DHAKA: Russian foreign ministry says Syrian opposition refuses to participate in proposed Moscow talks.RIA Novosti reported Friday, says TDS.The National Coalition, Syria’s leading opposition force, rejected Russia’s offer to hold talks with Syrian authorities in Moscow, the agency

DHAKA: The Pakistani Taliban has vowed to orchestrate a wave of revenge attacks against government targets after naming commander Mullah Fazlullah as its new leader.The threat on Friday came a week after Hakimullah Mehsud, the previous leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), was

DHAKA: US President Barack Obama has apologised to Americans whose health insurance plans have been cancelled as a result of his signature health law.In recent weeks, insurance companies have reportedly cancelled policies that do not meet strict requirements under Mr Obama`s 2010

DHAKA: A series of attacks in Iraq, including a double suicide car bombing targeting a military base, killed 30 people across the country, officials said.The deadliest attack took place when the two suicide bombers drove their explosive-laden cars into a military base in the town of

DHAKA: The new head of the Pakistani Taliban, Mullah Fazlullah, has ruled out peace talks with the government, vowing revenge for his predecessor`s death.A Taliban spokesman told the BBC the militants would instead target the military and the governing party.Mullah Fazlullah was named the

DHAKA: The Iranian foreign minister has said he believes an agreement with world powers on Iran`s nuclear programme is possible by the end of talks on Friday.Mohammad Zarif told CNN that Iran would not suspend uranium enrichment completely but could "deal with the various issues on the

DHAKA: Typhoon Haiyan is battering the Philippines with sustained winds of 235 km/h (146mph).Meteorologists say that if initial estimates based on satellite images are borne out, it could be the most powerful storm ever to make landfall.Schools and offices have been closed in the path of

DHAKA: The wife of Egypt’s toppled president says she has visited him in prison, their first face-to-face contact since he was forced out of office in a popularly backed military coup four months ago.Naglaa Ali told media by phone that she and other family members met with Mohammed

DHAKA: Maldives officials on Thursday moved up a possible presidential run-off to Sunday, one day after the election in a bid to avoid a potential constitutional crisis.Two presidential election attempts since September have failed, and the Indian Ocean archipelago must have an elected

DHAKA: Riot police stormed the former Greek state television headquarters in Athens on Thursday and evicted dozens of fired journalists, ending a five-month sit-in against the broadcaster’s closure.The government took ERT off air in June to meet a target for public-sector job cuts set

DHAKA: After claiming that Jawaharlal Nehru had called Sardar Patel a ‘total communalist’, BJP leader LK Advani on Thursday stoked a fresh controversy saying the then prime minister was reluctant to send army to Kashmir in 1947 even as Pakistani troops approached, but the home

DHAKA: Pakistan’s Taliban have named Mullah Fazlullah as their new leader, after the death of Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone attack, a spokesman has said.Mullah Fazlullah, a hardline commander from the Swat area, was chosen after a conference in north-west Pakistan.Mehsud was killed when

DHAKA: The commander of the M23 rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has surrendered in Uganda, sources have told the BBC.Sultani Makenga is said to have handed himself over along with hundreds of M23 fighters in the Mgahinga National Park.Neither government has so far

DHAKA: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited a military academy Thursday on the first full day of their Indian tour which began with garlands and a blessing beside the River Ganges.The royal pair wore strings of jasmine and marigold flowers at a welcoming ceremony on Wednesday

DHAKA: A senior Kuwait foreign ministry official has denied reports that his country would take the UN Security Council seat that Saudi Arabia has rejected.‘The report that Kuwait would take the seat is not true,’ Khalid Al Jarallah, the ministry undersecretary, said on Thursday,

DHAKA: Syrian troops have retaken a key rebel-held town south of Damascus, state media and activists say.State TV said the army had full control of Sbeineh and that ‘terrorists’ had been driven out, reports the BBC.UK-based activist group the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said

DHAKA: Talks between Iran and world powers on Iran’s disputed nuclear programme have begun in Geneva, with both sides expressing cautious optimism.It is the second round of talks since a new Iranian president took office in August with a more conciliatory stance.A spokesman for the

DHAKA: Saudi Arabia has reportedly financed Pakistani-developed nuclear weapons, and the kingdom devises Islamabad will provide it atomic bombs upon request.The BBC reported Wednesday night, The Jerusalem Post publishes this report on Thursday.The Gulf states have been concerned about

DHAKA: At least two people were shot dead and seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire on Wednesday evening at a busy intersection outside a barbershop in Detroit, police said.The barbershop where the shooting happened has a reputation for gambling, but it was too early to tell

DHAKA: Philippine officials said on Thursday that thousands of villagers, including those from a central province devastated recently by an earthquake, are being evacuated as one of Asia’s most powerful typhoons this year approaches.Typhoon ‘Haiyan’ was already packing sustained