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CIA report little comfort to detainees 13 Dec 2014 - 05:12 am

Kabul/ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani detained at Afghanistan’s infamous Bagram jail, where he was beaten and threatened with dogs, said that a damning US report...

Huge response to Karachi shutdown call 13 Dec 2014 - 05:11 am

Karachi: Pakistan’s largest city and business hub was paralysed yesterday on a strike call given by Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) party as...

Pakistan arrests suspected Qaeda commander 13 Dec 2014 - 05:09 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have arrested a man they describe as an important commander in Al Qaeda’s newly created South Asian wing, police said...

World Bank funds to be used for mega projects 13 Dec 2014 - 05:08 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has decided to avail loans from World Bank (WB) for critical mega-development projects but not for the next phase of poverty...

Remittances from overseas Pakistanis up 16 percent 13 Dec 2014 - 05:08 am

KARACHI: Remittances from overseas Pakistanis during the first five months of this fiscal year shot up by 15.5 per cent to $7.398bn from...

Libya chaos may engulf Sahel, UN warns 13 Dec 2014 - 05:07 am

Black smoke rises as pro-government forces backed by locals clash with fighters loyal to the Shura Council of Libyan Revolutionaries, an alliance of...

South Sudan’s suffering 13 Dec 2014 - 05:05 am

South Sudanese patients inside the surgery ward at the Bor teaching hospital after renewed conflict in Bor, Jonglei state. Troops and South Sudanese...

Syria rebels killing hundreds of civilians 13 Dec 2014 - 05:04 am

Shia pilgrims gather in Kerbala, southwest of Baghdad, a day before Arbain ritual, which marks the end of 40 days of mourning for...

Japan in focus at Marrakesh festival 13 Dec 2014 - 05:02 am

MARRAKESH: The 14th Marrakesh Film Festival in Morocco is paying tribute to Japan by showcasing a retrospective of 27 movies at an event...

Suspected acid attack wounds five Israelis 13 Dec 2014 - 05:00 am

JERUSALEM: A Palestinian man threw a chemical substance believed to be acid at an Israeli family in the occupied West Bank yesterday, injuring...

Police stations, prisons reopen in Benghazi 13 Dec 2014 - 04:59 am

BENGHAZI: Police stations, prisons and the local security headquarters have reopened in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi for the first time in over...

Iran arrests 12 for embezzling billions of dollars 13 Dec 2014 - 04:59 am

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have arrested 12 people for siphoning off more than $4.5bn from one of the country’s main banks over several years,...

Saudi king gives $35m grant for Ebola fight 13 Dec 2014 - 04:59 am

RIYADH: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has donated $35m to the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to support...

Tomb of pharaonic queen discovered in Egypt 13 Dec 2014 - 04:59 am

CAIRO: The tomb of a queen from ancient Egypt’s Ramesside Period has been discovered in Luxor by a joint team of Egyptian and...

Erdogan plans fresh moves against rival 13 Dec 2014 - 04:58 am

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan yesterday signalled a fresh campaign against supporters of US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, vowing to pursue them “in...

Marzouki rebuked over Tunisia vote comments 13 Dec 2014 - 04:57 am

TUNIS: Tunisia’s incumbent President Moncef Marzouki was reprimanded by the electoral commission on Thursday for saying the only way he could lose this...

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Qatar highlights opportunities for Swiss investors 13 Dec 2014 - 04:48 am

Geneva: Qatar is set to launch huge investment projects in all fields as part of preparations for hosting the 2022 FIFA World Cup...