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Two blasts hit Kabul, 7 soldiers injured 26 Nov 2014 - 04:53 am

An Afghan intelligence man places his foot on a man suspected of placing explosives which caused a blast with no casualties in the...

Sharif in Kathmandu 26 Nov 2014 - 04:51 am

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his wife Kulsoom Nawaz at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu yesterday to attend the 18th Saarc summit.

Kerala orders mass cull of ducks after bird flu 26 Nov 2014 - 04:49 am

new delhi: India has found two outbreaks of a highly contagious bird flu virus in the southern state of Kerala, prompting the authorities...

Jharkhand voters defy Maoists, cast ballot 26 Nov 2014 - 04:49 am

Ranchi/New Delhi: Jharkhand voters yesterday defied a poll boycott call by Maoists and turned up in large numbers to cast their ballot in...

India moves to ban loose cigarettes 26 Nov 2014 - 04:47 am

MUMBAI: India moved a step closer to banning the sale of unpackaged cigarettes, with a view to discourage smoking in a country where...

US to leave more troops in Kabul than planned 26 Nov 2014 - 04:47 am

KABUL: The United States is preparing to increase the number of troops it keeps in Afghanistan in 2015 to fill a gap left...

Air strikes against Haqqani militants kill 20 26 Nov 2014 - 04:46 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistanis officials said jet fighters yesterday killed 20 suspected members of the feared Haqqani network, accused of some of the bloodiest attacks...

Pakistan has fastest growing nuke power, US think-tank says 26 Nov 2014 - 04:45 am

KARACHI: Pakistan harbours the fastest growing nuclear weapons programme in the world and could have enough fissile material to produce more than 200...

Pakistan media owner sentenced to 26 years in blasphemy case 26 Nov 2014 - 04:45 am

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan court yesterday sentenced the owner of the country’s biggest media group to 26 years in prison for broadcasting a show...

Beijing, Manila in row over fishermen’s arrest 26 Nov 2014 - 04:45 am

People watching one of a two Vietnam Russian-built missile-guided frigates docked at a bay in Manila yesterday. Vietnam showed off its two most...

Hasina arrives for Saarc summit 26 Nov 2014 - 04:44 am

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheik Hasina (left) arrives at Tribhuvan International Airport to attend the 18th Saarc summit in Kathmandu yesterday.

World record 26 Nov 2014 - 04:43 am

Thousands of people dressed as Santa’s elves gather outside a shopping mall to break a Guinness world record in Bangkok yesterday. The record...

Ferguson racial unrest spreads 26 Nov 2014 - 04:43 am

FERGUSON: Long-standing racial tensions in the United States have flared once again after a night of violence and protests over a Missouri grand...

I saw a demon in him: Officer 26 Nov 2014 - 04:41 am

FERGUSON: To police officer Darren Wilson, Michael Brown didn’t look so much like an unarmed black teenager as a “demon” with a box...

FARC frees two soldiers 26 Nov 2014 - 04:40 am

BOGOTA: Colombia’s FARC rebels freed two captured soldiers yesterday, the first step toward resuming peace talks which the government suspended after the insurgent...

Homes, mosque raided in Bulgaria 26 Nov 2014 - 04:39 am

SOFIA: Bulgarian security forces raided over 40 homes and a mosque in southern Bulgaria yesterday to seize books and computers in a special...

Twin suicide attacks kill 45 in Nigeria 26 Nov 2014 - 04:39 am

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: More than 45 people were killed when two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in a crowded market in northeast Nigeria...

Pope criticises state terror in remarks open to interpretation 26 Nov 2014 - 04:39 am

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE, Italy: Pope Francis yesterday slammed “state terrorism” that “kills the innocent at the same time as terrorists”, just hours...