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Crackdown on fake power bills 31 Dec 2014 - 01:50 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s National Accountability Bureau (NAB) is reported to have decided to take action against fake and fictitious billing by power distribution companies....

Pakistan raises vigil on Afghans 31 Dec 2014 - 01:50 am

ISLAMABAD: Mirwais Gul, 21, whose family belongs to the Qarabagh district in Kabul, Afghanistan, was born and raised in Pakistan. Now living in...

Pakistan drafts law to set up information commission 31 Dec 2014 - 01:50 am

ISLAMABAD: After toughening up the Right to Information Act 2014, a parliamentary panel in Pakistan has finalised the legislation, which will soon be...

Disaster taints Indonesia’s progress in air safety 31 Dec 2014 - 01:39 am

Members of the Search and Rescue Agency SARS carry debris recovered from the sea from missing Indonesia Air Asia flight QZ 8501 at...

Crash probe to focus on pilot’s request timing 31 Dec 2014 - 01:37 am

SURABAYA, Indonesia: Investigators into the AirAsia flight which crashed into the sea off Indonesia are focusing on the timing of the crew’s request...

Bangla Islamist sentenced to hang for war crimes 31 Dec 2014 - 01:37 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s war crimes court yesterday sentenced a leading Islamist to death for rape, mass murder and genocide during the country’s 1971 war...

Sri Lanka Tamil party endorses opposition 31 Dec 2014 - 01:37 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s largest Tamil party yesterday endorsed the main opposition candidate in next week’s election, accusing President Mahinda Rajapaksa of failing to...

Philippine storm toll jumps to 30 31 Dec 2014 - 01:36 am

MANILA: At least 30 people were killed in landslides and flash floods as tropical storm Jangmi slowly crossed the southern and central Philippines,...

Ebola-hit nurse transferred to London hospital 31 Dec 2014 - 01:34 am

A healthcare worker (centre) who was diagnosed with Ebola after returning from Sierra Leone is walked from an ambulance and put into a...

Clashes erupt as Al Wefaq chief remanded 31 Dec 2014 - 01:00 am

Bahraini protestors clash with riot police following a protest against the arrest of the head of the banned opposition movement Al Wefaq, Sheikh...

Suicide bomber targets Libyan Parliament, says lawmaker 31 Dec 2014 - 12:56 am

Fighters from the Fajr Libya (Libya Dawn) militia fire an anti-tank cannon mounted on a vehicle during clashes with forces loyal to Libya’s...

Cannot support new Palestinian UN draft resolution: UK 31 Dec 2014 - 12:53 am

UNITED NATIONS: Britain joined the United States yesterday, declaring that it cannot support a new Palestinian draft proposal calling for peace with Israel...

Turkey sacks four prosecutors behind Erdogan graft probe 31 Dec 2014 - 12:53 am

ANKARA: Turkey’s top judicial body yesterday said it had dismissed four prosecutors who oversaw a massive corruption investigation which damaged the Islamic-rooted government...

Iraqi forces clear Dhuluiyah of IS jihadists, say commanders 31 Dec 2014 - 12:52 am

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces yesterday completed the recapture of the town of Dhuluiyah, parts of which had been held by the Islamic State jihadist...

Kremlin critic gets suspended sentence 31 Dec 2014 - 12:36 am

Opposition supporters gather during an unauthorised rally in support of Alexei and Oleg Navalny in central Moscow yesterday. MOSCOW: A Russian court gave...

Many still unaccounted for in Italy ferry disaster 31 Dec 2014 - 12:30 am

BRINDISI: The death toll from a ferry disaster in the Adriatic Sea rose to 13 yesterday as fears mounted that the final count...

Car collectors seek one-off models in quest for exclusivity 31 Dec 2014 - 12:29 am

COBURG: Martin Kapp gestures towards the sleek red Italian sports car standing in his barn in the heart of Germany, secure in the...

US prefers landlines over cellphones at work 31 Dec 2014 - 12:29 am

WASHINGTON: Americans see email and the Internet as the most important tools for productivity at work, and still prefer landlines over cellphones for...