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Top court orders CBI chief to stay off graft case 20 Nov 2014 - 09:55 pm

NEW DELHI: India’s top court ordered the head of the country’s federal policing agency to excuse himself from a corruption case yesterday following...

Two Manipuri students found dead in Delhi 20 Nov 2014 - 09:54 pm

New Delhi: Two Manipuris, including a PhD scholar and a Delhi University (DU) student, were found dead at their rented homes here, police...

Anointment of Bukhari’s son illegal, court told 20 Nov 2014 - 09:54 pm

New Delhi: The federal government and the Wakf Board yesterday told the Delhi High Court that the anointment ceremony of the son of...

Qatari bourse index drops 55.07 points 20 Nov 2014 - 05:39 pm

DOHA: Qatar Stock Exchange index declined 55.07 points (0.4 percent) when the bourse closed at 13,846.01 points Thursday. The trading value declined to...

India's top court orders chief investigator off graft case 20 Nov 2014 - 05:25 pm

NEW DELHI: India's top court ordered the head of the country's federal policing agency to excuse himself from a corruption case on Thursday...

Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols dies aged 83 20 Nov 2014 - 05:22 pm

LOS ANGELES: Mike Nichols, the legendary film and theater director who won an Oscar for the classic American movie "The Graduate," has died...

5 police wounded in Cairo blast 20 Nov 2014 - 05:20 pm

CAIRO: A bomb wounded five policemen near a Cairo university Thursday, and four people were hurt in a panicked crush after an explosion...

Three students shot in Florida university library, gunman killed 20 Nov 2014 - 05:19 pm

TALLAHASSEE, Florida: Three students were shot and wounded when a gunman opened fire inside a Florida State University library early on Thursday, and...

At least 24 feared dead as bus plunges into Nepal river 20 Nov 2014 - 05:14 pm

KATHMANDU: A bus plunged into a deep, fast-flowing river in western Nepal on Thursday, with at least 24 passengers feared dead, officials said....

Egypt's Sisi says pardon for Al Jazeera journalists "being discussed" 20 Nov 2014 - 05:11 pm

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Thursday a presidential pardon for two of the three Al Jazeera journalists serving seven-year jail...

Qatar opens embassy in Myanmar 20 Nov 2014 - 02:37 pm

YANGON: The Embassy of the State of Qatar in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar held a ceremony Thursday at Sedona Hotel...

International monitors shot at in east Ukraine: OSCE 20 Nov 2014 - 02:28 pm

KIEV: A convoy of international monitors from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) was shot at by "uniformed personnel" in...

WikiLeaks Assange awaits Swedish appeal verdict 20 Nov 2014 - 02:25 pm

STOCKHOLM: A Swedish appeals court will rule Thursday on whether to uphold an arrest order for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who is wanted...

Taiwan export orders hit record high on iPhone 6 demand 20 Nov 2014 - 02:22 pm

TAIPEI: Booming shipments of smartphones including Apple's iPhone 6 pushed Taiwan's export orders to a new record high in October, the ninth straight...

IAEA chief says Iran not providing explanations on nuclear claims 20 Nov 2014 - 02:20 pm

VIENNA: The UN nuclear agency chief said on Thursday that Iran had failed to provide explanations in response to allegations of possible atomic...

Commerzbank hits customers with negative interest rates 20 Nov 2014 - 01:47 pm

FRANKFURT: Commerzbank, Germany's second-biggest lender, announced Thursday that it will start charging large corporate customers and institutional investors to hold a high level...

Almost 1,000 killed in Ukraine since September truce: UN 20 Nov 2014 - 01:45 pm

GENEVA: Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in conflict-torn Ukraine since a tattered truce was signed in September while the number of people...

Airbus to sign deal with Delta for '50 planes' 20 Nov 2014 - 11:50 am

PARIS: European aerospace giant Airbus is poised to sign a deal to deliver 50 long-haul carriers to US Delta Airlines in a contract...