DHAKA: Australia and the United States mounted a joint surveillance operation on Indonesia during the 2007 United Nations climate change conference in Bali, a report said on Sunday.The Guardian newspaper’s Australian edition cited a document from US whistleblower Edward Snowden showing

DHAKA: At least 24 people died during a stampede at an overcrowded church gathering in eastern Nigeria.The Red Cross said on Sunday, reports The Jerusalem Post.Nineteen women were amongst the dead at the stampede in the Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Uke, Anambra state on Saturday, where

DHAKA: A rare solar eclipse allowing a view of the Sun that is totally or partially blocked out by the Moon is under way.It was first visible in the southern United States, and is moving east. The best view of the total eclipse on land will be in Gabon at about 13:50 GMT, reports the

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry said his country is committed to working with Egypt’s interim rulers, on his first visit to Cairo since the military ousted president Mohamed Mursi.‘We are committed to work and we will continue our cooperation with the interim government,’ Kerry

DHAKA: Israel will build a security fence on the border with Jordan, a report said on Sunday, enraging Palestinians ahead of talks with US state secretary John Kerry.Israel has long stated that it seeks to retain a long-term military presence along the Jordan Valley, which the

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia and its Persian Gulf allies are moving to independently provide military support to Syrian rebels amid what they see as a failure of US leadership in the region.The Washington Post reported on Saturday, citing senior gulf officials, The Jerusalem Post publishes this

DHAKA: Inspectors will not check private homes to look for foreigners staying illegally in Saudi Arabia, the labour ministry has said.According to an official statement, only companies and establishments registered for commercial activities will be inspected in the campaigns to be

DHAKA: Pakistan will review its relationship with the United States in a high-level meeting on Sunday.Pakistan prime minister’s office said, following the killing of the Pakistani Taliban leader in a US drone strike, reports The Straits Times.Mehsud, who had a US$5 million bounty on his

DHAKA: The jet-setting former first lady of the Philippines, Imelda Marcos, has been hospitalised after suffering ‘fatigue’, an aide said on Sunday.The widow of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos had just returned to the capital after a lengthy road trip from the province of Ilocos Norte,

DHAKA: The US has not offered any sanctions relief to Iran, the lead US negotiator with Iran, Wendy Sherman told Channel 10 ahead of talks between Tehran and world power scheduled for November 7-8.‘We have not offered any sanctions relief on Iran, and we have not removed any

DHAKA: China’s Communist Party has expelled the military commander of Xinjiang from its ranks, state media reported on Sunday, after an attack in Beijing officially blamed on members of the Uighur minority in the troubled north-west region.General Peng Yong, who was named commander of

DHAKA: Inmates at a Saudi prison rioted overnight, torching offices before security forces quickly brought the situation under control in violence that left four people injured.Saudi officials said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.The mutiny broke out late Saturday during weekly

DHAKA: The man accused of opening fire at the Los Angeles International Airport faces charges of murder of a federal officer and committing violence at an international airport.US Attorney Andre Birotte told reporters on Saturday, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report on Sunday.Under

DHAKA: Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei voiced his support on Sunday for Iran`s talks with world powers over its disputed nuclear programme while expressing pessimism about them.‘No one should see our negotiating team as compromisers,’ Khamenei, Iran’s top decision-maker on its

DHAKA: An aid worker says a boat carrying 70 Muslim Rohinyga has capsized off the western coast of Myanmar. So far, only eight survivors have been found.Abdul Melik, who works for the humanitarian organisation Action Against Hunger, says the boat was in the Bay of Bengal and headed for

DHAKA: A large fire erupted at a factory in the Indian capital killing six workers, some of whom were trapped inside and burnt beyond recognition.A fire official and reports said on Sunday, according to The Straits Times.The blaze broke out at the three-storey factory, which manufactured

DHAKA: India began a countdown on Sunday to the launch of its most ambitious and risky space mission to date, sending a probe to Mars which was conceived in just 15 months on a tiny budget.After a recent Chinese attempt flopped, India is seeking to make a statement of its technological

DHAKA: Seven miners were killed Saturday in an explosion at a coal mine in southwest China, state-run media reported.The blast occurred at about 2:00am local time at the Huangshuiba Coal Mine in the town of Yumo in the Guizhou Province, where 50 miners were working.China state-run Xinhua

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry begins a tour of countries in the Middle East and North Africa on Sunday.Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan and Morocco are among the countries listed on the itinerary, reports the BBC.Although it is not on the official agenda, there are also reports he may

DHAKA: The US has responded to accusations from Pakistan that a drone strike that killed Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud had destroyed the country`s nascent peace process.A state department official said talks with the Taliban were an internal matter for Pakistan.The statement