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Qatar stocks tumble, loses 2.9pc 17 Oct 2014 - 02:41 am

DOHA: Qatar bourse’s main index tumbled 2.9 percent yesterday amid heavy sell-off by foreign institutional investors to end the week at 12,942. All...

Rescuers hunt for trekkers in Nepal storm 17 Oct 2014 - 02:39 am

Army personnel carry an injured trekker from the Thorung La mountain pass, on the Annapurna Circuit in Mustang district, on Wednesday. At least...

Protest against Bangla govt 17 Oct 2014 - 02:38 am

Bangladeshis demonstrate against their government on the first day of 10th Asia-Europe Meeting in Milan yesterday.

Away from volcano’s fury 17 Oct 2014 - 02:12 am

A woman carrying her belongings flees from the eruption of Mount Sinabung volcano in Karo district in Sumatra island, Indonesia.

Taiwan warships likely in disputed isle 17 Oct 2014 - 02:11 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan is considering stationing armed vessels permanently on a disputed South China Sea island, officials said, a move bound to renew friction...

China releases trial Ebola drug 17 Oct 2014 - 02:11 am

SHANGHAI: A Chinese drug maker has sent an experimental Ebola drug to Africa for use by Chinese aid workers in clinical trials to...

HK leader renews talks offer 17 Oct 2014 - 02:11 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s embattled leader made a dramatic U-turn yesterday reopening his offer of talks with student protesters a week after the...

Minister ‘sorry’ over funds 17 Oct 2014 - 02:10 am

Bangladesh police foil plot to kill ‘atheist’ DHAKA: Bangladesh police said yesterday they had foiled an attempt by suspected Islamic militants to murder...

Relatives demand arrest of US Marine over murder 17 Oct 2014 - 02:10 am

Police block protesters as they march towards the gate of the US embassy, shouting anti-US slogans at a rally in Manila yesterday. They...

Army patrols stepped up in Jolo forests 17 Oct 2014 - 02:08 am

MANILA: The Philippines yesterday stepped up army patrols in the jungles of the southern island of Jolo where Al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants are...

Two civilians killed by army in Davao 17 Oct 2014 - 02:08 am

MANILA: Two civilians were killed by government soldiers who mistook them for New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Compostela Valley, a military officer...

Push to clear massive backlog of court cases 17 Oct 2014 - 02:08 am

MANILA: The Philippines is overhauling its notoriously slow judicial system to speed up the resolution of cases from years to mere days, Chief...

Doctors buck Ebola deployment 17 Oct 2014 - 02:07 am

MANILA: Doctors fear sending Filipino health workers to West Africa could open the country to the Ebola virus. In separate interviews, Philippine Medical...

Pakistani Christian’s death verdict upheld 17 Oct 2014 - 12:05 am

Asia Bibi LAHORE: A Pakistani court yesterday upheld the death sentence of a Christian women convicted of blasphemy four years ago, as her...

Protest tents removed 17 Oct 2014 - 12:04 am

Supporters of Tahir ul Qadri, Sufi cleric and leader of Pakistan Awami Tehreek, remove a tent outside the parliament house in the Red...

Patrolling border 17 Oct 2014 - 12:03 am

Pakistani Rangers patrol along the Pakistan-India border area of Wagah yesterday. Cross-border firing re-erupted in the disputed region of Kashmir on Tuesday, wounding...

Afghanistan captures two Haqqani leaders 16 Oct 2014 - 11:59 pm

KABUL: Afghan security forces said yesterday they have captured two senior leaders of the feared Haqqani network, a hardline group behind sophisticated attacks...

Air strikes kill 21 militants in Khyber: Official 16 Oct 2014 - 11:59 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military yesterday said it had killed 21 militants in air strikes in a restive tribal district near the Afghan border, a...