DHAKA: One of the world`s most valuable collections of jewels, dedicated to the patron saint of Naples, has gone on show in an unprecedented exhibition.The treasure of San Gennaro is said to rival Britain`s Crown Jewels and those of the Russian czars in value.The 70 pieces were

DHAKA: Thousands of Syrian civilians have finally been allowed to leave the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya.The BBC`s Lyse Doucet, who was at the scene, describes a tide of desperate people leaving the area, which has been closed off since March.Supplies in Moadamiya had been

DHAKA: Israel has released the second of four batches of 26 Palestinian prisoners, as part of a deal for the resumption of peace talks.Five prisoners were released in Gaza, while the other 21 were sent to the West Bank.Those freed were all convicted of murders and had spent between 19 and

DHAKA: The head of US intelligence has told lawmakers that discerning foreign leaders` intentions is a key goal of the nation`s spying operations.Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said such efforts were a "top tenet" of US intelligence policy.But he told the intelligence

DHAKA: At least 40 people died when a bus headed from India’s Bangalore to Hyderabad went up in flames early Wednesday.The driver, cleaner, and five passengers managed to escape in the accident that took place at Mahubnagar, 150 kms from the IT hub of Hyderabad.The driver has told the

DHAKA: The judges presiding over the trial of leaders of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood stepped down from the proceedings Tuesday, citing ‘uneasiness’ over the trial, as the defence lawyers said the panel had come under pressure to hold the trial inside a prison.The move forces the

DHAKA: The decision by Syrian opposition parties to boycott the Geneva-2 international conference on Syria will not change determination by the Syrian government to attend the conference.Syrian ambassador to Russia Riyad Haddad spoke about this to the agency Interfax in Moscow on Tuesday,

DHAKA: Well-known Hindi writer Rajendra Yadav has died in the Indian city of Delhi.Yadav, 85, who had been ill for some time, died early on Tuesday while being taken to hospital, according to the BBC.He mainly wrote fiction and was a pioneer of the Hindi literary movement known as Nayi

DHAKA: The ringleader of a white supremacist plot to assassinate Nelson Mandela and drive black people out of South Africa has been sentenced to 35 years in jail.South Africa’s national broadcaster has reported, says the BBC.Former university lecturer Mike du Toit was convicted last

DHAKA: The Syrian National Council has moved to force the UN-Arab League envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, out of his post as the chief Syrian mediator.According to the Beirut-based Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper, the SNC has proposed to put Brahimi’s resignation up for debate at an Arab League

DHAKA: Kenyan police are holding five people over last month`s attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall, a top officer said on Tuesday, adding they hoped to charge them soon.At least 67 people were killed in the attack on the upmarket mall claimed by Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab

DHAKA: A polio outbreak has been confirmed among young children in north-east Syria and risks spreading in the region.The World Health Organisation warned on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.Twenty-two children in Deir al-Zor province became paralysed this month with acute flaccid

DHAKA: Denmark and Sweden are currently repairing facilities today after a violent Atlantic storm passed through Scandinavia.Train tracks are being cleared, fallen trees are being taken off the roads and power is being restored, reports The Voice of Russia.Danish train operator DSB said

DHAKA: Syria is on target to meet a looming deadline to destroy its chemical weapons production equipment, even though inspectors have yet to visit all sites, Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary-general, says in a progress report.‘The functional destruction of the declared capacity of the

DHAKA: A Saudi blogger jailed last year for publishing an imaginary conversation with Islam’s Prophet Muhammad on Twitter walked free early on Tuesday, his friend and a lawyer said, though there was no comment from the government.Hamza Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia for Malaysia in February

DHAKA: When top US intelligence officials testified at a congressional hearing, weeks ago, the public uproar was over the National Security Agency collecting the phone and email records of Americans.But when the NSA director General Keith Alexander and other spy chiefs appear at a House

DHAKA: Japan’s foreign minister will go to Iran next month, he said on Tuesday, in the latest sign of Teheran’s rapidly thawing relationship with the Western world.Fumio Kishida said he plans a three day trip from November 9, the day after Iranian negotiators wrap up talks with world

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry urged Iran to back its willingness to reach a peaceful resolution to the dispute over its nuclear weapons with action, but did not specify what action was required.Chinese news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday morning, reports The Jerusalem

DHAKA: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has softened his objection to an interim peace agreement.Israel Radio reported on Tuesday morning, says The Jerusalem Post.The Jerusalem Post could not corroborate the report.Abbas has thus far vehemently ruled out any temporary peace accord with

DHAKA: A young Vietnamese activist went on trial on Tuesday for "abusing democratic freedoms" with a series of angry Facebook posts, in an escalation of the communist regime`s crackdown on online dissent.Dinh Nhat Uy, 30, appeared in court in the southern province of Long An on charges