DHAKA: Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Ukraine is "on the verge of civil war" after Kiev sent in troops against pro-Russia separatists.Putin, in a phone call to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, described the move as a "sharp escalation".     Ukraine announced the

DHAKA: Australia`s most populous state New South Wales Premier Barry O`Farrell has announced his resignation after failing to declare a gift of A$3,000 ($2,800; £1,680) wine.Barry O`Farrell admitted to a "massive memory fail" after telling a corruption inquiry that he never received the

DHAKA: At least six people were killed and twelve injured in a fire incident at a passenger bus in India`s southern state of Karnataka on Wednesday, says BBC.                     The bus, carrying 29 passengers, was travelling from Davanagere to Bangalore, when a leak

DHAKA: The world has a likely chance of meeting the UN’s warming limit of two degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) if it cuts annual greenhouse gas emissions 40-70 percent by 2050, especially from energy.A top expert panel said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.The longer it

DHAKA: Malaysia’s acting transport minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has refuted a front-page report of a local newspaper which said that the co-pilot of the MH370 aircraft had made a telephone call when it was flying low near Penang.Hishammuddin said by right, he should have

DHAKA: Royal watchers were scrutinizing the duchess of Cambridge on her New Zealand tour on Sunday, after husband Prince William appeared to hint a second baby is on the way.The royals’ eight-month-old son Prince George, third in line to the British throne, has been the star of their

DHAKA: The New York Senate rejected a bill Monday that would allow immigrants in the country illegally to access state financial aid for college.With 32 votes needed to pass, the measure came up two votes short with 30 in support and 29 against.Had it passed, New York would have become

DHAKA: Relatives of the Chinese passengers on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight have threatened a hunger strike if the Malaysian authorities fail to provide more accurate information.Families vented their anger at a meeting with the airline in Beijing, reported BBC.Officials in

DHAKA: We`ve all seen the films where an asteroid hurtles towards our planet, threatening civilisation.What`s less well known is that menacing space rocks sometimes come in twos, BBC reported.Researchers have outlined some of the best evidence yet for a double space impact, where an

DHAKA: The turn that diverted the missing Malaysian Airlines plane off its flight path was programmed into the aircraft’s computer navigation system, probably by someone in the cockpit.The New York Times reported late Monday, The Straits Times publishes the report on Tuesday.That

DHAKA: France’s foreign minister Laurent Fabius has said that leaders of the Group of Eight world powers have suspended Russia’s participation in the club amid tensions over Ukraine and Russia’s incursion into Crimea.The other seven members of the group had already suspended

DHAKA: With a historic sweep of his pen, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed a treaty Tuesday to annex Crimea, describing the move as correcting past injustice and a necessary response to what he called Western encroachment upon Russia’s vital interests.In an emotional 40-minute

DHAKA: Iran and six world powers started a round of talks in Vienna on Tuesday, hoping to make progress in their years-old dispute over Tehran’s nuclear intentions despite a crisis over Crimea that has fuelled tensions among the powers.The powers, the United States, Russia, China,

DHAKA: Fifty-five people were killed and 10 were injured in two separate road crashes in northern Nigeria.The country’s road safety body said Monday, gulfnews.com publishes this report on Tuesday.‘We have recorded 55 deaths in two road crashes on Sunday and Monday due to speeding and

DHAKA: Cybercriminals are exploiting the disappearance of a Malaysia Airlines plane by luring users to websites purporting to offer the latest news in order to steal their personal information.An internet security firm warned on Tuesday, reports The Straits Times.Trend Micro urged

DHAKA: Malaysia is not a terror hub, said defence and acting transport minister Hishamuddin Hussein on Tuesday.‘About Malaysia being a hub of terror, I heard such claims during my five years as Home Minister, but it is very difficult to link it to the events of today.’‘I vehemently

DHAKA: Russia president Putin has told a special session of Russia’s parliament that ‘in people’s heart of hearts, Crimea has always been part of Russia’.Putin was speaking at the Kremlin, where he announced new laws for Crimea to join the Russian Federation and asked MPs to back

DHAKA: Malaysia opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has admitted that Malaysia Airlines MH370 pilot Captain Zaharie Ahmad Shah is related to his son’s in-laws.‘I am not denying that he (Zaharie) is related to one of my in-laws and that I have met him on several occasions.’‘In fact, he

DHAKA: Desperate relatives of Chinese passengers aboard flight MH370 threatened to go on hunger strike on Tuesday as they demanded answers about the missing aircraft from Malaysian officials.‘Now we have no news, and everyone is understandably worried. The relatives say they will go to

DHAKA: Russia’s president Vladimir Putin on Tuesday approved a draft bill for the annexation of Crimea, one of a flurry of steps to formally take over the Black Sea peninsula.Crimea on Sunday voted overwhelmingly to secede from Ukraine and seek to join Russia. The West and Ukraine