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Quake measuring 7.3 strikes in Indonesia, local tsunami warning issued 15 Nov 2014 - 09:33 am

A shake map released by the US Geological Survey (USGS) on 15 November 2014 shows the location and intensity of a 7.3 magnitude...

Electronic voting more prone to rigging: ECP official 15 Nov 2014 - 09:32 am

ISLAMABAD: An official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) surprised members of the parliamentary committee on electoral reform yesterday, when he told...

Maryam Nawaz told to consider three options 15 Nov 2014 - 09:31 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leaders who politically groomed Maryam Nawaz have proposed her three options, including fresh application for the chairpersonship...

Most Pakistanis blame sheer bad luck for poverty 15 Nov 2014 - 09:30 am

ISLAMABAD: Not many blame bad governance or poor policies of the previous governments for poverty in Pakistan. For majority in Pakistan, they are...

US equipment to check smuggling of IED material 15 Nov 2014 - 09:30 am

ISLAMABAD: The United States yesterday provided equipment worth millions of dollars to the FBR for tracking down terrorists involved in the smuggling of...

Obama backs Suu Kyi on changing statute 15 Nov 2014 - 09:30 am

YANGON: US President Barack Obama urged Myanmar yesterday to hold “free, fair and inclusive” elections as he threw his weight behind a bid...

Earthquake drill 15 Nov 2014 - 09:29 am

Filipino policemen cover their heads during a nationwide earthquake drill, in Manila yesterday. The Philippine government holds the drill to test local communities’...

Taiwan leader calls for better China ties 15 Nov 2014 - 09:28 am

TAIPEI: Taiwanese president Ma Ying-jeou has said relations with China should quickly get back on track after a rocky six months, adding support...

Pope to visit typhoon-hit city 15 Nov 2014 - 09:28 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis will visit the Philippines region devastated by Typhoon Haiyan last year, with four million people still homeless, when he...

China identifies ‘dozens’ of Uighurs in Thailand 15 Nov 2014 - 09:28 am

BEIJING: Chinese officials in Thailand have identified “dozens” of Uighurs from the Chinese region of Xinjiang who were rescued by Thai police from...

14 killed as Philippine troops clash with militants 15 Nov 2014 - 09:28 am

MANILA: Philippine troops clashed yesterday with Islamist militants on a remote southern island and 14 people were killed in the first major encounter...

N Korea’s Kim sending special envoy to Russia 15 Nov 2014 - 09:27 am

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is to send a personal envoy to Russia, state media said yesterday, the latest in a...

China, Myanmar sign $7.8bn of deals 15 Nov 2014 - 08:48 am

BEIJING: China and Myanmar signed deals worth $7.8 billion for energy, agriculture, telecommunications, infrastructure and finance during Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to...

Rat poison chemical found in pills linked to India sterilisation deaths 15 Nov 2014 - 08:37 am

BILASPUR, India: Tablets linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women who visited a sterilization camp in eastern India are likely...

Search stepped up for tiger in Paris 15 Nov 2014 - 04:58 am

MONTEVRAIN, France: Scores of French police armed with tranquiliser guns and assisted by a helicopter resumed the search for a tiger on the...

Scotland may seek new vote if UK delays devolution: Salmond 15 Nov 2014 - 04:56 am

PERTH, Scotland: Scotland may seek another independence vote if Britain’s rulers fail to honour their pledge to grant it further autonomy, outgoing Scottish...

Britain to seize passports from jihadists 15 Nov 2014 - 04:51 am

CANBERRA: Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday outlined plans to seize passports from British jihadists and stop them returning from fighting overseas, while proposing...

Australia, Britain tell Putin to stop being a bully 15 Nov 2014 - 04:51 am

CANBERRA: Vladimir Putin faces an icy reception at the G20 summit with Britain’s David Cameron telling the Russian leader to stop bullying smaller...