By Reuters and VICE News North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un made a rare appearance on Thursday to claim his country has successfully developed a hydrogen bomb — but outside experts were skeptical. Kim made the comments as he toured the…
Category: Int’l relations
Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact on Human Rights Day
December 10– This Human Rights Day, AIPP joins the global yearlong campaign “Our Rights. Our Freedom. Always.” for the 50th anniversary of the two International Covenants on Human Rights: the International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and…
Declaration by High Rep Federica Mogherini of EU on HR Day
This year, Human Rights Day launches a one-year celebration by the United Nations of the 50th anniversary of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), signed…
Argentina’s Fernandez makes emotional farewell speech
Argentina’s outgoing President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has made an emotional farewell speech to supporters in Buenos Aires. She urged people to take to the streets if they feel betrayed by the new centre-right government.
Angela Markel, TIME person of the year
New York – Time magazine Wednesday named German Chancellor Angela Merkel as its “Person of the Year 2015,” hailing her leadership during Europe’s debt, refugee and migrant crises, as well as Russia’s intervention in Ukraine.
Human rights have gone below zero in Bangladesh: Khaleda
Human rights in Bangladesh have ‘sunk below zero’, Khaleda Zia has said, expressing her concern. The BNP chairperson urged everyone to unite to ‘restore’ democracy and take the nation out of the current situation. She made this appeal on Wednesday…
Britain really, really hates Donald Trump
By Miriam Wells Nothing unites British people more than contempt for a perceived idiot. And that’s exactly what happened overnight on Tuesday, with an outpouring of scorn, then fury, for US presidential candidate Donald Trump following his latest bigoted comments.…
Saudi Arabia approves NGO law
After a long delay, the Saudi cabinet has approved a law that may pave the way for non-charity organizations to operate legally in the Kingdom. The law – long overdue – is a significant advance for a country where civil…
BB Governor stresses greater, intelligent Islamic Finance
Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman participated in the 27th Meeting of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) Council at the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Head Quarter in Jeddah on 7 December 2015. While addressing at the Council, Governor…
Trump do not want Muslims to enter US
Republican front runner Donald Trump called Monday for a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the United States, unleashing some of the most provocative and divisive remarks of his controversial presidential campaign.The stunning statement followed last week’s mass shooting…
Surprise India-Pakistan talks spark optimism
High-level meeting in Bangkok signals a thaw in long-standing tensions between nuclear-armed South Asian rivals. South Asia analysts expressed optimism on Monday after talks were secretly held between arch rivals India and Pakistan in the Thai capital – a move…
Dhaka assessing ties with Islamabad: FM
Dhaka – Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali on Sunday termed Pakistan’s denial mood on genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 War of Liberation as ‘laughable’, and mentioned that they are assessing the relations with Pakistan and thinking…
Yemen’s Governor od Aden Killed in blast
The governor of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden has been killed in a large explosion, officials say. Jaafar Mohammed Saad and several aides died when their convoy was hit. Some sources say the blast was caused by a rocket…
Man slashed in London Metro
A man wielding a knife slashed a man in an east London metro station on Saturday, reportedly screaming “this is for Syria”, before police used a stun gun to detain him in what they described as a terrorist incident.A pool…
US probing California attack as an ‘act of terrorism’
FBI says new evidence uncovered related to the San Bernardino attack that killed 14 and wounded 21. The FBI has said it is now investigating the San Bernardino shooting in the US state of California as a “terrorist” attack, adding…
CIA torture is unfinished business
It is now widely acknowledged that after the 9/11 attacks in the US, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) began a global detention and interrogation program through which it tortured and abused prisoners. Yet the US government has failed to hold…
Firebomb kills 16 at Cairo nightclub
Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo nightclub kills 16 people, Egyptian interior ministry says. At least 16 people were killed in a firebomb attack on a nightclub near Cairo after an argument broke out between employees and revellers seeking to…
US, China cooperation on cyber crime
The United States and China have reached agreement on guidelines for requesting assistance on cyber crime or other malicious cyber activities, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday.The agreement was reached in talks in Washington this week among officials including…
Policeman speaks of carnage at San Bernardino scene
One of the first police officers to respond to deadly shootings at a social service centre in California has spoken of scenes of “unspeakable” carnage.Lt Mike Madden said he and officers who arrived later saw dead bodies and had to…
Turkey will “regret more than once” what it did: Putin
By Reuters and VICE News Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a State of the Nation address that Turkey would regret “more than once” shooting down a Russian bomber jet near the Syrian-Turkish border last week, and declared retaliatory sanctions…
UK launches airstrikes against IS in Syria
RAF Tornado jets have carried out their first air strikes against so-called Islamic State in Syria, the Ministry of Defence has confirmed. Four Tornados took off from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus shortly after MPs voted to approve bombing. The strikes…
Four-country motor rally leaves Bangladesh
Dhaka – Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) 4-country Friendship Motor Rally under the Motor Vehicle Agreement, which had started from Bhubaneswar in Orissa of India on November 15, left Bangladesh via Benapole border on Tuesday night after flagging off…
3-day World Islamic Banking Confce begins
Manama, Bahrain, 1 Dec: The World Islamic Banking Conference (WIBC) and the International Islamic Financial Market (IIFM) hosted an engaging pre-conference seminar on Islamic capital markets on Tuesday. In attendance were global Islamic finance leaders who converged at the Gulf…
Did the Islamic State go shopping for weapons in Ukraine?
By Jack Losh It began with a feverish report in November from a little-known media outlet in the Persian Gulf. “Security forces have busted and dismantled a multi-national cell for the so-called Islamic State,” trumpeted the Kuwait News Agency. “The…
No polls date shifting, no campaign by MPs – Election Commision
The Election Commission has rejected the demand of ruling Awami League and the Opposition in Parliament Jatiya Party to give their MPs scope to campaign for municipal polls candidates. The EC has also said ‘No’ to BNP’s demand to shift…
Turkey challenges Russia over IS claim
Turkey has challenged Russia to prove its claim that Ankara shot down a Russian plane in order to protect its oil trade with Islamic State (IS).”If you allege something you should prove it,” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said.He was…
Sector Commanders Forum calls for ending ties with Pakistan
Sector Commanders Forum has demanded an end to all sorts of diplomatic ties with Pakistan after the country expressed ‘concern’ over the execution of those who committed crimes against humanity during Bangladesh’s Liberation War.The forum’s Chairman Maj Gen (retd) KM…
Ex-Malaysia envoy guilty of assault
A former Malaysian diplomat pleaded guilty Monday to the indecent assault of a New Zealand woman, with a court hearing he burst into her bedroom naked from the waist down.Mohammed Rizalman bin Ismail was a military attache at Malaysia’s Wellington…
Iran condemns recent attacks in Bangladesh
Strongly condemning the recent terrorist attacks on religious congregations in Bangladesh, Iran on Sunday said there is no doubt that the attackers are intending to disrupt the peace and harmony between the people of different religions and sects in this…
Israel blamed for terror in Bangladesh
Palestinian Charge d’Affaires in Dhaka Yousuf S Ramadan has blamed Israel for acts of ‘terrorism’ in Bangladesh.He was speaking at the International Palestine Solidarity Day function organised by the Bangladesh Shanti Parishad at the National Press Club on Sunday.Ramadan thanked…