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India to relax tourist visa norms for Bangladeshi nationals

DHAKA: The Bangladeshi Foreign Minister Abdul Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Thursday that India would relax tourist visa norms for Bangladeshi nationals below 13...

Iran to send military equipment to Iraq if requested

TEHRAN: Iran will send military equipment to Iraq if requested by Baghdad as a help in fight against the Al-Qaeda-linked Sunni militant group Islamic...

Iran says excessive demands by other side could thwart nuclear deal

TEHRAN: Iran has said that the excessive demands by the world six powers could thwart a deal over its nuclear energy program. “The Islamic Republic...

NATO soldier killed in southern Afghanistan

KABUL: A service member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was killed in an attack by enemy forces in southern Afghanistan, bringing the...

50 killed in fresh wave of sectarian violence in CAR

BANGUI: At least 50 persons have been killed over the past three days in a fresh wave of sectarian violence in the Central African...

Tunisia to hold parliamentary, presidential elections in October, November

TUNIS: The parliamentary and presidential elections will be held in Tunisia in October and November respectively as agreed by the country’s lawmakers on Wednesday. The...

Russian parliament revokes law allowing military intervention in Ukraine

MOSCOW: The upper chamber of the Russian parliament on Wednesday revoked the right of military intervention in Ukraine, a day after the country’s President...

Libyans cast votes for new parliament

TRIPOLI: The Libyan parliamentary election is being held on Wednesday amid worst violence the country is witnessing since the ouster of Muammar Gaddafi in...

Obama nominates General John Campbell as next US commander for Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: The US President Barack Obama has nominated the current vice chief of the Army General John Campbell to take over the US command...

Iran, Russia expected to sign nuclear reactors deal soon

TEHRAN: Iran and Russia are expected to sign a deal soon on the building of two new 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors in the Islamic Republic...

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