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Russia not isolated on Ukraine: Putin 24 Nov 2014 - 07:08 am

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin blamed the West for worsening relations with Russia since the Ukraine crisis and said Moscow would not allow itself...

Sainthood for four Italians, two Indians 24 Nov 2014 - 07:08 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis conferred sainthood on two Indians and four Italians yesterday, praising their “creative” commitment to helping the poor. Francis added...

After carnage, Kenya troops kill more than 100 militants 24 Nov 2014 - 07:08 am

NAIROBI: Kenyan security forces have pursued and killed more than 100 militants and destroyed their camp in Somalia after the ambush of a...

Putin breaks silence on daughters’ whereabouts 24 Nov 2014 - 07:07 am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is fiercely protective of his private life, said yesterday that his two daughters — who had reportedly...

Anxious US town waits for shooting verdict 24 Nov 2014 - 07:07 am

FERGUSON: After a fourth straight night of low-level protests in Ferguson, Missouri, anxious residents still did not know yesterday when a grand jury...

Burkina Faso gets interim govt 24 Nov 2014 - 07:07 am

OUAGADOUGOU: Burkina Faso authorities issued a decree yesterday announcing an interim government, with President Michel Kafando and prime minister Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Zida...

Afghan army graduation 24 Nov 2014 - 06:51 am

Afghan National Army soldiers parade during a graduation ceremony in Kabul yesterday.

Bicycle fun 24 Nov 2014 - 06:50 am

Children play with a bicycle near the Ravi river on the outskirts of Lahore yesterday. Government statistics estimate the literacy rate at 58...

Hardliners protest Iran nuclear talks 24 Nov 2014 - 06:49 am

A security official stands by as Iranian students gather during a protest in front of the Tehran Research Nuclear Reactor in Tehran, yesterday....

Gate-crashing ire 24 Nov 2014 - 06:48 am

Palestinians climb a gate during a rally calling on Egyptian authorities to open the Rafah border crossing, at the crossing in the southern...

Iraq Kurdish forces prepare for Sinjar mountain offensive 24 Nov 2014 - 06:47 am

ARBIL: Kurdish forces in northern Iraq are drawing up plans to break Islamic State’s siege of Sinjar mountain, where hundreds of minority Yazidis...

Israeli policeman charged with manslaughter in Palestinian’s death 24 Nov 2014 - 06:47 am

JERUSALEM: Israeli prosecutors charged a policeman yesterday in the fatal shooting of a teenage Palestinian protester, accusing him of deliberately switching his rubber...

Tunisians vote for first freely elected president 24 Nov 2014 - 06:46 am

TUNIS: Tunisians went to the polls yesterday to vote for their first directly elected president, in the final step to be taken to ...

Israeli forces kill Palestinian along Gaza border: Ministry 24 Nov 2014 - 06:46 am

GAZA: Israeli forces shot dead a Palestinian in the Gaza Strip near the border with Israel yesterday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said, the...

Iraq sentences Sunni ex-MP to death for murder 24 Nov 2014 - 06:46 am

BAGHDAD: An Iraqi court sentenced former Sunni MP Ahmed Al Alwani to death yesterday for murder, a verdict that could damage Baghdad’s ties...

Afghan suicide blast kills 50 24 Nov 2014 - 06:45 am

KHOST, Afghanistan: About 50 people were killed and 60 others wounded when a suicide blast ripped through large crowds gathered to watch a...

Pakistan to buy helicopters from Russia 24 Nov 2014 - 06:45 am

ISLAMABAD: In a major breakthrough in bilateral relations after Moscow recently lifted an embargo on arms sales to Islamabad, defence authorities of Pakistan...

Islamabad delays 11 surveys of national accounts 24 Nov 2014 - 06:44 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has delayed 11 surveys of national accounts which would help determine fresh economic growth rate of the country. At...