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AAP protests against ‘tainted’ candidates 06 Oct 2014 - 05:50 am

Gurgaon: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has announced it will not be contesting the October 15 Haryana assembly polls, yesterday organised a...

Jodhpur festival aims to showcase traditional music 06 Oct 2014 - 05:50 am

New Delhi: Over the years, rustic folk music has often found space within Bollywood space, but the organisers of Jodhpur’s Rajasthan International Folk...

Kerala police file case against MP Joice George 06 Oct 2014 - 05:49 am

Idukki, Kerala: Kerala Police yesterday registered a case against Idukki MP Joice George for allegedly attacking Forests Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan. The incident occurred...

Kabul lifts ban on expelled US scribe 06 Oct 2014 - 04:53 am

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani addressing journalists while former president Hamid Karzai and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah look on after offering Eid Al Adha...

Seven Taliban militants killed in Pakistan 06 Oct 2014 - 04:52 am

People and relatives attend the funeral ceremony of those who were killed in a suicide bomb attack, in Quetta, Balochistan province, Pakistan, yesterday....

War relics bear witness to 13 years of agony 06 Oct 2014 - 04:51 am

london/kabul: It is arguably the most chilling exhibit collected by a UK museum in recent times. A suicide bomber’s vest, primed with explosives...

US drone kills senior Uzbek commander in Pakistan 06 Oct 2014 - 04:50 am

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: A suspected US drone strike killed five militants in Pakistan’s tribal north-west yesterday including a senior ethnic Uzbek commander,...

HK protesters face crackdown threat 06 Oct 2014 - 04:50 am

Some protesters install a statue with a yellow umbrella as others block the main street to the financial Central district outside of the...

Eid greetings 06 Oct 2014 - 04:49 am

Thai Muslims greet each other after Eid prayers at a mosque in the southern province of Narathiwat, yesterday.

Illegal gold mine collapse kills 18 in Indonesia 06 Oct 2014 - 04:47 am

JAKARTA: Eighteen people were killed after an illegal gold mine collapsed in remote central Indonesia, a search and rescue official said yesterday. The...

Malaysia urged not to deport Uighur migrants 06 Oct 2014 - 04:47 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian human rights group called on the government yesterday not to forcibly deport 155 Chinese ethnic Uighurs reported to be...

Philippines evacuates farm animals as volcano simmers 06 Oct 2014 - 04:47 am

MANILA: After evacuating about 55,000 people, Philippine authorities said yesterday they were labouring to move thousands of farm animals from areas threatened by...

Philippines, US marines conduct exercises near China-held reef 06 Oct 2014 - 04:46 am

SAN ANTONIO: Over 6,000 Philippine and US marines carried out a military exercise on a Philippine beach yesterday near a disputed reef occupied...

MoI Eid events enthral thousands of expats 06 Oct 2014 - 04:46 am

Doha: The Public Relations and Community Policing departments of the Ministry of Interior organised mega entertainment events for expat communities on the first...

Create & Inspire 2014 winners explore Brazil’s colourful culture 06 Oct 2014 - 04:45 am

Doha: Winners of the Create & Inspire 2014 competition from Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the UK travelled to Brazil last month...

Kurds battle for key Syria town 06 Oct 2014 - 04:44 am

A woman tries to protect her children after a mortar shell exploded in their town of Atmanek close to the Syria-Turkey border, Suruc...

Extremism must be eliminated: Saudi King 06 Oct 2014 - 04:43 am

MINA, Saudi Arabia: Religious extremism is a perversion which must be eradicated, the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz...

Somali, African troops retake key port from Al Shabab 06 Oct 2014 - 04:42 am

MOGADISHU: Somali troops backed by African peacekeepers yesterday recaptured the last major port in Somalia held by the Al Shabab, removing a key...