DHAKA: Ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK.UK Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed, reports the BBC.Sweden and Rwanda had also offered to imprison him following the rejection of his appeal last month by a UN-backed special

DHAKA: Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan has been released, several hours after being seized by militiamen, say government sources.Zeidan was taken from his hotel in the capital, Tripoli, by armed men in the early hours of Thursday morning.A former rebel group loosely allied to the

DHAKA: British foreign secretary William Hague demanded Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan, who was seized by a former rebel faction on Thursday, be set free.‘I condemn the abduction of the Libyan prime minister in Tripoli this morning and call for his immediate release,’ Hague said in

DHAKA: NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has expressed ‘great concern’ at reports of Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan’s abduction, and called for his release.‘If it’s confirmed that prime minister Zeidan has been abducted, I call for the prime minister’s immediate

DHAKA: Libya prime minister Ali Zeidan is in ‘good health and will be treated well as a Libyan citizen’, and is being held at the interior ministry’s anti-crime department.A Libyan official with the department told the state news agency, reports The Jerusalem Post.Zeidan was seized

DHAKA: Egypt has criticised a decision by the US to suspend a large part of the $1.3bn in aid it receives.Egypt foreign ministry spokesman Badr Abdelatty said the decision was wrong and Egypt would ‘not surrender to American pressure and is continuing on its path towards democracy’,

DHAKA: Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud has told the BBC he is open to "serious talks" with the government but says he has not yet been approached.In a rare interview, he denied carrying out recent deadly attacks in public places but said he would continue to target "America and

DHAKA: Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been seized by militants from his residence in the capital Tripoli, a well-placed source in his media office has told the BBC.Mr Zeidan has been taken to an unknown destination by a group of men believed to be former rebels, the government

DHAKA: Lawyers representing victims of a cholera epidemic in Haiti have filed a lawsuit against the United Nations at a court in New York.They say UN peacekeepers introduced cholera to Haiti in 2010. The disease killed more than 8,000 people and made hundreds of thousands sick.The lawyers

DHAKA: The US is suspending a large part of the $1.3bn (£810m) in aid it gives to Egypt`s military.The delivery of large-scale military systems as well as cash assistance to the Egyptian government would be withheld, said the state department.It said "credible progress" must be made

DHAKA: The global chemical weapons watchdog has called for a ceasefire in Syria to enable it to destroy the stockpiles.The organisation’s chief, Ahmet Uzumcu, said the deadline for destroying equipment was ‘extremely tight’, but was possible if truces were agreed.Some early work of

DHAKA: The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have trained more than 30,000 Hezbollah fighters in training camps in Iran and Lebanon.Saudi newspaper Al Watan reported on Wednesday, reports The Jerusalem Post.The Hezbollah fighters have undergone ‘intensive training’ since the 80s in the use

DHAKA: Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans has apologised to Moscow for the arrest and detention of a Russian diplomat.The incident prompted a diplomatic row, with Russia complaining police had held Dmitri Borodin for several hours and beaten him.Neighbours had called the police over

DHAKA: A Cambodian disaster relief official says at least 104 people have died in recent floods caused by heavy rains and the Mekong River overflowing its banks.Disaster management committee spokesman Keo Vy said on Wednesday that floods in the past several weeks have affected some 1.5

DHAKA: Iran’s police should keep a lower profile in their enforcement of the rules for women to cover up their bodies.Iran president Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.His remarks were seen to be keeping a promise of more social freedoms, a cornerstone of the

DHAKA: Around 60 people have been killed in sectarian clashes in Central African Republic between local militias and former rebels.Witnesses and a local official said on Wednesday, reports truth.co.nz.The mineral-rich but impoverished nation has descended into chaos since mostly Muslim

DHAKA: France said on Wednesday that reporter Nicolas Henin and photographer Pierre Torres are being held in Syria, bringing to at least four the number of French journalists abducted in the conflict-wracked country.The foreign ministry said in a statement that Henin, 37, and Torres, 29,

DHAKA: At a makeshift workshop on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, teenagers are busy sorting through metal scrap while a man, sitting cross-legged in a corner, makes homemade rockets.‘The regime is supported by all the big, rich countries,’ says Samir, never once

DHAKA: One of the three winners of the Nobel Chemistry Prize, Dr Michael Levitt, said on Wednesday he was essentially awarded for work he did when he was 20 years old.Dr Levitt, speaking from his California home, said he felt like he had a ‘triple espresso’ after being informed that

DHAKA: The head of the European Commission has announced during a visit to the Sicilian island of Lampedusa that Italy will receive an additional 30 million euros in EU funds to help settle refugees, after the sinking of a migrant boat killed at least 275 people.Jose Manuel Barroso also