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

BANGKOK: Thailand's interior minister and leader of the ruling party resigned from the cabinet on Friday amid a spiralling graft probe scandal and...

GENEVA: A new mysterious respiratory virus that has killed at least one person and left another in critical condition does not appear very...

Kolkata: An anti-US rally called by Muslim groups here turned violent yesterday with protestors trying to break police barricades and enter the American...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday warned it will halt the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu if safety concerns about it...

New Delhi: Days after the exit of the Trinamool Congress, the government yesterday hiked taxes on railway passenger fares and freight, which would...

by Moiz Mannan Tightening of norms by state governments and by various bodies governing higher and professional education and a plethora of litigation...

Kolkata: The Congress yesterday hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her criticism of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President...

A file photo showing Dr Sima Samar greeting young women while visiting the central province of Daykundi, Afghanistan.  STOCKHOLM: Afghan human rights activist,...

KABUL: The Afghan government will collapse and Taliban insurgents are likely to retake power after the US and Nato pull their troops out...

ISLAMABAD: The Earthquake Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Authority (Erra) is pursuing an innovative project that would lead to maximum utilisation of rainwater harvesting in...

ISLAMABAD: People from Rawalpindi, the constituency from where Raja Pervez Ashraf was elected to the National Assembly, must be happy at their luck...

  PESHAWAR: After more than two months of it was handed over to the police of Pakistan’s north-western province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, the...

  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will not hold an early general election, a cabinet minister said yesterday, insisting the current government would see out its term,...

KABUL: In the dusty heat of Afghanistan’s capital, the best defence is a scarf: It filters the gritty air, blocks the sun, sops...

Four Indonesian soldiers allegedly involved in people smuggling stand at attention as they attend their trial at the Madiun district military court in...

BANGKOK: Several hundred Muslims, many waving banners and shouting “execute people who mock Islam”, rallied outside the US embassy and Google offices in...

YANGON: The political party of Myanmar’s democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi yesterday welcomed US moves to ease a ban on imports from...