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A general view of the press preview of ‘50 years of James Bond - The Auction’ at Christie’s in London, Britain, yesterday. LONDON:...

Filipino Muslims shout slogans during a protest at the Malacanang Palace in Manila yesterday. ZAMBOANGA CITY: The Muslim elders and religious leaders cautioned...

MANILA: The United States issued a security alert for the Philippine capital of Manila yesterday, warning its citizens they could be the target...

MANILA: Senate minority leader Alan Peter Cayetano vowed to push for amendments of the now controversial Cybercrime Prevent Act of 2012, which punitive...

MANILA: Philippine authorities said yesterday they had launched a nationwide investigation into Catholic devotees collecting religious figures made of “blood” ivory smuggled from...

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The US Department of Defence has been helping the Philippines improve its capability in territorial defence and awareness on weapons of...

  MANILA: The Supreme Court has junked the appeal of the camp of former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo regarding the electoral sabotage case now...

  Manila: An international jury has conferred on the Philippines a Silver Future Policy Award for its 2010 Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park Act, recognising...

KATHMANDU: A plane flying 19 people towards Mount Everest went down in flames on the outskirts of the Nepalese capital yesterday, killing everyone...

BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party accused disgraced former senior politician Bo Xilai of abusing his power, taking huge bribes and other crimes yesterday,...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian premier Najib Razak provided a fresh round of handouts yesterday as he announced a voter-friendly budget for 2013 aimed at...

JAKARTA: About thirty people are still missing and feared dead after an Indonesian ferry with more than 200 people on board collided with...

UNITED NATIONS: Myanmar’s President Thein Sein made an unprecedented tribute to opposition icon Aung San Suu Kyi’s “efforts for democracy” and vowed to...

  TOKYO: A dozen Chinese crew members were rescued by Japan’s coastguard when their Panama-registered boat caught fire in a Japanese bay, an official...

People take part in a protest against an anti-Islam film in Lahore, yesterday. Hundreds of Pakistanis demonstrated in small rallies against a US-made...

ISLAMABAD: Monsoon floods in Pakistan have killed 371 people and affected nearly 4.5 million, the government’s disaster relief agency said yesterday. Pakistan has...

NEW YORK: Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said on Thursday that her country supports US aims in its secretive drone war over...

WASHINGTON: Nato-led troops have resumed most joint operations with Afghan forces after commanders restricted patrols with their allies in Afghanistan due to a...