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No hack proof against N Korea: China 23 Dec 2014 - 03:15 am

South Korean employees conduct a cyberattack drill at a training centre of the Wolseong Nuclear Power Plant in Gyeongju yesterday. BEIJING/WASHINGTON: China said...

Beijing probes ex-aide of former president for graft 23 Dec 2014 - 03:10 am

BEIJING: China’s ruling Communist Party announced a corruption investigation into a one-time senior aide to former president Hu Jintao yesterday, as President Xi...

Jailed Arroyo to be home ahead of Pope’s visit 23 Dec 2014 - 03:09 am

MANILA: Detained former Philippines president Gloria Arroyo (pictured) will be allowed home for Christmas after a court decided to show “compassion” ahead of...

S Korea N-power plants start cyber attack drill 23 Dec 2014 - 03:07 am

SEOUL: South Korea’s nuclear power plant operator launched a two-day drill yesterday, testing its ability to thwart a cyber attack, after a series...

‘North Korea hit by Internet outages’ 23 Dec 2014 - 03:07 am

WASHINGTON: North Korea appeared to have been hit by Internet outages, reports said yesterday, just days after US President Barack Obama warned Washington...

Thai woman gets death sentence in Malaysia 23 Dec 2014 - 03:06 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Thai woman was sentenced to death yesterday after a Malaysian high court found her guilty of trafficking drugs, Bernama news...

One dead as Myanmar police fire on protesters 23 Dec 2014 - 03:06 am

YANGON: Myanmar police fired on protesters near a mine at the centre of a long-running land dispute yesterday, killing one person and wounding...

Court reopens case in which man was executed 23 Dec 2014 - 03:06 am

JINAN: The mother of a man executed 20 years ago for a murder to which another person later confessed appeared in a Chinese...

Six dead as truck ploughs into shoppers in Glasgow 23 Dec 2014 - 03:04 am

Rescue services personnel walk past a refuse truck that crashed into pedestrians in George Square, Glasgow, in Scotland, yesterday. LONDON: Six people were...

Fries attack 23 Dec 2014 - 03:02 am

A man tries to intervene as a woman throws fries on Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel in a protest action by feminist activists...

Two blasts kill at least 20 in Nigeria 23 Dec 2014 - 03:01 am

KANO: Two blasts rocked crisis-hit northern Nigeria yesterday, with one bombing killing at least 20 people and a second explosion setting fire to...

NY mayor calls for end to protests 23 Dec 2014 - 03:00 am

NEW YORK: Embattled Mayor Bill de Blasio yesterday urged New Yorkers to put aside politics and protests to mourn two murdered police officers...

Fresh Ukraine peace talks to be held this week 23 Dec 2014 - 03:00 am

KIEV: A fresh round of peace talks with Ukraine’s pro-Russian rebels will take place in the Belarussian capital on Wednesday and Friday, President...

10 injured after driver ploughs into Christmas market in France 23 Dec 2014 - 02:59 am

PARIS: At least 10 people were injured yesterday, two seriously, when the driver of a van ploughed into a Christmas market in the...

Spanish princess to stand trial 23 Dec 2014 - 02:59 am

MADRID: Princess Cristina, the sister of Spain’s King Felipe VI, will be the first member of the royal family ever to appear in...

Pope receives Qatari envoy’s credentials 23 Dec 2014 - 02:55 am

Pope Francis received the credentials of Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al Thani as Non-resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vatican. She conveyed to...

Qatar Charity ranked first in world for its relief projects 23 Dec 2014 - 02:54 am

Women drawing drinking water from a tube well in a village in Somalia. Qatar Charity has spent about QR25m on projects benefiting around...

QA takes delivery of its first A350 XWB 23 Dec 2014 - 02:53 am

Akbar Al Baker (centre), Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive, with Fabrice Bregier (third left), President and CEO, Airbus, Tony Wood (sixth left), President...