Hundreds of thousands of people have staged anti-government protests across Syria, despite an ongoing military crackdown, reports say. Rights groups say at least three people were shot dead by government troops in the central city of Homs. Protests were reported in the capital Damascus, in eastern and western cities and in towns along the [...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told his countrymen Thursday night he underwent surgery in Cuba to remove a cancerous tumor but is recovering, seeking to cool growing questions about his health and ability to govern. Chavez said in a televised talk that the operation took out a growth in which there were “cancerous cells.” He [...]
Hosts Argentina feel it is their ‘obligation’ to win the Copa America with a team built around Lionel Messi and cannot stomach the idea of finishing behind arch-rivals Brazil for a third time in a row. The old enemies met in the last two finals of South America’s top soccer tournament, with Brazil upsetting [...]
Four of the world’s six longest bridges opened to the public in China today. Three of the bridges – including the two longest ever built – are part of the Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway which made its first commercial trip earlier today. The Jiaozhou Bay bridge, which is the world’s longest over-water bridge at [...]
The BNP has dropped the call for snap polls and is now focussed on the one-point demand to push the government from power instead, according to acting secretary-general. Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir announced the shift in the stance at a council of a Dhaka metropolitan unit of the largest opposition in parliament on Friday. [...]
Parliament yesterday abolished the caretaker government system allowing general elections under elected partisan governments, with the main opposition BNP terming it “throwing the country into a political confrontation”. Islam’s status as the state religion was retained and the Arabic phrase “Bismillahir Rahmanir Rahim” with its translation “In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the [...]