DHAKA: Syria’s president Bashar Al Assad has jokingly said that he should have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.A pro-Damascus Lebanese newspaper has reported, says gulfnews.com.The prize, which was given to the global chemical weapons watchdog on Friday, ‘should have been mine’,

DHAKA: Social crusader Anna Hazare was admitted to a private hospital in the city on Monday after he complained of weakness, loss of appetite and problem in passing urine.His lawyer Milind Pawar told media that Anna was rushed to Pune from Ralegan Siddhi, his hometown, after he complained

DHAKA: A bomb exploded near a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Tuesday, killing eight worshippers after the first prayer of the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, or Eid al-Adha.Iraq police and medical sources said, reports The Jerusalem Post.Insurgents usually intensify their

DHAKA: Russian authorities said on Tuesday they had arrested two men from the North Caucasus on suspicion of plotting an attack on a chemical weapons storage and destruction facility.Investigators believe the suspects planned to build a bomb and attack the Maradykovo facility in the Kirov

DHAKA: Typhoon ‘Nari’ slammed into central Vietnam early on Tuesday, killing five people, ripping roofs of homes and damaging roads.The storm, which claimed 13 lives in the Philippines over the weekend, tore through the country’s central region, from the tourist town of Hue to Quang

DHAKA: Iran put forward proposals regarding the dispute over its nuclear programme in talks with six world powers that began in Geneva on Tuesday.A European Union spokesman said, reports The Jerusalem Post.Michael Mann, spokesman for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, said Iran

DHAKA: At least 13 people have been killed after a powerful typhoon passed close to the Japanese capital.Typhoon Wipha caused landslides and flooding on Izu Oshima Island, south of Tokyo, with several houses destroyed.In Tokyo, flights were cancelled, bullet train services suspended and

DHAKA: A chapter in newspaper history drew to a close on Tuesday with the renaming of the 125-year-old International Herald Tribune, amid a time of unprecedented upheaval for print media.Editions of the paper that rolled off the presses early on Tuesday featured the publication’s new

DHAKA: Seventy-three people have been confirmed killed in a powerful earthquake that struck the central Philippines on TuesdayPhilippine authorities said, reports The Straits Times.At least 57 people died on the island of Bohol, where the 7.1-magnitude quake’s epicentre struck,

DHAKA: Iran’s overtures to the West are being tested as the US and its partners sit down for the first talks on Teheran’s nuclear programme since the election of a reformist Iranian president.Negotiations between Iran and the US, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany began on

DHAKA: The governor of Afghanistan`s Logar province has been killed in a blast in a mosque, during prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid.Arsala Jamal was standing at the front of the mosque greeting worshippers when a bomb hidden under a table detonated.At least 15 people were injured,

DHAKA: Five men from Bangladesh have been arrested for immigration offences during a Home Office operation at an Indian restaurant in Newton Abbot.Acting on intelligence, officers visited Eastern Eye, Queen Street, on Friday, October 11 and carried out checks on staff.Four of the men,

DHAKA: An appeals panel has ruled that a Malaysian Catholic newspaper could not use "Allah" to refer to the Christian God in a case that sparked attacks on places of worship three years ago.The publishers of the Herald, who had argued that a 2009 government ban on the use of Allah in its

DHAKA: An earthquake measuring 7.2 magnitude has hit the central Philippines, killing at least four people.The US Geological Survey said the quake struck underneath the island of Bohol, in a region popular with tourists.The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said a destructive wave was not

DHAKA: As with any annual event that grows over time, Haj has become a complex, carefully choreographed ritual that leaves little wriggle room to include some of the simple traditions of the past.In fact, it’s inevitable. Up until this year, about 3 million pilgrims converged in Makkah.

DHAKA: Swiss radiation experts have confirmed they found traces of polonium on clothing used by Yasser Arafat which ‘support the possibility’ the veteran Palestinian leader was poisoned.In a report published by The Lancet at the weekend, the team provide scientific details to media

DHAKA: Three of the six aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross kidnapped in Syria have been freed, along with a colleague from the Red Crescent.‘Three ICRC colleagues and the Syrian Arab Red Crescent volunteer have been released and are safe and sound. We are

DHAKA: Iranian foreign minister and chief nuclear negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif voiced hope Tehran and world powers can agree in talks this week on a road map towards resolving their nuclear stand-off, but warned the process would be complex.The negotiations about Iran’s nuclear

DHAKA: Agya Amma surveyed the pile of twisted wood and shredded thatch that was her home in this seaside Indian village.Like most everything else in Podampetta, it was all but swept away when Cyclone Phailin roared in off the Bay of Bengal with a massive storm surge and winds topping 200

DHAKA: US state secretary John Kerry called on Monday for a peace conference on Syria ‘very soon’ but said peace would not be possible without a transition government to replace president Bashar Assad.‘We believe it is urgent to set a day, to convene the conference and work toward a