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Seven killed as Taliban storm Afghan court 28 Oct 2014 - 07:27 am

Afghan security officials take position outside the office of a local attorney general in Kunduz yesterday. KUNDUZ: Taliban militants stormed a court in...

Anti-India protest 28 Oct 2014 - 07:24 am

Kashmiris hold a banner reading in Urdu ‘Freedom from India and plebiscite is our destiny’ as they shout anti-India slogans to mark the...

Pakistani air strikes kill 33 militants 28 Oct 2014 - 07:19 am

BANNU: Pakistani helicopter gunships yesterday attacked suspected militant hideouts in a restive tribal area on the Afghan border and killed at least 33...

‘Disastrous’ health campaign feeds Pakistan’s polio spike 28 Oct 2014 - 07:18 am

KARACHI: Taliban militants have long been the scourge of Pakistan’s polio vaccination campaign, attacking aid workers and the police who protect them as...

Army chief to visit US in Nov 28 Oct 2014 - 07:18 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif will visit the United States next month for talks with senior US military commanders...

Pakistan varsity suspends staff over Israel stall at mock debate 28 Oct 2014 - 07:17 am

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani university has suspended three staff after students created a stall to showcase Israeli customs and traditions as part of a...

Death penalty sought for ferry captain 28 Oct 2014 - 07:15 am

Sewol ferry captain Lee Joon-Seok (left) arrives with an escort for his trial at the Gwangju District Court yesterday. GWANGJU: Prosecutors yesterday demanded...

US Marine snubs murder probe anew 28 Oct 2014 - 07:12 am

OLONGAPO cITY: The Philippines will put a US Marine on trial for killing a transgender Filipina outside a former US Navy base. Private...

Japan, N Korea talks 28 Oct 2014 - 07:11 am

Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Director General for Asian and Oceanic Affairs Junichi Ihara (right) arrives at the Pyongyang airport yesterday for talks on North...

Indonesia mine workers to go on strike 28 Oct 2014 - 07:09 am

JAKARTA: About 10,000 workers at an Indonesian gold and copper mine owned by US firm Freeport-McMoRan will begin a month-long strike next week...

Call for probe into Myanmar scribe’s killing 28 Oct 2014 - 07:09 am

YANGON: Human rights groups yesterday demanded that Myanmar investigate the killing of a journalist who was in military custody after reporting on clashes...

Thailand bans beach parties on some islands 28 Oct 2014 - 07:09 am

BANGKOK: Thai authorities have banned beach parties on some holiday islands to stop gatherings that can get out of control and lead to...

Guns fall silent in Lebanon’s Tripoli 28 Oct 2014 - 04:47 am

Firefighters try to extinguish a blaze at a store during clashes between Lebanese soldiers and militants in Bab Al Tabbaneh neighbourhood, in Tripoli,...

US unveils coalition to fight Islamic State in cyberspace 28 Oct 2014 - 04:46 am

An explosion after an apparent US-led coalition air strike on Kobane as seen from the Turkish side of the border, near Suruc district,...

Israel plans 1,000 settler houses 28 Oct 2014 - 04:45 am

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah visits the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews...

EU monitors Tunisia vote count 28 Oct 2014 - 04:44 am

An EU observer monitors the delivery of ballot boxes ahead of the counting process in the Tunis suburb of Ariana yesterday. The Islamist...

Bomber kills 27 Shia militiamen near Iraq town 28 Oct 2014 - 04:41 am

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber killed at least 27 Shia militiamen outside the Iraqi town of Jurf Al Sakhar yesterday after security forces pushed...

Jordan arrests top Al Qaeda scholar for ‘incitement’ 28 Oct 2014 - 04:41 am

AMMAN: Jordanian security forces arrested influential Al Qaeda spiritual guide Abu Mohammad Al Maqdisi yesterday on suspicion of fomenting terrorism on the Internet,...