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Pigs' revenge as 'Angry Birds' makers launch new game 27 Sep 2012 - 12:12 pm

TAIPEI: "Angry Birds" maker Rovio is to launch a new title Thursday allowing users to play as the "Bad Piggies" from the smash-hit...

HE Al Attiyah opens ''Qatar Ferjaan Week in Tokyo'' 27 Sep 2012 - 11:42 am

TOKYO: HE Chairman of Qatar's Administrative Control and Transparency Authority (ACTA) Abdullah bin Hamad Al Attiyah who is also head of the Qatar-Japan...

Former Credit Suisse exec faces extradition to US 27 Sep 2012 - 11:38 am

LONDON: A former Credit Suisse trader accused of inflating subprime mortgage-related bond prices faces extradition to the United States after being arrested in...

Two million flee floods as aid efforts struggle 27 Sep 2012 - 11:23 am

Guwahati: Rains hampered a military air operation to help flood victims in northeastern India, where more than two million people have been forced...

Sharad Pawar to resolve Mumbai tangle 27 Sep 2012 - 11:23 am

Mumbai: The NCP yesterday authorised its supremo Sharad Pawar to decide the future of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and other ministers’...

Minister calls for strong anti-terror measures in South Asia 27 Sep 2012 - 11:23 am

New Delhi: Having suffered terror strikes, including the audacious Mumbai attacks in 2008, India yeterday asked its neighbours not to just do lip...

Consider safety tips on Srinagar rail link: Court 27 Sep 2012 - 11:22 am

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday directed the central government to consider experts’ suggestions on public safety issues related to the Katra-Qazigund...

Delhi Police file charge-sheet against 26/11 handler Jundal 27 Sep 2012 - 11:21 am

New Delhi: Delhi Police have filed their first charge-sheet against 26/11 key suspect Abu Jundal in a Delhi court following which the court...

Movie protest 27 Sep 2012 - 11:20 am

Pakistani women shout slogans during a protest against the anti-Islam movie, in Karachi, yesterday.

Pakistan suffered in war on terror: Zardari 27 Sep 2012 - 11:20 am

United nations: Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari declared Tuesday before the United Nations that his country had suffered enough in its fight against...

Court threatens Pakistani government with contempt 27 Sep 2012 - 11:19 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s top court yesterday threatened the government with contempt proceedings, after rejecting a draft letter to Swiss prosecutors that ministers hoped would...

Bomb kills two Pakistani soldiers, wounds 14: Officials 27 Sep 2012 - 11:19 am

MIRANSHAH: A roadside bomb targeting a military convoy yesterday killed two Pakistani soldiers and wounded 14 others in the country’s lawless tribal region...

Afghan ‘bomb baby’ finds new home 27 Sep 2012 - 11:19 am

Ghazni: A newborn baby girl dumped on the side of a road in Afghanistan and rescued by Polish troops -- who initially thought...

Two Nato troops killed in Afghan attack 27 Sep 2012 - 11:18 am

Puli Alam: Two Nato soldiers were killed in an insurgent suicide bombing and gun battle in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, officials said. The suicide...

Senior Pakistan geologist killed in sectarian attack 27 Sep 2012 - 11:18 am

QUETTA: Gunmen shot dead a senior official of the Geological Survey of Pakistan yesterday in an apparent sectarian attack in the troubled southwestern...

Elephant tusks 27 Sep 2012 - 11:17 am

A Filipino staff of the Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (PAWB) shows seized elephant tusks stored inside their warehouse in eastern Manila, Philippines,...

China, Japan in tense talks on islands 27 Sep 2012 - 11:16 am

BEIJING: China accused Japan of violating its sovereignty as a territorial row simmered yesterday with Japanese carmakers cutting their Chinese output, saying the...

Manila confirms 58th massacre victim 27 Sep 2012 - 11:16 am

MANILA: Philippine authorities said yesterday that a 58th person was killed in the country’s worst political massacre, after ruling that a journalist missing...