DHAKA: The UN Security Council has voted unanimously to secure and destroy Syria`s chemical weapons stockpile.The vote late on Friday was the first resolution passed on the Syrian conflict since it began in March 2011, after Russia and China had previously vetoed three Western-backed

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has spoken by phone to Iran`s Hassan Rouhani - the first such top-level conversation in more than 30 years.Mr Obama spoke of a "unique opportunity" to make progress with Iran`s new leadership, amid a flurry of diplomacy over its nuclear programme.Earlier,

DHAKA: Thousands of people are taking part in anti-government protests across Egypt, days after activities by the Muslim Brotherhood were banned by a Cairo court.Friday`s protests, called by the Anti-Coup alliance, saw thousands take to the streets in Cairo, Port Said, Assuit, and

DHAKA: Militants attacked two helicopters carrying relief goods in Balochistan`s earthquake-affected Awaran district on Friday.Khan Wasey, the FC spokesman said militants opened fire at two helicopters which were landing at Mashkay to provide relief goods to earthquake survivors."Small

DHAKA: Nineteen people were killed and another critically injured when a bus rolled down a 600-feet deep gorge near Ransua-Jabrog village in Sirmaur district on Friday morning.The bus with 20 passengers on board was on its way from Uchha Takkar to Renuka when the mishap occurred. The bus

DHAKA: As the present-day NSA draws fire from critics worried about contemporary abuses of power, new details have surfaced about the secretive agency’s efforts -- during the Vietnam War era -- to spy on prominent antiwar figures on behalf of the White House.Newly declassified materials

DHAKA: At least 17 people were killed and 43 others injured when a bomb exploded on a bus carrying government employees on Peshawar’s Charsadda Road.“The bomb was planted inside the bus. At the moment, the death of 17 people have been confirmed,” Zahirul Islam, deputy commissioner

DHAKA:  At least 19 people have been stung to death by hornets -- which may include the world`s largest hornet species Vespa mandarinia -- in China`s central Shaanxi province in the last three months, according to the city government of Ankang, the apparent epicenter of a recent spate of

DHAKA: A federal judge has refused to dismiss most of a lawsuit against Google Inc over allegations the company improperly scanned the content of customers` emails in order to place ads, according to Reuters news agency.US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California ruled on Thursday

DHAKA: The U.N. Security Council could vote as early as Friday on a draft resolution regarding Syria`s chemical weapons program.The resolution would impose "legally binding obligations" on the government to eliminate its program, said U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha

DHAKA: Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas warned the United Nations that United States-brokered peace talks offered the ‘last chance’ as he demanded an agreement with Israel that permanently resolves all disputes.Speaking before the UN General Assembly, Abbas urged no let-up in

DHAKA: Iran and six major powers have agreed to meet in Geneva next month for further talks on resolving the standoff with Tehran on its nuclear programme.US and Iranian officials emerged upbeat on Thursday from a meeting on Iran’s nuclear programme, but both sides sounded a cautionary

DHAKA: The tone and spirit of a meeting on Thursday between six world powers and Iran on Tehran’s nuclear programme was ‘extremely good’.British foreign secretary William Hague said, reports The Jerusalem Post.Hague made the comment after the meeting he attended with Iranian foreign

DHAKA: Russia’s UN envoy said he hoped the UN Security Council would be able to vote on a resolution demanding the eradication of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal on Friday evening.‘We hope tomorrow night at ...(around) 8:00pm (0000 GMT on Saturday),’ Russian ambassador Vitaly

DHAKA: A total of 29 people have been killed in anti-government protests in Sudan.Sudan state news agency SUNA said on Thursday, in the first official toll since the outbreak of violence on Monday, reports The Jerusalem Post.The death toll included civilians and police officers, police

DHAKA: The head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council cut short a visit to France and said he would head to Syria for talks with rebel brigades that broke with the Western-backed coalition.General Salim Idris, who commands the coalition’s military wing known as the Free

DHAKA: Israel will be easing some restrictions imposed on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as a part of ongoing peace talks with the PalestiniansIsrael’s international relations minister Yuval Steinitz announced that Israel will issue 5,000 new work permits for Palestinians, extend the

DHAKA: India’s prime minister Manmohan Singh branded Thursday’s attack by militants on an Indian police station and army camp in disputed Kashmir as ‘barbaric’ but, without mentioning Pakistan, said it would not derail efforts to pursue peace through dialogue.‘This is one more

DHAKA: Diplomats at the UN say the five permanent members of the divided Security Council appear to have reached agreement on a resolution to require Syria to dismantle its chemical-weapons stockpiles.Their comments on Thursday came a day after Sergey Ryabkov, Russia’s deputy foreign

DHAKA: The United States and China agree it is important for Tehran to respond positively to existing nuclear proposals by six major powers.US officials said ahead of a meeting on Thursday between Iran and the five permanent UN Security Council members and Germany.‘Both the US and China