DHAKA: China warned on Thursday that a military strike on Syria would hurt the global economy, in particular by causing oil prices to rise, and reiterated its calls for a political solution to the civil war.‘Military action would have a negative impact on the global economy, especially

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry said the US is building an international coalition for a possible military strike against Syrian president Bashar Assad’s regime, as punishment for an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed at least 1,400 people.‘We are building support with

DHAKA: The Egyptian army killed 20 al-Qaida-led Islamist terrorists and wounded 50 others in a military operation in Sinai in the past 48 hours.Egyptian newspaper Al Gomhuria reported on Thursday, reports The Jerusalem Post.An Egyptian military source told the paper that 95% of the

DHAKA: World leaders from the G20 group of nations are set to meet in Russia amid sharp differences over military action against Syria`s government.Ahead of the talks, Russia`s Vladimir Putin warned that action without UN approval would be "an aggression".But President Barack Obama said

DHAKA: Moscow Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday called U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a liar, claiming he had denied that al Qaeda was fighting with the Syrian opposition in that country`s civil war.Speaking to his human rights council, Putin recalled watching a

DHAKA: A US Senate panel has approved the use of military force in Syria, in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack.By a 10-7 vote, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the resolution that authorizes a limited military response, giving Obama an initial victory in his push

DHAKA: Turkey’s envoy to Egypt, recalled last month after a crackdown on supporters of deposed Islamist president Mohamed Mursi, was returning to Cairo on Wednesday, but Egypt said it would not reciprocate until Turkey stopped its ‘interference’.Relations between Ankara and Cairo

DHAKA: Former Syrian defence minister General Ali Habib, a prominent member of president Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite sect, has defected and is now in Turkey.A senior member of the opposition Syrian National Coalition told media on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘Ali Habib has

DHAKA: France’s prime minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said on Wednesday if there was no response to the chemical attack in Syria it risked sending Iran the wrong message on its nuclear programme.‘To not act would be to put in danger peace and security in the entire region. What credibility

DHAKA: Iran president Hassan Rouhani will attend the yearly United Nations General Assembly in New York later this month, Iranian media reported on Wednesday, an event his predecessor used to make incendiary statements on the world stage.A relatively moderate cleric, who has said he wants

DHAKA: Syria’s deputy foreign minister said on Wednesday the regime would not give in to threats of a US-led military strike against the country, even if a third world war erupts.In an exclusive interview with media, Faisal Muqdad said the government had taken ‘every measure’ to

DHAKA: Al Jazeera has accused the armed forces of interfering with its satellite broadcasting signals in Egypt.The Qatar based news agency, citing a ‘panel of experts’ on Tuesday, claims to have identified four locations where it believes satellite jamming signals are being broadcast

DHAKA: The Nastoichivy destroyer of the Russian Baltic Fleet and the Smetlivy escort ship of the Black Sea Fleet will join the Russian naval unit in the Mediterranean within the next few days.Said a Russian Navy Main Staff source, reports The Voice of Russia.‘The Smetlivy escort ship

DHAKA: US president Barack Obama says the international community and Congress’s credibility are on the line if a chemical attack on civilians in Syria goes unanswered.Obama is seeking congressional and international support for military action against the regime of Syrian president

DHAKA: UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon calls on the international community to return peace and accord to Syria, as the Syrian people deserve this.Speaking to students of St Petersburg State University on Wednesday, Ban said he expected to discuss the issue of Syria at the G20 summit on

DHAKA: Pope Francis asked for a big turnout at a Vatican vigil on Saturday for peace in Syria and thanked the world’s faithful and non-believers for their support.‘May the cry for peace ring out loud around the world,’ the pope told tens of thousands of faithful in St Peter’s

DHAKA: Overland oil supplies to Nato troops in Afghanistan resumed through Pakistan on Wednesday with stepped up security after a four-month hiatus due to attacks.Pakistani officials said, reports The Straits Times.Pakistani contractors stopped driving oil supplies from Karachi on the

DHAKA: The organisers of the Miss World beauty pageant in Indonesia insisted on Wednesday the show would go on, as Islamic hardline protests began to spread across the country days before the contest starts.Hardliners have started mobilising to protest at the decision to host the contest

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday struck a more conciliatory tone ahead of this week’s G-20 summit, saying Moscow would take ‘decisive’ action if the West proves who used chemical weapons in Syria.Putin’s comments came as lawmakers in the United States began

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin on Wednesday struck a more conciliatory tone ahead of this week’s G-20 summit, saying Moscow would take ‘decisive’ action if the West proves who used chemical weapons in Syria.Putin’s comments came as lawmakers in the United States began