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DHAKA: The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) in Bangladesh gave a country-wide strike call for Monday to protest against the death sentence awarded to its leader Motiur...

MUNICH: Iran’s Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif has said that Iran and six major world powers will hold the next round of nuclear talks...

KABUL: A two-month presidential election campaign in Afghanistan will kick off on Sunday, with eleven candidates taking part in the elections including former foreign...

WASHGINTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet key Ukrainian opposition leaders on the sidelines of a security conference in Munich‚ Germany on...

DHAKA: The 70-year-old Motiur Rahman Nizami, the leader of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), along with 13 others persons was sentenced to death in Bangladesh on...

WASHINGTON: The United States may impose financial sanctions against the Ukrainian authorities and protest leaders if the violence continues in the country.A foreign news...

KIEV: The Ukrainian parliament has adopted a much-anticipated amnesty bill for all those arrested during the anti-government protests, in return the protesters are obliged...

OSLO: Edward Snowden, a fugitive former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor, was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 on Wednesday by two...

BRUSSELS: Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia will not reconsider its earlier signed all financial and energy agreements with Ukraine, no...

WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama vowed to veto any new bill by Congress to impose new sanctions against Iran, and urged lawmakers to provide...