LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: British Prime Minister David Cameron will meet European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Friday, cancelling a previously scheduled visit to Sweden and Denmark, his office said. The two will “discuss the UK’s renegotiation of its membership” of the European Union, Downing Street said in aRead More

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: Only Syrians have been invited to peace talks in Geneva, the UN said Wednesday, in an apparent contradiction to Turkey’s suggestion that it would be included. On Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said Ankara would “boycott” the talks set to open on Friday if the Syrian KurdishRead More

Dhaka, January 25 Former Bangladeshi prime minister and opposition leader Khaleda Zia was today booked for treason over her alleged “slanderous comments” concerning martyrs of the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan, with a court here summoning her to appear before it. “The case has been filed against her at theRead More

Washington, January 25 A turbaned Sikh man was forced out of Donald Trump’s rally in the US state of Iowa after he interrupted the Republican presidential frontrunner’s speech by displaying a banner that read ‘Stop Hate’. The man, wearing in bright red turban, started his peaceful protest impromptu, when TrumpRead More

Beirut, January 25 The Islamic State group has released a video purporting to show nine jihadists behind the November Paris attacks that killed 130 people, in which they threaten “coalition” countries, including Britain. The video posted yesterday on jihadist websites is entitled “Kill wherever you find them”, and shows fourRead More

Washington, January 25 The eastern United States emerged wearily from a massive blizzard that dumped huge amounts of snow and killed at least 25 people, but Washington was still reeling, with government offices and schools to remain closed today. The storm — dubbed “Snowzilla” — walloped a dozen states fromRead More

Srinagar, January 25 Elite commando of Army’s Special Forces Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami has been awarded Ashok Chakra, the country’s highest peace time gallantary honour, for laying down his life while saving his two colleagues during an encounter with militants in Kashmir last year. This was stated by DefenceRead More

Dubai, January 25 A Bahraini court sentenced 57 men to 15-year jail terms on Monday for rioting in a prison outside the capital Manama last March, the public prosecutor’s office said. Bahraini security forces tear-gassed and beat inmates at Jaw prison on March 8 while trying to quell clashes thatRead More

Yaounde (Cameroon), January 25 Local officials say that four suicide bombers attacked a town in Cameroon’s Far North region near the border with Nigeria, killing at least 28 persons and wounding 65 others. Governor Midjiyawa Bakari said on Monday that two attackers detonated explosives at a market and two othersRead More

Vientiane (Laos), January 25 US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday dismissed Syrian government claims and Opposition complaints as posturing ahead of UN-led peace talks that are supposed to begin this week. Kerry, in Laos after discussing the negotiations with officials in Switzerland and Saudi Arabia last week, saidRead More