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Italian doctor contracts Ebola in Sierra Leon 25 Nov 2014 - 01:20 am

ROME: An Italian doctor has contracted Ebola in Sierra Leone and is being flown back to Rome for specialist treatment, the health ministry...

Spain arrests 3 priests, layman in Granada abuse ring 25 Nov 2014 - 01:20 am

MADRID: Three Spanish Catholic priests and a lay person were arrested yesterday, a police source said, in a child sexual abuse case whose...

Renzi wins regional vote, low turnout sends warning 25 Nov 2014 - 01:20 am

ROME: Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi’s centre-left Democratic Party (PD) won regional elections in Calabria and Emilia Romagna yesterday but an exceptionally low...

Vaccine under security 25 Nov 2014 - 01:19 am

A Pakistani health worker administers a polio vaccine to children in Karachi yesterday as a policeman stands guard. A record number of polio...

Colour on wheels 25 Nov 2014 - 01:18 am

Students sit in a colourfully decorated vehicle outside the Psychology Department of the University of Peshawar yesterday.

Fresh IS graffiti trigger alarm in Pakistan 25 Nov 2014 - 01:01 am

PESHAWAR: Fresh graffiti in support of Islamic State (IS) militants in Pakistan has worried people, though the government had played down reports about...

Christian on death row makes final appeal 25 Nov 2014 - 01:01 am

LAHORE: A Pakistani Christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy filed an appeal in the country’s top court yesterday, her final legal recourse...

Survivors recount horrifying tales after suicide blast at match 25 Nov 2014 - 01:00 am

KABUL: Survivors of a horrific suicide attack which killed 57 people at a volleyball game in Afghanistan told yesterday how a bomb packed...

Terror suspect held in Islamabad 25 Nov 2014 - 01:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Police yesterday arrested a suspected militant in the Pakistani capital and seized suicide bomb making material to be used in a possible...

Afghan women excluded from Taliban talks: Oxfam 25 Nov 2014 - 01:00 am

KABUL: Afghan women are excluded from efforts to negotiate peace with the Taliban and hard-won rights could be bargained away unless more is...

Philippines fines Chinese fishermen 25 Nov 2014 - 12:58 am

A group of Chinese fishermen leave a court in Puerto Princesa, Palawan Island, yesterday, after they were found guilty of poaching. PUERTO PRINCESA:...

Wooing minorities 25 Nov 2014 - 12:56 am

Sri Lankan opposition presidential candidate Maithripala Sirisena (centre) at a mosque in Kandy yesterday. Former agriculture and health minister Sirisena is set to...

China blasts US comments on island project 25 Nov 2014 - 12:53 am

BEIJING: Beijing yessterday dismissed as “irresponsible” US criticism of its construction of an artificial island reportedly large enough for an airstrip in a...

British banker fit to stand trial in HK murders 25 Nov 2014 - 12:51 am

HONG KONG: A British banker accused of killing two Indonesian women was yesterday ruled fit to stand trial, but the case will be...

Former Awami League official to be hanged for war crimes 25 Nov 2014 - 12:49 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s war crimes court yesterday sentenced a former ruling party official to hang for mass murder, the 14th person convicted of atrocities...

British banker fit to stand trial in HK murders 25 Nov 2014 - 12:48 am

HONG KONG: A British banker accused of killing two Indonesian women was yesterday ruled fit to stand trial, but the case will be...

Nepal bus crash toll hits 47 25 Nov 2014 - 12:48 am

KATHMANDU: The toll from a bus crash in western Nepal has risen to 47, making it one of the country’s deadliest road accidents...

Philippines reviews ban on Hong Kong journalists 25 Nov 2014 - 12:47 am

MANILA: The Philippines will review its entry ban on nine Hong Kong journalists who shouted questions at President Benigno Aquino during a summit...