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Plan approved for Haiyan-hit areas 31 Oct 2014 - 08:21 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino approved yesterday a P160bn plan to rebuild areas ravaged by Super Typhoon Haiyan one year after the disaster,...

China probes Uighur mayor for corruption 31 Oct 2014 - 08:21 am

BEIJING: The ethnic Uighur mayor of a major city in China’s unruly far-western region of Xinjiang is being investigated for corruption, state media...

Myanmar leader calls meeting with parties 31 Oct 2014 - 08:21 am

YANGON: Myanmar’s president and powerful military chief will hold an unprecedented high-level meeting today with major political parties and ethnic minority groups as...

Anwar hopeful of winning appeal against jail sentence 31 Oct 2014 - 08:20 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday he was a victim of a conspiracy but was hopeful of winning an appeal...

Civilians flee as army steps up offensive on Taliban in Khyber 31 Oct 2014 - 08:20 am

A boy whose family moved to Islamabad from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to look for work, lies on a bed as his mother stands...

Seized firearms 31 Oct 2014 - 08:18 am

Paramilitary officials look at seized weapons displayed at a security compound in Quetta, Pakistan, yesterday. Forces impounded a large quantity of arms and...

Sharif urged to regain control of foreign policy 31 Oct 2014 - 08:17 am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s government has to regain control over national security and foreign policy from the military as now is the...

Balochistan’s stolen antiques found in Italy 31 Oct 2014 - 08:16 am

ISLAMABAD: Antiques pertaining to the Buddha era stolen from Mehrgarh area of Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan have been recovered in Italy. A...

Cartoon 31 Oct 2014 - 07:55 am

Morocco protest 31 Oct 2014 - 06:36 am

Supporters of jailed Salafists shout slogans and hold placards during a demonstration in front of the parliament in Rabat yesterday, calling for the...

Hope waning for trapped Turkish miners 31 Oct 2014 - 06:35 am

ISTANBUL: Hope is waning of saving 18 Turkish miners trapped by a flood in a mine in the south of the country, the...

Jerusalem on edge after gunman killed 31 Oct 2014 - 06:35 am

Israeli border policemen prevent the Mufti of Jerusalem, Mohammed Hussein (centre) from entering the Al Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of...

Floating record 31 Oct 2014 - 06:34 am

Staff from hotels near the Dead Sea form the peace sign at the Dead Sea beach yesterday, setting a new Guinness world record...

Sweden move historic and brave: Abbas 31 Oct 2014 - 06:31 am

STOCKHOLM: Sweden yesterday officially recognised the state of Palestine, prompting Israel to recall its ambassador to Stockholm. “We are not picking sides. We’re...

UN watchdog urges Israel to probe possible Gaza war crimes 31 Oct 2014 - 06:31 am

GENEVA: Israel should investigate all alleged violations committed by its forces during three recent wars in Gaza and ensure military commanders are brought...

Bid to sabotage heavy water tanks foiled: Iran 31 Oct 2014 - 06:30 am

ANKARA: Iran has foiled an attempt to sabotage tanks used for transporting heavy water, which is needed to run some nuclear reactors, and...

Tehran wants sanctions lifted immediately 31 Oct 2014 - 06:30 am

PARIS: Iran wants all Western sanctions to be lifted as part of a deal on its contested nuclear programme by a November deadline,...

Islamic State kills 220 Iraqis 31 Oct 2014 - 06:30 am

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants executed at least 220 Iraqis in retaliation against a tribe’s opposition to their takeover of territory west of Baghdad....