DHAKA: Police in a remote northern Afghan village rescued a woman from being stoned to death after she was condemned by the Taliban for allegedly cheating on her husband.Afghan officials said on Tuesday, reports gulfnews.com.Taliban militants, who often run informal justice systems in

DHAKA: Ukraine’s president says he will ask the country’s general prosecutor to find a way to release some of the demonstrators who were arrested in recent protests, in a bid to defuse the country’s tensions.Ukraine’s capital has been gripped by more than three weeks of

DHAKA: India’s anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Tuesday started another indefinite fast demanding the central government to pass an anti-corruption bill.At least 12 supporters joined the 76-year-old veteran social activist as he began his fast at a temple venue in his village

DHAKA: The UN said on Tuesday it would for the first time begin airlifting food and other aid items across the border from Iraq to Syria after receiving the go-ahead from both governments.‘Our colleagues on the Iraqi side, with the permission of the Syrian government and also the

DHAKA: Turkish prosecutors have charged 255 protesters, including seven foreigners, over the mass demonstrations that swept the country in June, local media reported on Tuesday.Those indicted face a range of charges including violating laws on demonstrations, damaging a place of worship

DHAKA: The Central African Republic has announced a countrywide curfew from 10pm to 5am in a presidential decree read on state radio.The announcement came late on Friday as the troubled nation spiraled into conflict, pitting the Muslim rebels who seized power in a coup earlier this year

DHAKA: At least 44 people in China have been killed in an explosion after a leaking oil pipeline caught fire in the city of Qingdao, state media has reported.Xinhua quoted officials who said workers were trying to repair the pipeline at the time of Friday`s blast.Pictures of the scene

DHAKA: Momentum appears to be building for a breakthrough deal on Iran`s nuclear program, with top diplomats flocking to the site of ongoing talks.Hours after a Western official said a deal could be reached "as soon as tonight," discussions ended Friday night, a senior U.S. State

DHAKA: The death toll from the collapse of a roof at a supermarket in Latvia`s capital, Riga, climbed Friday to 51, the mayor said.Between five and seven people are still believed trapped in the debris from Thursday`s collapse at the Maxima supermarket, in western Riga, Mayor Nils Usakovs

DHAKA: Village houses were damaged and power supply cut after three earthquakes measuring above 5 magnitude jolted the city of Songyuan in northeast China`s Jilin Province since Friday afternoon.Authorities are still verifying the casualties and economic losses after the latest

DHAKA: China successfully flew a stealth drone for the first time on Thursday, state media said, citing eyewitness reports.A drone, called "Sharp Sword" by the media, made a test flight for around 20 minutes in Chengdu, reports said.China has been developing stealth aircraft in recent

DHAKA: At least seven people are reported to have been killed in two bomb explosions in a busy area of Pakistan`s southern city of Karachi.At least 18 people were injured in the predominantly Shia area of Ancholi, local media report.Angry crowds gathered at the scene, denouncing the

DHAKA: A zoo in the US state of Texas is investigating why a male lion in its pride attacked and killed a lioness in full view of visitors.The male seized five-year-old Johari by the neck on Sunday at the Dallas Zoo.An autopsy found she died from neck wounds and haemorrhaging.Zoo

DHAKA: At least six people were killed when dozens of tornadoes and intense thunderstorms swept across the US Midwest on Sunday, unleashing powerful winds that flattened entire neighbourhoods, flipped over cars and uprooted trees.An elderly man and his sister were killed when a tornado

DHAKA: Mulayam Singh Yadav led Samajwadi Party has invited cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar to join the party.Sports minister Narad Rai is reported to have told mediapersons in Ballia that Sachin may join Samajwadi Party.‘The final decision would be taken up by the party high command,’

DHAKA: Seven schoolchildren were killed and three wounded by a roadside bomb in south-eastern Afghanistan on Monday, an official said.The bomb was planted on the side of a main road in the Khairkot district of Paktika province, and exploded when the children stepped on it while

DHAKA: Violence across Iraq, including a spate of evening bombings against markets and cafes in Baghdad, killed at least 26 people and a dozen militants.Iraq officials said Monday, reports daily Hurriyet.The attacks on Sunday were the latest in a protracted surge in violence that has

DHAKA: Russian president Vladimir Putin told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on Monday that there was ‘a real chance’ to find a solution to the decade-old standoff over Teheran’s nuclear drive.The Kremlin said Putin had called Rouhani to discuss the Syrian crisis as well as a

DHAKA: Egyptian officials say the death toll from a train crash south of Cairo has risen to 26, after two of the injured died in hospital.The train slammed into at least three vehicles, including a truck, crossing the tracks early on Monday near the village of Dahshur.Most of the dead and

DHAKA: Over 12,000 Syrians arrived over the weekend to Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley town of Arsal seeking shelter from expected battles in their country.A spokesperson from the caretaker Lebanon’s social affairs ministry told TDS Monday.‘The latest figures of the Syrian refugees who