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Qatar getting greener, with plans for 90 new parks 17 Dec 2014 - 03:03 am

DOHA: Qatar is getting greener, with authorities planning to double the number of public parks over the next few years. The country has...

Over 200 buses for people attending military parade 17 Dec 2014 - 03:03 am

DOHA: Public transport company Mowasalat said it had arranged over 200 buses, to transport people attending the National Day military parade on the...

Sydney Cafe 17 Dec 2014 - 02:59 am

Afghan Taliban slam attack 17 Dec 2014 - 02:02 am

KABUL: The Afghanistan Taliban have condemned an attack by the Pakistani Taliban on a school in Pakistan that killed 141 people yesterday. “The...

Afghan Taliban mount offensive near border with Pakistan 17 Dec 2014 - 02:01 am

ASADABAD: Taliban fighters killed at least five Afghan soldiers in a three-day offensive in a region near Pakistan, officials said yesterday, as fighting...

Afghan army halts transport for soldiers after wave of bus bombs 17 Dec 2014 - 02:00 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s army has stopped taking soldiers to and from work in the capital, deeming it too dangerous after a string of bomb...

Over 600 influential people got traffic fines 17 Dec 2014 - 02:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Over 600 influential people including legislators and officials of the armed forces were fined for traffic violations during the current year, police...

Still searching 17 Dec 2014 - 01:59 am

Caption Rescuers use shovels to search for landslide victims who are still buried, at Sampang village in Banjarnegara, yesterday. The landslide last Friday...

Clean noise 17 Dec 2014 - 01:51 am

Students shake empty plastic bottles with pebbles inside to create noise as they join environmental groups and health advocates to start the annual...

Former Lanka leader warns of poll fraud 17 Dec 2014 - 01:49 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s former president warned yesterday that her successor may resort to “skullduggery” to secure an unprecedented third term, calling for outside...

Mass HIV infection in Cambodia 17 Dec 2014 - 01:49 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodian health authorities yesterday said more than 80 people — including children and the elderly — who tested positive for HIV/AIDS...

Aid to parts of Myanmar’s rebel-held north stalled: UN 17 Dec 2014 - 01:49 am

YANGON: The United Nations yesterday said it had been unable to reach thousands of displaced people in rebel-held areas of Myanmar’s war-torn northern...

Three injured in Xinjiang knife attack 17 Dec 2014 - 01:47 am

BEIJING: Police in the capital of China’s unruly far western region of Xinjiang have detained a man after three people were injured in...

Korean Air to be punished for ‘nut rage’ incident 17 Dec 2014 - 01:46 am

SEOUL: South Korea said yesteday it will punish Korean Air with a flight ban or fines after the daughter of its chief executive...

Manila seeks custody of US Marine charged with murder 17 Dec 2014 - 01:46 am

MANILA: The Philippine government yesterday sought formal custody of a US Marine charged with murder over the death of a Filipino transgender woman...

Japan culls 4,000 chickens 17 Dec 2014 - 01:46 am

TOKYO: Japan’s Agricultural Ministry yesterday confirmed a case of a highly pathogenic H5 strain of avian influenza at a poultry farm in Miyazaki...

Australia vows to go behind cafe siege 17 Dec 2014 - 01:43 am

A visitor yesterday looks at a makeshift memorial near the scene of a fatal siege in the heart of Sydney’s financial district. SYDNEY:...

Remembering a revolution 17 Dec 2014 - 01:39 am

Romanian President-elect Klaus Iohannis (centre-right) with Nicolae Robu (centre-left), the Mayor of Timisoara, observe a moment of silence at the 1989 Revolution Hero’s...