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Tokyo stocks end 1.57pc lower 15 Dec 2014 - 10:39 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 1.57 percent lower Monday as investors shrugged off Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's widely expected weekend election win and focused...

Great wall of Pakistan 15 Dec 2014 - 10:38 am

Tourists at Rani kot Fortm also known as ‘The Great wall of Sindh’ in Kirthar mountains of Pakistan. The fort is thought to...

Canada, China to sign deal on return of fugitives' seized assets 15 Dec 2014 - 10:36 am

BEIJING: Canada is set to sign a deal with China to return ill-gotten assets seized from those suspected of economic crimes, the official...

Angry Ghani vows to shake up security 15 Dec 2014 - 10:33 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s new President Ashraf Ghani vowed to shake up security in the capital Kabul in an angry speech yesterday and denounced a...

Boy disappointed at not getting president’s performance award 15 Dec 2014 - 10:33 am

ISLAMABAD: A promising Pakistani student, who set a world record by passing his O-Level examination at the age of nine years and five...

Taliban kill Supreme Court official in Kabul 15 Dec 2014 - 10:32 am

KABUL: Taliban gunmen shot dead a senior Supreme Court official in Kabul on Saturday, police said, the latest insurgent attack in the Afghan...

US Congress okays bill with funds provision for Pakistan 15 Dec 2014 - 10:32 am

ISLAMABAD: The US Congress has approved a massive defence spending bill for 2015, including a provision that extends the Coalition Support Fund (CSF)...

Four militants killed as Pakistan foils attack 15 Dec 2014 - 10:32 am

MULTAN: Pakistan police foiled a major terror attack in central Punjab province killing at least four suspected Taliban militants, officials said yesterday. Heavy...

Govt to record footage of PTI shutdown in Punjab 15 Dec 2014 - 10:32 am

ISLAMABAD: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) has endorsed a novel plan to hire 200 cameramen for Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s shutdown call...

Tough Run Challenge 15 Dec 2014 - 10:31 am

Competitors run across muddy water during the Tough Run Challenge charity event as part of Tour de Farm in Nakhon Ratchasima, northeastern province...

UK pageant 15 Dec 2014 - 10:30 am

Miss Philippines Valerie Weigmann parades during the grand final of the Miss World 2014 pageant at the Excel London ICC Auditorium in London...

Dead dolphin spotted after oil spill 15 Dec 2014 - 10:29 am

Dhaka: The first evidence of harm caused by an oil spill, from a capsized tanker in Bangladesh’s Shela river, on the local flora...

Dozens of trekkers cut off by snowfall near Mount Everest 15 Dec 2014 - 10:29 am

KATHMANDU: Dozens of foreign hikers and Nepali guides returning from a trekking trip to the base camp of Mount Everest have been cut...

Another US citizen enters N Korea, slams US govt 15 Dec 2014 - 10:28 am

SEOUL: A US citizen who said he had crossed illegally into North Korea held a press conference in Pyongyang yesterday to denounce his...

Activists slam Manila govt for not halting Saudi beheading 15 Dec 2014 - 10:28 am

MANILA: Activists slammed the Philippine government for not doing more to save a Filipino who was beheaded for murder in Saudi Arabia. Carletto...

Earth-movers used in Indonesia landslide rescue as toll rises to 32 15 Dec 2014 - 10:27 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian rescuers yesterday used heavy-lifting equipment for the first time to clear roads leading to the site of a landslide that destroyed...

Miss South Africa crowned Miss World 15 Dec 2014 - 10:27 am

Newly crowned Miss World 2014, South African Rolene Strauss (centre) expresses her gratitude to the audience after winning the grand final of the...

Kerry, Lavrov meet as tensions soar over Ukraine 15 Dec 2014 - 10:26 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at Villa Taverna in Rome yesterday. ROME: Top US diplomat...