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Pay attention to risks of vegan diet: Expert 11 Dec 2014 - 06:51 am

Kolkata: With mounting evidence linking diet to neurodegenerative damage, the trend of vegan diet in India could be a concern for the population,...

Over 1m kids vaccinated against polio in Pakistan 11 Dec 2014 - 06:49 am

ISLAMABAD: A total of 10,832,898 children in Pakistan have been vaccinated against polio on the first day of this year’s last three-day national...

‘Weather bomb’ hits Britain 11 Dec 2014 - 06:47 am

Large waves crash over the harbour wall in the town of Whitehaven in Cumbia, north west England. LONDON: Up to 17,000 residents in...

Time names Ebola fighters as ‘person’ of 2014 11 Dec 2014 - 06:46 am

NEW YORK: Time magazine yesterday named as its “Person of the Year 2014” the medics treating the Ebola epidemic that has killed more...

Malala, Satyarthi receive Nobel Peace Prize 11 Dec 2014 - 06:43 am

OSLO: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai vowed yesterday to struggle for every child’s right to go to school as she became the youngest ever...

Truce holds in Ukraine 11 Dec 2014 - 06:42 am

A woman sits in the cellar of her building used as a shelter in Kievskiy district in Donetsk yesterday. A day-old ceasefire largely...

Ex-Gitmo inmates to move into Uruguay house 11 Dec 2014 - 06:40 am

MONTEVIDEO: Five of the six former Guantanamo inmates being resettled in Uruguay will likely move into a house in the capital Montevideo, according...

Mugabe names Mnangagwa as vice-president 11 Dec 2014 - 06:40 am

HARARE: Zimbabwean Presi-dent Robert Mugabe yesterday named Emmerson Mnangagwa as his vice-president, putting the former justice minister in pole position to succeed him....

Judge clears way for Pistorius appeal 11 Dec 2014 - 06:39 am

PRETORIA: A South African judge yesterday cleared the way for prosecutors to seek a murder conviction against Oscar Pistorius, enabling an appeal that...

Indifference over migrant deaths at sea slammed 11 Dec 2014 - 06:39 am

GENEVA: The UN’s human rights chief yesterday condemned rich nations for their indifference to waves of global migration, after new figures showed more...

Putin’s message to Assad 11 Dec 2014 - 06:39 am

Syrian President Bashar Al Assad (right) with the special envoy for the Russian President, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov (left), in Damascus yesterday....

700 Iraqi Kurd fighters killed since June 11 Dec 2014 - 06:37 am

Damaged buildings in Aleppo’s Al Shaar district yesterday. SULAIMANIYAH: Six months into the jihadist offensive in Iraq, the autonomous Kurds said yesterday they...

Amid fears of IS attacks, millions of Shias heading for Kerbala 11 Dec 2014 - 06:34 am

KERBALA: From across Iraq and neighbouring states, millions of Shia pilgrims are heading this week to the city of Kerbala for a religious...

Israel looking at cooperation with Lebanon military 11 Dec 2014 - 06:33 am

TEL AVIV: Israel’s military said yesterday it was exploring the possibility of cooperating with the Lebanese army to counter Sunni Islamist militants, even...

Nine militias killed in Iraq suicide attack 11 Dec 2014 - 06:33 am

BAGHDAD: A suicide car bomb killed nine Shia militiamen in an attack near the Iraqi city of Tikrit yesterday, army and hospital sources...

CIA torture shows US is symbol of tyranny: Iran 11 Dec 2014 - 06:33 am

TEHRAN: The torture of Al Qaeda suspects by the CIA shows that the US government is a “symbol of tyranny against humanity,” Iran’s...

Cartoon 11 Dec 2014 - 06:23 am

The GCC and its ‘achievements’ 11 Dec 2014 - 06:19 am

If anyone has followed the work of the General Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and read the report submitted at the...