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Kiev forces and rebels accused of torture by UN 16 Dec 2014 - 01:14 am

KIEV: The United Nations yesterday released a damning report accusing Ukranian forces and Russian-backed rebels of torturing and indiscriminately shelling civilians in the...

Uganda toddler abuse: Maid jailed for 4 years 16 Dec 2014 - 01:13 am

KAMPALA: A Ugandan maid was jailed for four years yesterday for abusing a toddler in a case that shocked the country after a...

Miliband outlines immigration policy 16 Dec 2014 - 01:13 am

LONDON: The leader of Britain’s main opposition party yesterday vowed to crack down on employers who pay migrant workers less than Britons in...

Gitmo 9/11 hearing cancelled 16 Dec 2014 - 01:12 am

WASHINGTON: Court officials cancelled a two-day pretrial hearing for suspects in the September 11, 2001, attacks yesterday at the US prison in Guantanamo...

Belgium ‘hostage siege’ may have been false alarm 16 Dec 2014 - 01:12 am

BRUSSELS: Belgian police surrounded an apartment in the city of Ghent yesterday after reports that armed men were holding a hostage, but the...

Israeli PM opposes Palestinian UN bid 16 Dec 2014 - 01:11 am

ROME: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday angrily rejected a Palestinian bid to set a UN deadline for an end to Israel’s occupation...

Three Israelis charged with torching Arab-Jewish school 16 Dec 2014 - 01:11 am

JERUSALEM: Three Israelis from a far-right group were charged yesterday with setting fire to a classroom in an Arab-Jewish school that has been...

Five Palestinians held for planned attacks 16 Dec 2014 - 01:11 am

JERUSALEM: Israel’s internal security service said yesterday it had arrested five Palestinians for planning attacks, including a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. The...

Shabaab kill 10 Somali soldiers 16 Dec 2014 - 01:11 am

MOGADISHU: Rebels from the Islamist Al Shabaab group attacked a military base in southern Somalia early yesterday, killing at least 10 soldiers and...

13 die as ship, fishing boat collide 16 Dec 2014 - 01:10 am

CAIRO: Egypt has ordered an investigation into an accident in which a Kuwaiti container ship and a fishing vessel collided in the Red...

Govt to boost women taxi drivers 16 Dec 2014 - 01:09 am

Drivers from the ‘She Taxi’ service pose next to a taxi in the southern city of Kochi in Kerala yesterday. Last year Kerala...

‘Nirbhaya’ memory 16 Dec 2014 - 01:08 am

Activists take part in a play in front of a mural depicting fictional character Priya, who is a rape survivor, in New Delhi...

Minister meets workers in Dubai jail 16 Dec 2014 - 12:58 am

Hyderabad: A cabinet minister from Telangana yesterday visited a jail in Dubai, where some migrants from the state are serving prison sentence for...

Upper House adjourned over conversion issue 16 Dec 2014 - 12:57 am

New Delhi: The Upper House (Rajya Sabha) was yesterdayrepeatedly disrupted and finally adjourned for the day as opposition members continued vociferous protests on...

Tweeter did not recruit for Islamic State: Rajnath 16 Dec 2014 - 12:57 am

New Delhi: Pro-Islamic State (IS) tweeter Mehdi Masroor Biswas was not involved in recruiting for the terror group and his role seemed to...

Petrol, diesel cut by `2 a litre 16 Dec 2014 - 12:56 am

New Delhi: With international crude oil rates slipping towards $60 a barrel, state-run oil marketeers yesterday cut petrol and diesel rates further each...

Four fishermen killed for refusing to share catch 16 Dec 2014 - 12:56 am

PATNA: A group of upper-caste men shot dead four lower-caste fishermen in eastern Indian for refusing to hand over their catch, police said....

Sydney siege: Two Indians survive 16 Dec 2014 - 12:56 am

Sydney: A 16-hour hostage crisis — the first terror attack in Australia — ended yesterday after police stormed a cafe in the heart...