DHAKA: Iraqi prime minister Nuri al-Maliki called for residents and tribes to expel ‘terrorists’ holding Fallujah to prevent fighting in the city.Iraqiya state TV reported on Monday, says The Straits Times.Maliki called on ‘the people of Fallujah and its tribes to expel the

DHAKA: Pope Francis said on Sunday he will make his first trip to the Holy Land, visiting Amman, Bethlehem and Jerusalem in May.‘In the climate of joy typical of this Christmas period, I would like to announce that from May 24 to 26, God willing, I will carry out a pilgrimage to the

DHAKA: Afghanistan will release 88 prisoners as planned even though the United States considers them dangerous and wants them to remain in detention.The board reviewing their cases told media, reports The Jerusalem Post.The prisoners are being held at a jail at the Bagram air base north

DHAKA: One person died and at least seven others were injured Sunday after a three-alarm fire broke out in a New York City high-rise, authorities said.Daniel McClung, 27, was remembered by a close friend as a brilliant and beautiful person, inside and out. McClung was a playwright, a deep

DHAKA: Sudan`s President Omar al-Bashir is to travel to Juba for talks with President Salva Kiir over the conflict in South Sudan, state media say.Fighting is continuing in South Sudan as the warring parties meet in Ethiopia to try to agree a ceasefire. So far no substantive progress has

DHAKA: Retired US basketball player Dennis Rodman is taking a team to North Korea for a match marking leader Kim Jong-un`s birthday.Rodman and the team of former US National Basketball Association (NBA) players were to fly from Beijing on Monday ahead of Wednesday`s match, reports

DHAKA: The United States is expected to see the coldest temperatures in almost 20 years as an arctic cold front descends on 140 million people. Much of the United States will see the coldest temperatures in almost 20 years, according to the National Weather Service. They are expected to

DHAKA: Fourteen people have been killed and 10 injured in a stampede at a mosque in China`s northwest Ningxia region, according to state media.It happened as traditional food was being handed out at an event to commemorate a religious leader, Xinhua news agency said.An investigation is

DHAKA: A South Sudan army general has been killed in an ambush as government forces advance on the rebel-held town of Bor.In Ethiopia, meanwhile, efforts to get the warring parties in South Sudan to agree a ceasefire continue.Detailed talks between negotiating teams are due to start on

DHAKA: A Polish woman was drugged and raped as she travelled to the Indian capital with her two-year-daughter, police said Sunday, the latest in a string of sexual attacks on women in the country.The woman, 33, and her daughter were travelling in a taxi from the city of Mathura where they

DHAKA: Iraqi security forces are preparing a ‘major attack’ to retake the city of Fallujah from al-Qaida-linked militants, a senior government official said on Sunday.‘Iraqi forces are preparing for a major attack in Fallujah,’ the official told media, reports The Times of

DHAKA: Britain’s prime minister David Cameron promised on Sunday to protect pensioners’ income if his Conservative party wins the 2015 election, laying out his first manifesto spending pledge.Coming at a time when Britain is facing years of cuts to public spending, the promise is

DHAKA: India on Sunday successfully launched its first rocket using domestically made booster technology, taking another step forward in its ambitious space programme.The Indian-made cryogenically-powered rocket blasted off from the southern spaceport of Sriharikota as scheduled, as Delhi

DHAKA: Two car bombs and roadside bombs exploded in commercial areas of Baghdad on Sunday killing at least 14 people.Iraqi police and medical sources said, reports The Jerusalem Post.The deadliest attack took place in northern Baghdad’s mainly Shia district of Shaab where two car bombs

DHAKA: Almost two thirds of Spaniards want their king to abdicate and hand the crown to his son, according to a poll released on Sunday, the monarch’s birthday, that also showed his popularity slumping to a record low.King Juan Carlos, who has been on the throne for 38 years, was once

DHAKA: Pope Francis announced on Sunday that he will visit Holy Land sites in Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories in May, his first trip to the area as pontiff.Francis, who has made many appeals for peace in the Middle East since his election in March, announced the trip to

DHAKA: Several thousand people joined a rally in Myanmar’s main city on Sunday to call for the abolition of repressive laws and an end to politically related arrests.The crowd gathered for about two hours near Yangon City Hall, chanting slogans such as ‘Give citizens full rights!’

DHAKA: At least 11 people have died and many are still feared trapped under the debris of an under-construction building that collapsed in Indian state of Goa on Saturday.An FIR has been registered against the builder and the contractor, who the police say have gone missing.According to

DHAKA: The United States on Sunday appeared for the first time to hold out the possibility that Iran might play a role on the sidelines of a Syria peace conference even if Teheran is not formally invited.Washington and Syrian opposition groups, have long had reservations about the

DHAKA: Egypt’s deputy prime minister and defence minister Abdul Fattah Al Sissi is expected to step down in the coming days to pave the way for his nomination in the upcoming presidential elections.Egyptian media reported, says gulfnews.com.Al Wafd newspaper reported that his exit will