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EU adopts tough rules on illegal immigrants
STRASBOURG, June 18: Members of the European Parliament adopted tough new rules on Wednesday on illegal immigrants, allowing detention for up to 18 months prior to expulsion....
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Bush urges Congress to end ban on offshore oil drilling
WASHINGTON, June 18: President George Bush on Tuesday urged Congress to end a ban on offshore oil drilling, responding to consumer anxiety over record-high gasoline prices with a plan sure to anger environmentalists....
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Thackeray for forming ‘Hindu terror groups’
NEW DELHI, June 18: Rightwing rabble rouser Bal Thackeray has called for the creation of Hindu suicide squad to fight Muslim terrorists but his vitoriolic comments published in the Shiv Sena’s...
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Fuel price hike mars US vacations
WASHINGTON, June 18: Many Americans will forgo vacations and dine in more often to combat soaring fuel prices, while 1 in 10 are rethinking where they live or work, according to a poll released on Wednesday....
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Flood ravages historic mosque in US
SAN FRANCISCO, June 18: The flood that has caused havoc in the state of Iowa has severely damaged a historic mosque in Cedar Rapids, destroying nearly century-old records, documents and artefacts....
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Jordan to return stolen antiquities to Iraq
AMMAN, June 18: Jordan said on Wednesday it will return to Iraq around 2,466 artefacts, including gold coins and jewellery, which were stolen after the US-led invasion of its neighbour....
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Thai police to block protest march
BANGKOK, June 18: Thai police are prepared to use fire hoses and tear gas to stop a planned anti-government march on the Prime Minister’s office, a spokesman said on Wednesday, signalling stiffened resolve against a month-long street protest....
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Syria backs Israel-Hamas truce
NEW DELHI, June 18: Syria said on Wednesday it supported a truce between Hamas and Israel, calling on the Jewish state to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip....
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Discount rice shops closed in BD
DHAKA: A network of shops selling discounted rice to poor Bangladeshis has had to close because of a lack of stock, the military unit running the stores said on Wednesday....
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Delhi defers meeting with communists over N-deal
NEW DELHI: A meeting between the Indian government and its communist allies to break a deadlock over a controversial nuclear deal with the United States has been postponed, a senior communist leader said on Wednesday....
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Protests against fuel price hike in Nepal
KATHMANDU: Taxis, buses and cars went off the streets in the Nepali capital on Wednesday, as hundreds of students burned tyres and blocked roads in new protests against a recent hike in fuel prices and transport fares, police said....
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Khaleda calls for end to emergency this month
DHAKA: The detained former prime minister and chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Begum Khaleda Zia, on Wednesday demanded lifting of the state of emergency by June and holding of general elections by October....
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Gujjars plans to call off strike
JAIPUR: An Indian minority community demanding job quotas is likely to call off its violent campaign this week after signing an agreement with authorities, community leaders and officials said....
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BD govt to ease emergency before polls
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s military-backed government said on Wednesday it would relax some state of emergency restrictions ahead of local council elections slated to be held next month....
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Orchard-lined Afghan district a fertile ground for Taliban
ARGHANDAB (Afghanistan): Lined with shady pomegranate orchards and lush vineyards, Afghanistan’s southern Arghandab district looks like paradise but has become a key strategic target for the Taliban....
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33 Lankan Tamils held in Italy
ROME: Italian police on Wednesday arrested 33 Sri Lankan Tamils charged with belonging to the outlawed Tamil Tigers group fighting a separatist insurgency against the government in Colombo, an official said....
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Strike hits Sikkim tourism
KOLKATA: The effects of a strike in India’s Darjeeling hills over demands for autonomy have spread to the mountain state of Sikkim, scaring away tourists and causing huge losses to hoteliers, officials said on Wednesday....
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Pilot error blamed for copter crash
KATHMANDU: Pilot error was to blame for the crash of a United Nations helicopter in Nepal in March which killed 10 people, an investigating official said on Wednesday....
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26 killed in ferocious Lanka fighting
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels engaged in heavy fighting in the embattled north, leaving at least 23 rebels and three soldiers killed, the defence ministry said on Wednesday....
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Rain displaces millions in India
KOLKATA: Authorities used boats to ferry food and drinking water to hundreds of thousands of villagers cut off by monsoon floods that have killed at least 29 people in the past week in eastern India, officials said on Wednesday....
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