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US drone strike kills five in Miranshah 11 Oct 2012 - 09:50 pm

MIRANSHAH: A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed five insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border yesterday,...

Anniversary of revolution 11 Oct 2012 - 09:41 pm

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (centre) gestures during a speech to mark the 101th anniversary of the revolution that set the stage for the...

UN pledges support to Philippine peace deal 11 Oct 2012 - 09:41 pm

MANILA: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pledged full UN assistance in helping the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) implement...

US call to protect rights of Rohingyas 11 Oct 2012 - 09:41 pm

WASHINGTON: The United States called for Myanmar and Bangladesh to protect the rights of the Rohingya, a Muslim ethnic group that has faced...

S Korean army under probe for failed border watch 11 Oct 2012 - 09:40 pm

SEOUL: A South Korean army division faces embarrassing questions after a North Korean soldier travelled unchecked across one of the world’s most fortified...

S Korean court upholds jail terms for cyber-bullies 11 Oct 2012 - 09:40 pm

SEOUL: A Seoul court yesterday upheld jail terms handed down to seven South Koreans for leading an online smear campaign against a hip-hop...

Britain can rise again, says Cameron 11 Oct 2012 - 09:38 pm

BIRMINGHAM: Prime Mini-ster David Cameron urged Britain yesterday to work harder to rise above its economic woes, warning that it faced a sink...

Paris police root out terror network, uncover weapons 11 Oct 2012 - 09:37 pm

PARIS: French authorities said yesterday they had rooted out an “extremely dangerous terror network” after uncovering weapons and bomb-making materials in their investigation...

EU says Serbia not ready for accession talks 11 Oct 2012 - 09:37 pm

BRUSSELS: The European Commission said yesterday Serbia was not ready to start accession talks with the EU because of its tensions with Kosovo,...

Syria rejects UN truce call; rebels repel attack 11 Oct 2012 - 09:36 pm

DAMASCUS: The Syrian regime rejected a UN call for a unilateral ceasefire yesterday as rebels confronted columns of tanks and troops sent to...

Jordan denies US military help on Syria crisis 11 Oct 2012 - 09:35 pm

AMMAN: Jordan’s army denied yesterday that the US military is helping the kingdom handle an influx of Syrian refugees and prepare for other...

Five missing as boat capsizes off Morocco 11 Oct 2012 - 09:35 pm

Rabat: Five sub-Saharan migrants, including a child, are thought to have drowned when their boat capsized off Morocco’s north coast as it tried...

Sudan, South pledge peace, seek foreign investment 11 Oct 2012 - 09:34 pm

VIENNA: Sudan and South Sudan pledged to work together to rebuild their shattered economies and not to return to war in a joint...

King names new PM as Jordan readies for polls 11 Oct 2012 - 09:33 pm

AMMAN: Jordan’s King Abdullah appointed reformist politician Abdullah Ensour as prime minister yesterday to prepare for the country’s first post-Arab Spring parliamentary election....

Lebanon must punish officials behind migrant attacks: HRW 11 Oct 2012 - 09:32 pm

BEIRUT: Lebanon should probe and punish army and intelligence officials behind alleged beatings of Egyptian, Sudanese and Syrian migrant workers at the weekend,...

Russia delays aircraft carrier delivery again 11 Oct 2012 - 09:30 pm

New Delhi: Ending immense speculation, Russia said yesterday it would deliver the refurbished aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov to India only in the fourth...

Mindless negativity over graft damages nation’s image: PM 11 Oct 2012 - 09:29 pm

New Delhi: Indirectly rapping the anti-corruption movement in the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday said “mindless negativity” would do no good and...

Kejriwal questions Haryana’s land sale stand 11 Oct 2012 - 09:29 pm

New Delhi: Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal yesterday questioned the Haryana government’s clarification on a 30-acre plot sold to realty major DLF by a...