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Platini hopes third FIFA candidate will emerge 09 Dec 2014 - 01:07 pm

PARIS: Michel Platini is refusing to back incumbent Sepp Blatter or challenger Jerome Champagne in next year's FIFA presidential election with the UEFA...

Tokyo stocks close 0.68pc lower 09 Dec 2014 - 12:43 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 0.68 percent lower Tuesday as traders took their cash off the table after racking up seven successive gains, while...

Tesco warns on profits amid fraud probe 09 Dec 2014 - 12:35 pm

LONDON: Supermarket group Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, said Tuesday said it expected profits to take a major hit as it refocuses the business...

15 insurgents killed in Afghanistan 09 Dec 2014 - 12:30 pm

KABUL: The Interior Ministry of Afghanistan says that 15 rebels were killed, three wounded and four arrested in past 24 hours in clearance...

US defence chief Hagel in Iraq to review anti-IS war 09 Dec 2014 - 12:23 pm

BAGHDAD: US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday for an unannounced visit to review the war against the Islamic State...

Honda to expand investigative air bag recall globally 09 Dec 2014 - 12:06 pm

TOKYO: Honda Motor said it will expand an 'investigative' recall to replace potentially lethal Takata Corp air bag inflators across the globe, taking...

Polio vaccinator shot dead in Pakistan 09 Dec 2014 - 10:10 am

LAHORE, Pakistan: Gunmen on Tuesday killed a member of a polio vaccination team in Pakistan, as Taliban insurgents claimed the killing of two...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 09 Dec 2014 - 09:15 am

DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Tuesday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying Selling Saudi Riyal...

Imran vows to unleash countrywide ‘storm’ 09 Dec 2014 - 09:12 am

PTI activists throw stones during clashes with ruling party supporters during a protest in Faisalabad yesterday. FAISALABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan...

Drugs confiscated 09 Dec 2014 - 09:11 am

Afghan police inspect packs of heroin which were confiscated during an operation against smugglers trying to transport the drugs to Pakistan, in Nangarhar,...

Attacks rise in Afghanistan as foreign forces disband 09 Dec 2014 - 09:00 am

KABUL: An attack on a police headquarters and a drone strike that killed six Taliban fighters were sharp reminders of the problems facing...

Abducted lawmaker rescued 09 Dec 2014 - 09:00 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistani authorities yesterday rescued a kidnapped provincial lawmaker from an area bordering Afghanistan, six months after he was kidnapped. Rana Jamil Hassan...

Storm churns towards Manila after killing 23 09 Dec 2014 - 08:59 am

Damaged houses in Borongan in the eastern Samar province of Philippines yesterday, a day after typhoon Hagupit hit the province. MANILA: Millions of...

Shifting tents 09 Dec 2014 - 08:56 am

Pro-democracy protesters move a tent in front of the International Finance Centre (IFC) outside the government headquarters at Admiralty in Hong Kong yesterday....

China sentences eight to death 09 Dec 2014 - 08:54 am

BEIJING: China sentenced eight people to death for their roles in two knife and bomb attacks this spring in the country’s violence-plagued western...

Indonesian forces shoot Papua protesters, 4 dead 09 Dec 2014 - 08:54 am

JAKARTA: At least four people were killed in Indonesia’s volatile Papua region in clashes between protesters and security forces yesterday, according to the...

Rajapaksa, challenger file nominations 09 Dec 2014 - 08:54 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his former health minister, Mithripala Sirisena, submitted nominations yesterday to contest next month’s presidential election, which...

Ex-maid tells HK court of torture 09 Dec 2014 - 08:51 am

HONG KONG: An Indonesian former maid yesterday told a court for the first time how she was starved, beaten and ritually humiliated by...