizzard-level winds, and feeling the heat of below-zero

DHAKA: The Chinese ice-breaker that helped rescue passengers stranded on the Akademik Shokalskiy vessel in Antarctica is now stuck itself.An Australian ice-breaker carrying the rescued passengers is no longer on standby and is returning to shore, reports BBC.On Thursday, a helicopter from

DHAKA: Thailand’s anti-government protest movement reasured tourists Friday that it would not target the kingdom’s airports or public transportation during a planned ‘shutdown’ of Bangkok later this month.The demonstrators, who are seeking to oust prime minister Yingluck

DHAKA: South Sudan rebels are retreating as the army pushes to retake the key town of Bor, the military said on Friday, as battles rage despite peace efforts to end the conflict.‘We have enough forces who will defeat the rebels within 24 hours,’ army spokesman Philip Aguer told

DHAKA: Danish and Norwegian vessels left the Cypriot port of Limassol on Friday and headed towards Syria to escort a delayed shipment of chemical weapons for destruction.A spokesman said, reports The Straits Times.‘The Norwegian-Danish task group to transport Syria’s chemical agents

DHAKA: Thailand’s February 2 general election will go ahead, its Election Commission said on Friday, even after anti-government protesters blocked candidates from registering in the south of the country.The decision to go ahead with the election, while not extending the January 1

DHAKA: High tides and strong winds have brought flooding to Wales and western England as officials warn of a continuing threat in parts of the UK.There are currently 11 severe flood warnings, meaning ‘danger to life’, for Gloucestershire, Devon, Dorset and south, west and north

DHAKA: The path is clear for India’s Gandhi family scion Rahul to become the Congress party’s next prime ministerial candidate, following premier Manmohan Singh’s announcement on Friday that he will step down before this year’s polls.Rahul, 43, is already number two in the

DHAKA: At least three Cambodians have been killed when police opened fire on garment workers on strike, as a nationwide wave of protests, backed by the main opposition party, presses on in demand for wages to be doubled.An Associated Press photographer and human rights workers said police

DHAKA: Former prime minister Ariel Sharon remained in critical condition on Friday with his life at risk, the head of the hospital treating him announced.Over the past day a slow deterioration in the functioning of the 85-year-old’s vital organs has occurred, professor Ze’ev Rotstein,

DHAKA: The Italian navy said on Friday it had rescued in 24 hours more than 1,000 migrants attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean by boat in rough winter seas.Some 823 migrants were picked up on Thursday and another 233 were rescued Wednesday as part of a major ongoing

DHAKA: Talks to end the South Sudan conflict have opened in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s foreign ministry says.Negotiators for the government and rebel sides have been meeting mediators but have not yet held face-to-face talks, it is understood, reports the BBC.Delegates began arriving in

DHAKA: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has announced that he will not stay in the post if his party wins the next election, due in the summer.He said he would "hand over the baton to a new PM".Singh has been India`s PM for the past decade, heading a coalition government led by the

DHAKA: Iraq has launched air attacks against Sunni Arab fighters who now control large parts of Anbar`s Fallujah and Ramadi cities in central Iraq.The Defence Ministry released footage on Thursday that showed jets targeting fighters suspected of belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and