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Protest site dismantled in Hong Kong 12 Dec 2014 - 02:24 am

Members of the media and onlookers watch workers (centre) dismantling barricades built by pro-democracy demonstrators at the main protest site in the Admiralty...

Manila fire 12 Dec 2014 - 02:23 am

Firemen use water to douse a blaze that engulfed shanty homes in Manila yesterday. The fire was caused by faulty electrical wiring that...

Xinjiang capital bans Islamic veils in public 12 Dec 2014 - 02:22 am

BEIJING: The capital of China’s far western Xinjiang has banned the wearing of Islamic veils in public, the regional government said yesterday, in...

Thailand denies hosting any secret CIA prisoner centre 12 Dec 2014 - 02:21 am

BANGKOK: Thailand has never allowed the United States to detain or torture terrorism suspects on its soil, a senior Thai official said yesterday,...

Sayyaf militants free Chinese-Malaysian captive 12 Dec 2014 - 02:21 am

MANILA: Al Qaeda-linked militants in the southern Philippines have freed a Malaysian-Chinese man they had kidnapped seven months ago, a military spokeswoman said...

Fidel Castro wins China’s ‘Confucius Peace Prize’ 12 Dec 2014 - 02:21 am

BEIJING: Fidel Castro has been awarded China’s version of the Nobel Peace Prize, reports said yesterday, with a paper close to the ruling...

Mauritius voters hand victory to opposition 12 Dec 2014 - 02:20 am

PORT LOUIS: Mauritius voters rejected plans to grant more powers to the president by handing an election victory to a coalition that opposed...

German among 9 killed in Kabul attacks 12 Dec 2014 - 02:19 am

Afghan National Army soldiers inspect the site of a suicide attack and (RIGHT) Afghan policemen stand guard in front of a high school,...

Teaching shooting skills 12 Dec 2014 - 02:18 am

A young Pakistani woman demonstrates her shooting skills during the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa All Pakistan Shooting Challenge in Peshawar.

Pakistan govt to resume talks with opposition 12 Dec 2014 - 02:01 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s government announced that it would resume talks with the party of opposition politician Imran Khan in a bid to stem his...

Lawyer fears abuse of US detainees transferred to Afghan custody 12 Dec 2014 - 02:01 am

KABUL: The final few inmates of U.S.-run prisons near Kabul, scenes of abuse highlighted by a US Senate report this week, are now...

US shuts Bagram prison 12 Dec 2014 - 01:59 am

KABUL: The United States said yesterday that it had shut its last detention facility in Afghanistan and no longer had custody of detainees...

20 pacts signed with Russia 12 Dec 2014 - 12:43 am

New Delhi: Nuclear energy cooperation between India and Russia got a major boost with both sides yesterday inking a vision document for the...

Srinagar poll rally 12 Dec 2014 - 12:42 am

Former chief minister and opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) patron, Mufti Muhammad Sayeed (right) waves to supporters during an election rally in Srinagar...

Four more states ban Uber; rape accused cab driver in 14-day custody 12 Dec 2014 - 12:40 am

New Delhi: Radio taxi company Uber’s woes mounted as four states — Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh — banned the US-based company...

Anti-conversion issue rocks LS, govt proposes law 12 Dec 2014 - 12:39 am

New Delhi: The issue of alleged forced conversions in Agra rocked the Lok Sabha yesterday, even as the government proposed an anti-conversion law...

Kerala minister Mani booked for corruption 12 Dec 2014 - 12:39 am

Thiruvananthapuram: The Vigilance and Anti Corruption Bureau yesterday filed a case in a special vigilance court here against 81-year-old Finance Minister K M...

Bengal deputy speaker manhandles residents 12 Dec 2014 - 12:31 am

Kolkata: West Bengal Assembly Deputy Speaker Sonali Guha courted controversy yesterday after she was caught on tape threatening and manhandling residents of an...