(RFE/RL) — Major powers agreed on Saturday to a cessation of hostilities in Syria and to expand delivery of humanitarian aid to people caught up in the conflict, top diplomats said in Munich on February 12. U.S. Secretary of State…
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UN to provide aid in Syria
The UN says it hopes to start delivering aid to some besieged areas in Syria within the next 24 hours.The move comes shortly after world powers agreed to push for a cessation of hostilities in a week’s time.Some Syrian cities…
NATO to fight against human smuggling
Nato ships are being deployed to the Aegean sea to deter people-smugglers taking migrants from Turkey to Greece, Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg says.The announcement followed a request from Turkey, Germany and Greece at a defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels.Mr Stoltenberg…
Trump, Sanders win New Hampshire caususes
Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders have shaken up the US presidential race with decisive victories in the New Hampshire primary. Billionaire Mr Trump is likely to get more than twice the number of votes of the next Republican…
The feminist backlash not helping Hillary Clinton with young women
By Liz Fields The Democratic National Committee’s third-ever woman chief — who has frequently been accused of favoring the party’s one-presumed presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton — once said that “just because you’re a woman doesn’t mean you’re good for women.”…
Ex-Nepal prime minister Sushil Koirala no more
Former Nepal prime minister and president of the Nepali Congress (NC), Sushil Koirala has passed away.He was 77 years old.Koirala died at his residence in the capital Kathmandu. Doctors told the media that he died due to failure of his…
Syrian forces edge towards Turkey border
The Syrian army advanced towards the Turkish border on Monday in a major offensive backed by Russia and Iran that rebels say now threatens the future of their nearly five-year-old insurrection against President Bashar al-Assad.Iranian backed-militias played a key role…
Judiciary should be independent: Shujan
Staff Reporter Judiciary should be independent through its separation from executive and legislature to ensure safety for the future generation, said speakers at a round table yesterday.
Russia Claims Turkey Planning Military Invasion Of Syria
Developments on the Turkish-Syrian border give serious grounds to suspect that Ankara is planning a military invasion in Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said.“We have serious grounds to suspect intensive preparations by Turkey for a military invasion on the territory…
The Battle Between Oxford University Students and the British Empire
Oriel College sits in the heart of Oxford, a stone’s throw from the British city’s 1,000-year-old market street. Down the road is the site where the medieval Bocardo Prison once stood — and where, in 1555, a group of martyrs…
Norway/Russia: Don’t Jeopardize Asylum Seekers
Norway should stop using fast-track procedures to return asylum seekers to Russia based on the presumption that it is a safe country of asylum for them, Human Rights Watch said today. Russian and Norwegian authorities plan to meet on February…
Central African Republic: Rape by Peacekeepers
United Nations peacekeepers in the Central African Republic raped or sexually exploited at least eight women and girls between October and December 2015. Among the survivors are a 14-year-old girl and an 18-year-old woman who said peacekeepers gang-raped them near…
Julian Assange ‘will surrender’ if UN rules against him
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has said he will turn himself over to UK police on Friday if a UN panel rules he has not been unlawfully detained.He took refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy in west London in June 2012 to…
Syria conflict: Sides trade blame over talks’ suspension
Syria’s government and the opposition have blamed each other for the suspension of peace talks in Geneva.UN envoy Staffan de Mistura called a temporary pause, saying the talks would resume on 25 February.But the opposition HNC said they would not…
Israeli police kills three Palestinian at East Jerusalem
Three Palestinian men have been shot and killed by Israeli police after a shooting incident, which left a female police officer dead and another injured in occupied East Jerusalem.Police said the Palestinians were armed with guns, knives and explosives, and…
Prof. Golam Rahman Chief Info Commissiner
Dhaka – Prof Dr Golam Rahman, a teacher of Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Dhaka University, has been appointed as the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC).
White House race moves to New Hampshire
Monday’s caucuses in Iowa were won by Senator Ted Cruz for the Republicans and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats. Mr Cruz prevailed despite trailing in opinion polls while Mrs Clinton beat Senator Bernie Sanders by just 0.2%.New Hampshire is seen…
Trump dealt blow by Cruz in Iowa vote
Texas Senator Ted Cruz has won the Iowa Republican caucuses, in the first vote of the US presidential campaign.”Tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives,” he declared, to great applause, as he railed against Washington, lobbyists and the media.He took…
Suu Kyi forms Myanmar ruling party after long struggle
Hundreds of lawmakers from Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League of Democracy were sworn into Myanmar’s parliament on Monday, with enough seats to choose the country’s first democratically elected government since the military took power in 1962. The NLD won…
Islamic State bombings kills 71
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group killed 71 people and wounded dozens more on Sunday near a revered Shiite shrine outside the Syrian capital Damascus, a monitor said.The blasts, which came as the UN’s Syria envoy struggled to…
Iowa Democratic caucus
Hillary Clinton’s quest for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 was supposed to be a coronation, not a conflagration.Now, however, the former secretary of state finds herself in Iowa just days before the first-in-the nation caucuses, trying to extinguish an…
Boko Haram attack: Children burnt alive among 86 killed in Nigeria
At least 86 people, including children, killed in a series of attacks on a village in northern Nigeria. At least 86 people, including a number children, have been killed in a series of attacks on a village in north-eastern Nigeria,…
Turkey summons Russian ambassador
Turkey’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Russian ambassador in Ankara to protest and condemn what it called a violation of airspace by a Russian warplane.The Foreign Ministry said the Russian SU-34 fighter was warned by Turkish air radar units, in both…
US Senate committee passes sanctions against N Korea
Bill, should it pass full senate and conference committee, would be strongest against North so far The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved legislation on Thursday that would tighten sanctions on North Korea.
Donald Trump Proves He Can Dominate the Republican Debate
There was a massive Donald Trump-shaped hole on the Republican debate stage in Des Moines last night, much to the dismay of viewers who eagerly hoped that the Republican frontrunner would show up despite announcing earlier this week that he…
Japan military on alert for N Korean missile test
Japan has put its military on alert for a possible North Korean ballistic missile launch after indications it is preparing for a test firing, two people with direct knowledge of the order told Reuters on Friday.”Increased activity at North Korea’s…
Sweden to expel up to 80,000 refugees
Sweden intends to expel as many as 80,000 refugees and migrants who arrived in 2015 and whose applications for asylum have been rejected.”We are talking about 60,000 people, but the number could climb to 80,000,” Interior Minister Anders Ygeman was…
Syria: Preparing The End Game
On January 11, 2016 you could scour the internet to your heart’s content, but nowhere would you find a single reference to the start of ceasefire talks between the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the forces rebelling against…
Political intrigue and power struggles in Vietnam
A power struggle between a political maverick and a conservative insider. A show of force by China and a dead mystic turtle.It’s not usually an occasion for drama but Vietnam’s leadership transition is serving up an unprecedented amount of political…
Suicide attack kills 32 in Cameron
Suicide bombers targeting a town in northern Cameroon killed 32 people and wounded 66 on Monday, one of the worst attacks yet in the Central African nation as it struggles to contain violence blamed on Nigeria’s Boko Haram.State-owned radio and…