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Buzkashi in Herat 07 Dec 2014 - 02:10 am

Afghan horsemen compete for the goat carcass during the traditional sport of Buzkashi in Herat province. Buzkashi is played between two teams competing...

Govt-PTI talks may resume today 07 Dec 2014 - 02:08 am

ISLAMABAD: Wedged between hope and despair, talks between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) government and Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) are likely to...

Chief Election Commissioner takes oath 07 Dec 2014 - 02:08 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s new Chief Election Commissioner took his oath of office yesterday as opposition protests for a probe into allegations of vote rigging...

War on terror costs Pakistan over $80bn in last 10 years 07 Dec 2014 - 02:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has suffered a whopping Rs8.1 trillion ($80bn) losses over the past 10 years due to the on-going war against terrorism. These...

Putin, Hollande attempt to defuse Kiev tensions 07 Dec 2014 - 02:07 am

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with French President Francois Hollande as he escorts him to his plane after a meeting in...

Calls for justice at funeral of man killed by NY police 07 Dec 2014 - 02:06 am

Family members of Akai Gurley attend his funeral service in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. NEW YORK: Mourners heard a rallying...

Top posts for Mugabe, wife in ruling party 07 Dec 2014 - 02:05 am

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s ruling party yesterday wrapped up a key congress once again anointing veteran President Robert Mugabe as party leader and putting his...

Two Sierra Leone Ebola doctors die in one day 07 Dec 2014 - 02:04 am

FREETOWN: Two doctors have died on the same day after contracting Ebola in Sierra Leone, the government said yesterday, bringing to nine the...

British MPs for overhaul of surveillance laws 07 Dec 2014 - 02:03 am

LONDON: British surveillance laws are flawed and must be overhauled to stop police accessing the phone records of journalists, a group of lawmakers...

Belgium pays tribute to Queen Fabiola 07 Dec 2014 - 02:03 am

BRUSSELS: Belgium yesterday paid tribute to Spanish-born Queen Fabiola, the devout former monarch who died the evening before at 86, two decades after...

TOBACCO SMOKING ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES HEALTH 07 Dec 2014 - 01:19 am

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World’s largest truffle sells for $61,250 at auction 06 Dec 2014 - 11:39 pm

NEW YORK: Consider it a bargain: The world’s largest white truffle sold at auction yesterday for $61,250 — far less than the cool...

The cost of covering Obama’s trip to Asia, Australia? $100,000 per reporter 06 Dec 2014 - 11:39 pm

WASHINGTON: News organisations knew that covering US President Barack Obama’s trip to Asia and Australia last month was going to be expensive. Now...

Philippines struggles amid typhoon damage 06 Dec 2014 - 11:36 pm

A man secures a shanty in Tacloban city on the Leyte Island of Philippines yesterday. TACLOBAN: Terrifying winds and intense rains pounded the...

Hong Kong student leader ends hunger strike 06 Dec 2014 - 11:35 pm

Joshua Wong (right) addresses protesters at the movement’s main protest site in the Admiralty district of Hong Kong yesterday. HONG KONG: Joshua Wong,...

US denies Lanka minister’s remark 06 Dec 2014 - 11:34 pm

COLOMBO: The United States embassy in Sri Lanka denied yesterday it was “pumping money” into the country to topple President Mahinda Rajapaksa (pictured)...

Swiss captive flees Islamist militants in Philippines 06 Dec 2014 - 11:32 pm

MANILA: A Swiss man kidnapped by Islamist militants in the Philippines nearly three years ago escaped yesterday after a fierce struggle with one...

Two-day holiday in Maldives to tide over water crisis 06 Dec 2014 - 11:32 pm

MALE: The upmarket honeymoon destination of Maldives yesterday declared two days of public holidays in bid to manage fraying tempers and ration supplies...