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No signs North Korea ready for nuclear talks: US envoy 13 Dec 2014 - 08:54 am

BEIJING: The US diplomat responsible for North Korea said Friday that Pyongyang is proceeding with its nuclear programme and showing no clear sign...

Nobel winner Tutu laments South African 'time warp' 13 Dec 2014 - 08:51 am

CAPE TOWN: Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu on Friday made a scathing assessment of South Africa's fall from grace since the...

Protest against acid attack 13 Dec 2014 - 05:24 am

Kashmiri students hold placards as they participate in a protest against an acid attack on a woman in Srinagar yesterday. A female law...

Amjad Ali Khan performs 13 Dec 2014 - 05:22 am

Indian classical musician Amjad Ali Khan performs at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert at the Oslo spectrum yesterday.

Hindu outfit plans religious conversions 13 Dec 2014 - 05:21 am

LUCKNOW: A Hindu priest-turned-lawmaker vowed yesterday to convert hundreds of Muslims and Christians to Hinduism on Christmas Day, despite a police investigation into...

Govt caps prices of 52 more essential drugs 13 Dec 2014 - 05:21 am

MUMBAI: India has extended price caps to 52 drugs deemed essential by the government, as the country’s drug price regulator enforces measures to...

India to test-fly heaviest rocket, crew module 13 Dec 2014 - 05:20 am

Chennai: India will test-fly its heaviest and upgraded rocket — the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-Mark III) — on December 18, space agency...

Indian, Pakistani MPs keen to start talks 13 Dec 2014 - 05:20 am

NewDelhi: Parliamentarians from India and Pakistan yesterday agreed on initiating a “talk about talk” process to set the stage for resumption of formal...

Bengal minister held in Saradha scam 13 Dec 2014 - 05:19 am

Kolkata: In a huge blow to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress, the CBI yesterday arrested Transport and Sports Minister Madan Mitra — a...

Thai Princess steps down from royal post 13 Dec 2014 - 05:19 am

Thailand’s Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn walks with Royal Consort Princess Srirasmi in Bangkok. (File picture) BANGKOK: Thailand’s Princess Srirasmi, third wife of Crown...

Miss World showdown in London in shadow of murder 13 Dec 2014 - 05:17 am

LONDON: Beauty queens from across the globe have descended on London for tomorrow’s Miss World 2014 final, a competition rocked by the murder...

Powerful storm batters California 13 Dec 2014 - 05:16 am

A second-storey walkway to apartment units is shown after it collapsed during heavy rains in Long Beach, California, yesterday. SAN FRANCISCO: About 150,000...

Truce memorial 13 Dec 2014 - 05:15 am

Britain’s Prince William with servicemen after attending the ceremony for the Football Remembers memorial to commemorate the 1914 Christmas Truce, at the National...

Chief defends CIA, but admits abhorrent abuses 13 Dec 2014 - 05:14 am

LANGLEY, United States: US spymaster John Brennan admitted that some CIA interrogators had used unauthorised and “abhorrent” tactics in the past decade and...

Air traffic control failure disrupts flights over Britain 13 Dec 2014 - 05:13 am

LONDON: Flights to and from London were severely disrupted yesterday by a technical failure at England’s main air traffic control centre that forced...

Man jailed for attack on Galloway 13 Dec 2014 - 05:13 am

LONDON: A man who attacked British pro-Palestinian lawmaker George Galloway in a London street while calling him “anti-Semitic” was jailed for 16 months....

Double bombing rocks Nigeria; 31 killed 13 Dec 2014 - 05:13 am

LAGOS: At least 31 people were killed in a double bombing in the Nigerian city of Jos, while a 13-year-old girl in an...

Cameron leaves Northern Ireland without deal to end deadlock 13 Dec 2014 - 05:13 am

BELFAST: British Prime Minister David Cameron left Northern Ireland yesterday without a deal he hoped would end months of political deadlock over financial...