DHAKA: False alarms, swirling rumours and contradictory statements have made the wait all the more agonising for the families of the 239 people on board the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.As the search dragged into its fifth day, here are some of the key areas of confusion:Did the

DHAKA: Iranian president Hassan Rouhani arrived in Muscat on Wednesday for a visit dedicated to talks with leaders of the Islamic republic’s historic ally in the Gulf on regional tensions and bilateral cooperation.Rouhani was greeted on arrival at the royal airport in Muscat by Oman’s

DHAKA: Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is making a rare trip outside the capital to meet people displaced by the country’s three-year-old civil war.Syria state media reported on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.‘President Assad is inspecting conditions for the displaced in

DHAKA: A joint naval exercise of US, Bulgarian and Romanian naval forces in the Black Sea has started.The Bulgarian navy said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.The USS Truxtun, a US guided-missile destroyer with about 300 crew and part of the US Sixth Fleet headquartered in Italy,

DHAKA: The international search for a missing Malaysian airliner has been expanded into the Andaman Sea, hundreds of kilometers to the northwest of the original search radius.An official said on Wednesday, reports The Straits Times.‘Yes, above Sumatra is the Andaman Sea,’ Malaysian

DHAKA: Russia`s leaders are refusing all negotiations with their Ukrainian counterparts, Ukraine`s acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has said.Turchynov told that Ukraine would not intervene militarily in Crimea, even though a secession referendum there was a "sham".Meanwhile interim

DHAKA: Libya`s General National Congress has passed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan and designated the defence minister as acting prime minister.Parliamentarians voted to oust Zeidan as anger grew with the government`s failure to stop eastern rebels from

DHAKA: The funeral is to take place in the Turkish capital Istanbul of a teenaged boy who died nine months after being injured during anti-government protests.Berkin Elvan`s death on Tuesday led to protests in cities across the country, reported BBC.President Abdullah Gul has appealed for

DHAKA: The northern Australian city of Darwin has been hit by a major blackout, forcing schools to close and knocking out traffic lights.The power cut, which was caused by a tripped circuit at a sub-station, began in the early hours of Wednesday.It affected all of Darwin, closing

DHAKA: Malaysia`s air force chief has denied remarks attributed to him that a missing Malaysia Airlines plane was tracked by military radar to the Strait of Malacca, far from its planned route.Rodzali Daud said such reports in local media were untrue, but it was possible the plane had

DHAKA: Military radar suggests the missing Malaysia Airlines plane turned west, away from its planned route, before vanishing.Malaysia’s air force says, reports the BBC.Flight MH370 from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing went missing on Saturday, after taking off with 239 people on board.The

DHAKA: Ousted Ukrainian leader Viktor Yanukovych on Tuesday said that he was still the country’s legitimate president and commander-in-chief, predicting he would be able to return to Kiev soon.‘I remain not just the sole legitimate president of Ukraine but also commander-in-chief,’

DHAKA: The second passenger who boarded Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 with a stolen passport was also an Iranian.Interpol said in a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, reports The Straits Times Interpol asked the media and the public to confirm if it was 29-year-old Delavar Seyed

DHAKA: A North Korean-flagged tanker carrying an ‘illegal’ cargo of oil from a rebel-held port in eastern Libya on Tuesday escaped navy ships that were escorting it.A Member of Parliament said, reports The Straits Times.‘The oil tanker took advantage of poor weather conditions to

DHAKA: Pakistani judges hearing treason charges against Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday adjourned his formal indictment to the end of the week after an official report said the former military ruler’s life was under threat.Musharraf, who ruled from 1999 to 2008, became the first former army

DHAKA: Malaysia’s military believes it tracked a missing jetliner by radar over the Strait of Malacca, far from where it last made contact with civilian air traffic control off the country’s east coast.A military source told media, reports The Times of India.In one of the most

DHAKA: The US secretary of state John Kerry has rejected talks offer with Russian president Vladimir Putin until Moscow engages with US proposals on Ukraine’s crisis.John Kerry told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that Moscow’s military intervention in Crimea had made any

DHAKA: The two passengers holding fake passports aboard the Malaysian flight MH370 were Iranians heading to Europe with the aim of seeking asylum.The BBC Persian service said quoting a source who met them in Malaysia, reports The Straits Times.The Malaysian authorities on Monday

DHAKA: A man traveling on a stolen passport on a missing Malaysian jet was a young Iranian who is not believed to have terrorist links.Malaysian police say, reports the BBC.It is thought the 19-year-old was traveling to Germany where he was hoping to seek asylum, they say.The

DHAKA: China has urged Malaysia to "step up its efforts" in the search for the Malaysia Airlines passenger plane that disappeared on Saturday (March 8).Malaysia said it was widening the hunt, after days of searching found no trace of the plane or the 239 people on board - most of whom