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Polio campaign launched in North Waziristan 28 Nov 2014 - 09:19 am

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child, near the Afghan border in Chaman. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday launched a polio vaccination...

EU urges Pakistan to push for repeal of blasphemy laws 28 Nov 2014 - 09:18 am

STRASBOURG: The European parliament called yesterday on Pakistan to overhaul its blasphemy laws with a view to repealing them, saying they were “increasingly...

Afghan senate approves foreign troops staying on 28 Nov 2014 - 09:17 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s upper house of parliament yesterday approved two agreements with the US and Nato allowing about 12,500 troops to remain in the...

Pacquiao to sell Philippine mansion 28 Nov 2014 - 09:16 am

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao (centre) with Makati Mayor Jonjon Binay and Ilocos Sur Governor Chavit Singson during a victory parade in Makati...

Hong Kong rally 28 Nov 2014 - 09:15 am

Pro-democracy protesters imitate a three-finger salute from the movie ‘The Hunger Games’, during a rally at Mong Kok shopping district in Hong Kong...

Thai elections pushed back until 2016 28 Nov 2014 - 09:13 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta said yesterday that elections in the military-ruled kingdom would likely be delayed until 2016, days after military officials ruled out...

Malaysia reverses vow to scrap sedition law 28 Nov 2014 - 09:13 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s prime minister yesterday abandoned plans to repeal a controversial sedition law increasingly used against his regime’s political opponents, as the...

Two dead as storm hits Philippines 28 Nov 2014 - 09:13 am

MANILA: Two people were killed and seven others missing in the Philippines after a tropical depression spawned huge waves and flash floods, forcing...

Energy pact sealed at Saarc summit 28 Nov 2014 - 09:13 am

Kathmandu: The 18th Saarc Summit concluded yesterday in this scenic Nepalese capital with the eight South Asian nations signing a pact on energy...

China ‘has no overseas bases’ 28 Nov 2014 - 09:12 am

BEIJING: China’s defence ministry said yesterday that the country has no military bases overseas, despite speculation that its armed forces seek to eventually...

After Ferguson, one more shooting in glare 28 Nov 2014 - 09:12 am

Protesters are stopped by a police officer who told them not to approach a freeway overpass, near the police headquarters in Los Angeles. ...

After graft row, Rajoy calls for new measures 28 Nov 2014 - 09:10 am

MADRID: Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy (pictured) yesterday pushed for the rapid adoption of new laws aimed at tightening political party accounting rules,...

Flag parade 28 Nov 2014 - 09:09 am

Children hold flags during a rehearsal parade in Osogbo, southwest Nigeria, yesterday on the eve of Osun state Governor Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola’s inauguration...

Ukraine president, PM in show of unity 28 Nov 2014 - 09:08 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s parliament approved Arseny Yatseniuk for a new term as prime minister yesterday in a ceremony that countered reports of high-level disunity...

Britain’s most expensive divorce settled at £337m 28 Nov 2014 - 09:08 am

LONDON: Billionaire hedge fund manager Chris Hohn has been ordered to pay his estranged wife Jamie Cooper-Hohn £337m ($530m) in the largest divorce...

Venezuela private jets scanned 28 Nov 2014 - 09:08 am

CARACAS: Venezuelan authorities halted flights by private jets leaving from seven airports yesterday in a campaign to crack down on drug trafficking and...

40 killed in blast at Nigeria bus station 28 Nov 2014 - 09:07 am

YOLA, Nigeria: A roadside bomb tore through a bus station near a busy junction in northeast Nigeria yesterday, killing 40 people including five...

Islamic solution to racism 28 Nov 2014 - 03:41 am

By Dr Wael Hamza I am better than him: You created me from fire and You created him from clay (Quran 38: 76)...