DHAKA: Archaeologists in Peru have found two mummies more than 1,000 years old in a suburb of the capital, Lima.The mummies - of an adult and a child - were found at an ancient religious complex which has been under excavation since 1981.The child is believed to have been an offering to

DHAKA: Dozens of people have been injured in an explosion and fire at a sweet factory in northern Mexico.Officials said a boiler exploded in the Blueberry factory at an industrial park in Ciudad Juarez, causing the ceiling to collapse.About 300 people were said to be working in the

DHAKA: Twitter is to sell 70 million shares priced between $17 and $20 (£10 - £12) when the company makes its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.This offering - which represents 13% of the company - values Twitter at as much as $10.9 billion (£6.7bn), making it the biggest internet

DHAKA: The head of the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Martin Kobler, on Thursday urged armed groups to free their child soldiers, calling their recruitment ‘an atrocity’.‘Almost 1,000 children have been... recruited by armed groups between January 1, 2012 and August

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia on Thursday warned it will take measures against activists who go ahead with a planned weekend campaign to defy a ban on women drivers in the conservative Muslim kingdom.‘It is known that women in Saudi are banned from driving and laws will be applied against

DHAKA: An Islamist alliance backing Mohamed Mursi on Thursday urged its supporters to protest on November 4 when the ousted president will be put on trial, raising fears of new clashes.Mursi, held at an unknown location since the military ousted him on July 3, and 14 others have been

DHAKA: A deadly earthquake that struck the Philippines last week created a spectacular rocky wall that stretches for kilometres through farmlands.Astounded geologists said, reports The Straits Times.Dramatic pictures of the Earth-altering power of the 7.1-magnitude quake have emerged as

DHAKA: Fire officials defended Australia’s defence department on Thursday after investigators revealed a military training exercise ignited the largest of the wildfires that have torn across the nation’s most populous state over the past week.The Rural Fire Service said Wednesday that

DHAKA: Armed pirates have attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both United States citizens.Security sources said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.The US-flagged, Edison Chouest-owned C-Retriever was attacked in the early

DHAKA: The Philippines expects an early ruling from the United Nations’ tribunal on its arbitration case questioning China’s claim on the South China Sea.Philippines foreign minister said on Thursday, in the first public announcement of hopes for a swift outcome, reports The Straits

DHAKA: The United States is talking to Turkey about its concern over Ankara’s decision to co-produce a long-range air and missile defence system with a Chinese firm under US sanctions.US Ambassador to Turkey Francis Ricciardone said on Thursday, reports The Jerusalem Post.‘We are very

DHAKA: Syrian authorities have freed dozens of women prisoners and cleared a prominent young blogger for release in one of the final stages of a three-way hostage deal.A monitoring group said on Thursday, reports The Jerusalem Post.Syria president Bashar Assad’s government has released

DHAKA: Pakistan for years secretly approved of US drone attacks on its territory despite public denunciations.The Washington Post reported Wednesday, citing secret documents, dawn.com publishes this report on Thursday.The purported evidence of Islamabad’s involvement came as prime

DHAKA: Germany’s foreign minister Guido Westerwelle has summoned the United States’ ambassador to Germany, John B. Emerson, to discuss information obtained by Berlin that the US may have monitored Angela Merkel’s mobile phone.A German government spokesman said on Thursday, reports

DHAKA: Astronomers have found the most distant galaxy yet, a discovery that pushes back scientists’ view of the universe to about 700 million years after it is thought to have come into existence.Light from the galaxy, designated by scientists as z8_GND_5296, took about 13.1 billion

DHAKA: A disaster official says a volcano in western Indonesia has unleashed a column of dark volcanic material high into the air weeks after villagers fled from an earlier eruption.National Mitigation Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho says Thursday’s explosion at Mount Sinabung,

DHAKA: South Korea says rival North Korea is allowing six detained South Koreans to return home.The South’s unification ministry said on Thursday in a short statement that the South Koreans on Friday will cross over the heavily armed border at the truce village of Panmunjom.The

DHAKA: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended 560 troops be sent to the Central African Republic to protect a United Nations political mission in the virtually lawless country.The landlocked, mineral-rich country has slipped into chaos since northern Seleka rebels seized the

DHAKA: Kenya’s police chief has threatened journalists with arrest after they reported on looting and disarray among security forces during the massacre in Nairobi’s Westgate shopping mall.The media said on Thursday, reports The Straits Times.Police Inspector General David Kimaiyo

DHAKA: Even with drones, smart bombs and precision weapons, war remains a clash of human wills that ultimately requires boots on the ground, and the notion that land forces are obsolete is naive and dangerous.The top US Army general said on Wednesday, The Jerusalem Post publishes this