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Malaysia Airlines steward fired over ‘sex assault’ on passenger 14 Nov 2014 - 09:24 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia Airlines has sacked a crew member without a hearing for allegedly sexually assaulting a passenger he was comforting for being...

China displays new stealth fighter 14 Nov 2014 - 09:24 am

ZHUHAI: China’s new stealth jet fighter rocketed skywards yesterday as Beijing puts on an unprecedented display of openness—and military force — at the...

Court issues arrest warrants for Khan, Qadri 14 Nov 2014 - 09:23 am

An October 11, 2014 file picture shows populist cleric Tahir Ul Qadri speaking with media representatives during an anti-government protest outside parliament in...

Vigil for Baloch Martyrs Day 14 Nov 2014 - 09:22 am

Relatives of missing Pakistanis hold up a portraits of loved ones during a vigil for Baloch Martyrs Day in Quetta yesterday. A campaign...

Taekwondo match 14 Nov 2014 - 09:22 am

Afghan girls compete in a Taekwondo match in Herat yesterday. Women were banned from participating in sports by the then-ruling Taliban regime, that...

Ghani heads to Pakistan today 14 Nov 2014 - 09:21 am

KABUL: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani will make his first state visit to neighbouring Pakistan today, seeking to improve ties that are crucial to...

Power struggle delays Afghan govt formation 14 Nov 2014 - 09:21 am

KABUL: Weeks after a new Afghan president was sworn in, a tussle for power means it could be weeks — if not months...

Housing shortage in Islamabad 14 Nov 2014 - 09:21 am

ISLAMABAD: While new citizens continue to pour into Islamabad, city managers seem to have fled to high ground and left common citizens to...

Sonia targets govt, says Nehru’s ideology under attack 14 Nov 2014 - 09:20 am

Congress President Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh attend a function to mark the 125th birth anniversary celebrations of Jawaharlal Nehru...

‘No linkages between religion and terrorism’ 14 Nov 2014 - 09:20 am

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev at the Asean Summit in Naypyitaw yesterday. Nay Pyi Taw: Prime Minister...

Namaste Dalai Lama 14 Nov 2014 - 09:19 am

A devotee listens to the teachings of Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in Dharamsala yesterday. The Dalai Lama delivered lectures covering Nagarjuna’s...

Five armymen get life sentence over staged shootout 14 Nov 2014 - 09:18 am

Srinagar/New Delhi: Five armymen have been awarded life sentence for a staged shootout in 2010 in which three youths were killed in Machil...

AAP names 22 candidates for Delhi elections 14 Nov 2014 - 09:18 am

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) became the first to name candidates for the coming Delhi assembly elections, the list of 22...

Complete Gulberg trial in three months: SC 14 Nov 2014 - 09:17 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court directed the Ahmedabad-based trial court to complete within three months the trial over the 2002 post-Godhra Gulberg Society...

Surgeon held over botched sterilisations 14 Nov 2014 - 09:17 am

RAIPUR: Indian police announced they had detained the doctor behind botched mass sterilisation surgeries that left 13 women dead, as campaigners called for...

Cartoon 14 Nov 2014 - 09:13 am

Kerry in bid to cool Jerusalem tempers 14 Nov 2014 - 08:49 am

AMMAN: Top US diplomat John Kerry mounted a diplomatic push yesterday to calm surging tensions in Jerusalem through talks in Amman with Israeli...

Rebel holdout in Homs gets first aid in six months 14 Nov 2014 - 08:48 am

BEIRUT: UN aid has reached the last rebel holdout in the central Syrian city of Homs for the first time in six months,...