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Home for Louis Vuitton Foundation 18 Oct 2014 - 01:18 am

A view of the Louis Vuitton Foundation designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris yesterday. The building...

Obama appoints Ebola czar 18 Oct 2014 - 01:16 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama appointed an Ebola czar for the United States yesterday, and the government said a Texas health worker who may...

Bermuda gears up for Hurricane Gonzalo 18 Oct 2014 - 01:16 am

HAMILTON: The resort island chain of Bermuda braced yesterday for a hit from Hurricane Gonzalo, forecast to produce flooding, strong winds and a...

UK may use medieval law to tackle IS fighters 18 Oct 2014 - 01:15 am

LONDON: Britain may use a medieval law dating to 1351 to charge citizens with treason if they go to fight with Islamic State...

Life sentence for US man who shot teen over loud music 18 Oct 2014 - 01:15 am

MIAMI: A Florida man who fatally shot a black teenager during an argument over loud music was sentenced yesterday to life in prison...

Nigeria, Boko Haram in deal to free girls 18 Oct 2014 - 01:15 am

ABUJA: Nigeria said yesterday it had agreed a ceasefire with Islamist militants Boko Haram and reached a deal for the release of more...

Prosecution urges 10 years in jail for Pistorius 18 Oct 2014 - 01:14 am

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius should be jailed for at least 10 years for killing his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, the prosecution said yesterday as...

EBOLA VIRUS GLOBE FENCE HEALTH AFRICA 18 Oct 2014 - 12:59 am

Group: ViewsAfrica Credit: OBI Source: El Norte - Monterrey, Mexico Keywords: COLOR EBOLA VIRUS GLOBE FENCE HEALTH AFRICA 101714 Provider: CartoonArts International /...

Facebook may become top video sharing site 17 Oct 2014 - 11:16 pm

New York: Videos on Facebook are fast catching up with YouTube in terms of number of shares and the social networking site may...

Teen surfer’s lucky escape after Australia shark bite 17 Oct 2014 - 11:16 pm

SYDNEY: A teenage girl yesterday described her shock after being bitten by a shark when she landed on top of it while surfing...

Afghan vemdors 17 Oct 2014 - 10:46 pm

An Afghan vendor waits for customers at a market in Jalalabad yesterday. Afghanistan’s economy has improved since the fall of the Taliban in...

Peacekeeper’s funeral 17 Oct 2014 - 10:45 pm

Pakistani Army soldiers attend the funeral of their comrade Sepoy Fahad Iftikhar, who was killed while working as part of the newly deployed...

Pakistan clerics condemn Islamic State 17 Oct 2014 - 10:44 pm

ISLAMABAD: A leading group of Pakistani clerics yesterday condemned the Islamic State organisation, amid concerns the hardline jihadists could gain a foothold in...

Nine extremists killed in Pakistan army offensive 17 Oct 2014 - 10:44 pm

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s army extended its offensive against Islamist militants in mountains along the Afghan border yesterday, killing at least nine insurgents, military officials...

KP assembly to meet after four months 17 Oct 2014 - 10:44 pm

PESHAWAR: The government of Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has summoned the provincial legislative assembly to meet next week after four months in...

PPP seeks parliament debate on migration 17 Oct 2014 - 10:43 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan People’s Party of Bilawal Bhutto has decided to raise in the National Assembly the issue of unprecedented migration of people...

Govt to probe data of 10,000 mobile phones 17 Oct 2014 - 10:43 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government has accelerated its efforts to identify and arrest those involved in violent attacks on the Parliament House, Pakistan federal...

Blasphemy laws in focus again in Pakistan 17 Oct 2014 - 10:43 pm

ISLAMABAD: The upholding this week of death sentence awarded to a Christian woman Asia Bibi on blasphemy charges way back in 2009 has...