Friday, 29 Mar, 2024

International

‘Region will lose sleep over Iran deal’

DHAKA: People in the Middle East will lose sleep over a nuclear deal between global powers and Iran, a Saudi foreign policy adviser said on Sunday, signalling the deep unease Sunni Muslim Gulf states have over Western rapprochement with their Shia foe.At the time the adviser spoke, Saudi

‘Nuclear deal blocks Iran’s path to bomb’

DHAKA: Iran struck a historic deal on Sunday with the United States and five other world powers, agreeing to a temporary freeze of its nuclear programme in the most significant agreement between Washington and Tehran after more than three decades of estrangement.The deal commits Iran to

EU hails Iran deal, urges implementation

DHAKA: European Union president Herman Van Rompuy on Sunday hailed the ‘courage’ shown by Iran and world powers in their deal to curb Teheran’s nuclear programme, but also urged its ‘punctual’ implementation.‘It is now crucial to ensure punctual implementation of the agreement

Saudi Arabia announces its 55th Mers fatality

DHAKA: The Saudi health ministry on Sunday announced a new Mers death, raising to 55 the number of people killed by the coronavirus in the country with the most fatalities.A 37-year-old Saudi man died in Riyadh, the ministry said on its website, reports The Straits Times.The World Health

Fighting near Damascus kills 72 rebels, troops

DHAKA: Fierce clashes between regime troops and rebels near an opposition stronghold east of Syria’s capital Damascus has killed more than 70 combatants.A monitoring group reported on Sunday, reports daily Hurriyet.Saturday’s fighting in the Eastern Ghouta region killed 28 jihadists

2 security officials killed in Pakistan convoy attack

DHAKA: At least two security personnel were killed and five others wounded on Sunday in a bomb attack on a convoy in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal areas.The attack came in the Mir Ali area of Miranshah, the main town in the North Waziristan tribal region, a hub of Taliban and Al-Qaeda

11,000 children killed in Syria conflict

DHAKA: More than 11,000 children have died in Syria’s civil war in nearly three years, including hundreds targeted by snipers, a new report says.Summary executions and torture have also been used against children as young as one, the London-based Oxford Research Group think tank

New warships to join Iran’s naval fleet

DHAKA: The Iranian Navy will take delivery of new domestically manufactured warships, hovercrafts, and helicopters next week, the commander of the Navy announced during a press conference held ahead of the National Navy Day, which falls on November 28 this year.Rear Admiral Habibollah

‘World powers recognise Iranian nuclear rights’

DHAKA: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday the deal reached with six world powers in Geneva ‘recognised Iran’s nuclear rights’ by allowing it to continue to enrich uranium and that Tehran’s enrichment activities would proceed similar to before.He said in a statement in

Khamenei welcomes nuclear deal

DHAKA: Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday the deal reached with world powers in Geneva was the basis for further progress, and the prayers of the Iranian nation had contributed towards its success.‘This can be the basis for further intelligent actions,’

Afghan president again delays signing US deal

DHAKA: Afghanistan’s president Hamid Karzai says he won’t immediately sign a security deal with the United States, ignoring a recommendation by an assembly of Afghan elders and leaders that he do so by the end of the year.Hamid Karzai spoke after the Loya Jirga issued its statement on

`Nuclear agreement with Iran a bad deal’

DHAKA: Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s government denounced world powers’ nuclear agreement with Iran on Sunday as a ‘bad deal’ that Israel did not regard itself as bound by.‘This is a bad deal,’ an official in Netanyahu’s office said, reports The Jerusalem

Thai capital braces for rival political rallies

DHAKA: Tens of thousands of pro and anti-government demonstrators are due to mass in Bangkok on Sunday as Thailand faces its most significant political street action since bloody rallies in 2010.Authorities expect about 50,000 anti-government protesters will be on the streets by the

Thousands flee as Indonesia volcano erupts eight times

DHAKA: A volcano in western Indonesia has erupted eight times in just a few hours, ‘raining down rocks’ over a large area and forcing thousands to flee their homes.Indonesia officials said on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.Mount Sinabung has been erupting on and off since

Death toll in China oil blasts rises to 52

DHAKA: Rescuers have found more bodies at the scene of oil pipeline blasts in eastern China, bringing the death toll in one of the country`s worst industrial accidents this year to 52.The Qingdao government information office said on its microblog Sunday that four more bodies had been

‘Iran’s enrichment will be accepted’

DHAKA: Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a deal struck with world powers on Sunday had recognised Iran’s nuclear programme and in a final ‘step’ all sanctions on the Islamic republic would be lifted.Speaking on Iran’s Press TV, Zarif said the deal was an

Afghanistan elders set to back US security pact

DHAKA: A meeting of Afghan elders is expected to back a security pact letting thousands of US troops remain after combat operations end in 2014.Sources said more than 75% favour a deal being signed this year, contrary to what president Hamid Karzai wants.He told the opening session of the

Iran nuclear deal reached

DHAKA: A historic deal was struck early Sunday between Iran and six world powers over Tehran`s nuclear program that slows the country`s nuclear development program in exchange for lifting some sanctions while a more formal agreement is worked out.The agreement -- described as an "initial,

Govt air strikes kill 44 in Syria,

DHAKA: A string of government airstrikes on rebel-held areas in northern Syria on Saturday killed at least 44 people, activists said, as Al-Qaeda-linked rebels captured one of the country`s oil field in the east.Mr Rami Abdurrahman, the director of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for

Iran nuclear deal agreed at talks

DHAKA: Iran and six world powers meeting in Geneva have reached a deal on Tehran`s nuclear programme, foreign ministers say.No details have been released about the agreement, which has been reached after five days of negotiations.Negotiators from the UK, US, Russia, China, France and