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Hong Kong police find two corpses in apartment 02 Nov 2014 - 12:16 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong police yesterday discovered two corpses in a posh apartment building, one of which was found decaying in a large...

Sri Lanka cuts number of dead in mudslide to 38 02 Nov 2014 - 12:16 am

KOSLANDA, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka yesterday reduced to 38 the number of dead and missing from a mudslide at a tea plantation after...

Church against festivities as Filipinos flock to cemeteries 02 Nov 2014 - 12:16 am

MANILA: Millions across the Philippines packed into cemeteries yesterday to pay respects to their dead, in an annual tradition that combines Catholic religious...

Al Qaeda group seizes bastion of rebels in Idlib region 02 Nov 2014 - 12:04 am

BEIRUT: Islamist militants affiliated to Al Qaeda seized the last remaining stronghold of Western-backed rebels in Syria’s northwest province of Idlib yesterday after...

Saudi women’s rights activist ‘in prison’ 02 Nov 2014 - 12:04 am

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has arrested a prominent campaigner for women’s rights for insulting Islam, activists said yesterday, accusing authorities of trying to crush...

Dozens in Libya town pledge allegiance to IS leader 02 Nov 2014 - 12:04 am

CAIRO: Dozens of residents of a town in eastern Libya have pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, leader of Islamic State militants...

Canada rights museum shares oral histories 02 Nov 2014 - 12:02 am

WINNIPEG: A new museum in Canada’s western prairies has amassed a unique collection of personal stories from genocide survivors, human rights defenders and...

Parachutist rescued from Missouri radio tower 02 Nov 2014 - 12:02 am

Missouri: A man’s plan to leap from a Missouri radio tower south of St Louis went awry when his parachute got stuck on...

ECONOMY RECOVERY JAPAN BRAZIL USA UK BRITAIN EUROZONE CHINA RUSSIA 01 Nov 2014 - 11:41 pm

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Nationwide blackout hits Bangladesh 01 Nov 2014 - 05:59 pm

DHAKA: A massive nationwide power blackout hit Bangladesh on Saturday after a transmission line failed, leaving homes, businesses and shops in the densely-populated...

Saudi women's rights activist 'in prison' 01 Nov 2014 - 05:43 pm

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia has arrested a prominent campaigner for women's rights for insulting Islam, activists said on Saturday, accusing authorities of trying to...

UAE bank ADCB to open Singapore office 01 Nov 2014 - 10:47 am

ABU DHABI: Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank will open a representative office in Singapore this year as part of its plans to expand in...

Boko Haram says kidnapped schoolgirls 'married off' 01 Nov 2014 - 10:37 am

KANO, Nigeria: Boko Haram has claimed the 219 schoolgirls it kidnapped in Nigeria earlier this year have converted to Islam and been married...

Emir, PM congratulate Algerian president 01 Nov 2014 - 09:53 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al -Thani sent on Saturday a cable of congratulations to President Abdulaziz Bouteflika, President of...

Giacometti sculpture set to fetch $100m at NY auction 01 Nov 2014 - 09:07 am

Alberto Giacometti's Chariot, which is a part of Sotheby's New York November Evening auctions items, is displayed during a media preview in New...

Nepal bus crash kills 10, including a Russian 01 Nov 2014 - 08:46 am

KATHMANDU: Two passenger buses collided in central Nepal in the early hours of Saturday, killing at least 10 people, including a Russian woman,...

Apple Pay fails to unify fragmented market 01 Nov 2014 - 07:34 am

WASHINGTON: Apple Pay, meant to inject momentum into a fragmented market for the emerging mobile payments sector, has instead highlighted the squabbles between...

Fadnavis sworn in as Maharashtra chief minister 01 Nov 2014 - 07:18 am

Mumbai: Devendra Fadnavis (pictured), was sworn in yesterday as chief minister of Maharashtra’s first BJP government along with nine ministers, cheered by some...