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Madan Mitra denied bail again 20 Dec 2014 - 05:17 am

Kolkata: West Bengal Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra — arrested in the multi-million rupee Saradha scam — was again denied bail yesterday...

54 soldiers believed to be imprisoned in Pakistan 20 Dec 2014 - 05:17 am

New Delhi: At least 54 defence personnel missing after the 1965 and 1971 wars are believed to be in custody in Pakistan, Defence...

Peshawar school attack Pakistan’s 9/11: Official 20 Dec 2014 - 05:17 am

Soldiers enter the army-run school which was attacked by Taliban militants in Peshawar yesterday. ISLAMABAD: A Taliban massacre at a school is “Pakistan’s...

Keeping fit 20 Dec 2014 - 05:15 am

US soldiers from Grim Company of the 3rd Cavalry Regiment drop to push-up position as they return from a mission near Forward Operating...

Security forces kill 50 militant suspects 20 Dec 2014 - 05:14 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistani security forces killed more than 50 suspected militants yesterday as operations against insurgents intensify in the wake of a Taliban school...

Mumbai attack suspect’s bail to be challenged 20 Dec 2014 - 05:14 am

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani government prosecutor said yesterday he will challenge a court order granting bail to the alleged mastermind of the 2008 terror...

Mobile phone imports rise to $225m 20 Dec 2014 - 05:14 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s imports of mobile phones increased by 3.23 percent to $224.594m during the first four months (July-October) of this fiscal year from...

Fight against Taliban unIslamic, says cleric 20 Dec 2014 - 05:13 am

ISLAMABAD: The head of a hardline Islamabad mosque yesterday called an army offensive against the Taliban “un-Islamic” and said the militants’ massacre of...

Sheep horsing around 20 Dec 2014 - 05:11 am

High-rise window cleaners in horse (left) and sheep costumes hang outside Hotel Ryumeikan Tokyo to wipe the windows, in downtown Tokyo yesterday. The...

China arrests American aid worker 20 Dec 2014 - 05:10 am

BEIJING: China yesterday arrested a Korean American Christian aid worker who was being held near the country’s border with North Korea, signalling a...

Beijing protests US sale of frigates to Taiwan 20 Dec 2014 - 05:10 am

BEIJING: China yesterday said it had lodged a formal complaint with the United States over its approval of frigate sales to Taiwan and...

US Marine asks Philippine court to suspend murder trial 20 Dec 2014 - 05:10 am

OLONGAPO: A US Marine asked a judge in the Philippines yesterday to suspend his murder trial as he appeared in court for the...

Tycoon, former official found guilty in HK corruption case 20 Dec 2014 - 05:09 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong property tycoon Thomas Kwok and the government’s former deputy leader Rafael Hui were found guilty of corruption yesterday in...

South Korean far-left party dissolved for backing North 20 Dec 2014 - 05:09 am

SEOUL: South Korea’s far-left political party was disbanded yesterday in a rare decision by the constitutional court which labelled it a pro-North Korean...

Japanese scientist resigns over stem cell scandal 20 Dec 2014 - 05:09 am

TOKYO: A researcher embroiled in a fabrication scandal that has rocked Japan’s scientific establishment said yesterday she would resign after failing to reproduce...

Philippine health minister quits 20 Dec 2014 - 05:08 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino has accepted the resignation of his health minister over the purchase of pneumonia vaccines in 2012 which government...

US slaps sweeping trade ban on Crimea 20 Dec 2014 - 05:07 am

Russians buy goods in the IKEA store in Moscow yesterday. In anticipation of rising prices due to the rouble’s collapse following sanctions against...

No fever 20 Dec 2014 - 05:06 am

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has his temperature checked on arrival at Roberts International airport in Liberia’s capital Monrovia yesterday. Ban, starting a...