DHAKA: Pope Francis has called for reconciliation on the Korean peninsula, on the final day of his visit to South Korea. Koreans, the pope said, should reject a ‘mindset of suspicion and confrontation’ and find new paths to build peace. He spoke at a Mass in Seoul’s main cathedral

DHAKA: Philippine president Benigno Aquino said two Chinese survey vessels had been sighted in a gas-rich area of its exclusive economic zone, raising concerns of heightened tensions in the disputed South China Sea. China claims almost the entire South China Sea, believed to be rich in

DHAKA: Heavy monsoon rains have created flood havoc in four states across north India - Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Uttarakhand and West Bengal - with dozens killed and lakhs affected. 28 people have died in Uttar Pradesh due to floods so far and more than a thousand villages have been

DHAKA: Police in the US state of Missouri have fired smoke canisters into a crowd of about 400 people, protesting against the killing last week of an unarmed black teenager by police in the town of Ferguson. Barely hours ahead of a second night of curfew that was to come into effect in

DHAKA: Kurdish forces in northern Iraq are in near complete control of Iraq's largest dam after ousting Islamic State (IS) militants, Kurdish officials say. Ground forces supported by US air strikes launched the operation to take Mosul dam on Sunday. Kurdish sources said they were still

DHAKA: Forces loyal to president Bashar Assad hammered the eastern Syrian city of Raqqa with more than two dozen air strikes on Sunday, targeting areas controlled by the Islamic State militant group.A monitoring group said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The Syrian Observatory for Human

DHAKA: UN nuclear agency chief Yukiya Amano said Sunday’s visit to Tehran was useful and that he was very glad to hear a firm commitment from Iran to resolve all outstanding issues through cooperation between the two sides.Amano's trip came ahead of an August 25 deadline for Iran

DHAKA: A quarantine centre for suspected Ebola patients in the Liberian capital Monrovia has been attacked and looted by protesters.Police say, reports the BBC.The incident happened in the densely populated West Point township on Saturday evening.The protesters were unhappy that

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia and Kuwait agreed to comply with a United Nations resolution aimed at stopping financing for Islamist militant groups in Syria and Iraq after four of their nationals were named among a group blacklisted by the international body.The UN Security Council unanimously

DHAKA: Israel warned Sunday it would not countenance any long-term truce deal that did not answer its security needs as Gaza ceasefire talks were set to resume in Cairo.Egyptian-brokered indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians are taking place during a five-day lull

DHAKA: Kurdish sources say their forces ‘are advancing’ in an offensive to retake Mosul dam from the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group.A joint operation involving both Kurdish forces and US air strikes has been under way since 05:00 local time (03:00 GMT), the sources said,

DHAKA: Israel is developing a new system that will detect and destruct tunnels as they are dug by Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Britain’s weekly The Sunday Times reported, says Al Arabiya. The new system, which was developed by a consortium led by Elbit Systems, Israel’s

DHAKA: Australia will offer to resettle some 4,400 people fleeing violence in Iraq and Syria, Immigration Minister Scott Morrison said Sunday, adding the places had been freed up by success in stopping asylum-seeker boats. Boat arrivals have all but dried up since Australia said it would

DHAKA: Fifteen foreign tourists were missing on Sunday after a boat travelling between islands in eastern Indonesia sank. An Indonesian search-and-rescue official said, reports The Straits Times. Suryaman, based on the island of Lombok, told media that 10 people had been rescued after

DHAKA: Taliban and Al Qaeda militants are hiding not only in tribal areas but also in Pakistani cities. Former CIA director Michael Hayden, says, dawn.com publishes this report on Sunday. Former US Senator Richard Lugar, who co-authored the $7.5 billion Kerry-Lugar assistance package

DHAKA: Philippine president Benigno Aquino will on Monday receive a completed draft Bill to create a Muslim autonomous area, aimed at ending decades of fighting that has claimed thousands of lives. His spokesman said, reports The Straits Times. Receiving the draft Bill would allow

DHAKA: Pro-Russian separatists on Sunday shot down a Ukrainian fighter jet over the war-torn east of the country.Confirming the matter, a military spokesman, Leonid Matyukhin told media that in the course of an assignment to eliminate a large group of terrorists, a MiG-29 was shot down

DHAKA: Pakistani opposition politician Imran Khan, who is leading one of two large anti-government demonstrations in the capital, has called on followers to show their strength on Sunday as he tries to force the government to resign. Imran, a former international cricket star whose

DHAKA: Islamic State militants could grow strong enough to target people on the streets of Britain unless action is taken. UK premier David Cameron has warned, reports the BBC. The PM, writing in the Sunday Telegraph, said a ‘humanitarian response’ to IS was not enough and a ‘firm

DHAKA: At least 84 persons were killed and 139 have gone missing in floods and landslides triggered by incessant rainfall in the last three days in various districts across the country.  Hundreds of families have been rendered homeless, thehimalayantimes.com reports on Sunday.  As