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No to eviction 04 Oct 2014 - 12:39 am

Filipino residents hang a banner that reads ‘We love tenement, no one will leave!’ during a protest over their possible eviction in Taguig...

Japan urges ‘free and open’ system in HK 04 Oct 2014 - 12:38 am

TOKYO: Japan weighed in yesterday on the stand-off between government and pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong, calling for the city’s “free and open”...

Philippines halts development work in disputed S China Sea 04 Oct 2014 - 12:37 am

MANILA: The Philippines has stopped all development work in the disputed South China Sea because of the impact such activity might have on...

US lifts 40-year Vietnam arms ban 04 Oct 2014 - 12:29 am

WASHINGTON: In a decision likely to anger China, the US is partly lifting a 40-year ban on arms sales to former foe Vietnam...

Koreans justify ‘Sewol’ ferry documentary 04 Oct 2014 - 12:29 am

BUSAN: Dozens of South Korean filmmakers and critics rallied behind a controversial film on the Sewol ferry disaster yesterday, criticising efforts to prevent...

Afghan president lauds Nato troops 04 Oct 2014 - 12:28 am

British Premier David Cameron (left) attends a press conference with President Ashraf Ghani at the Palace, in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: Newly-inaugurated Afghan President...

Enhanced security 04 Oct 2014 - 12:27 am

Afghan security personnel search a resident ahead of the Eid Al Adha festival on Thursday.

Hashmi resigns, says PTI ‘dismantling’ democracy 04 Oct 2014 - 12:26 am

ISLAMABAD: Suspended by his party following allegations against Imran Khan, the estranged elected president of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Javed Hashmi announced his resignation...

Pakistan air strikes kill 15 militants 04 Oct 2014 - 12:26 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military yesterday said it killed 15 insurgents in air strikes in a restive tribal district near the Afghan border, a region...

Musharraf sees change in politics 04 Oct 2014 - 12:24 am

ISLAMABAD: Former president and military ruler of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf said on Thursday that he can sense ‘winds of change’ blowing in...

Qadri to start countrywide rally after Eid 04 Oct 2014 - 12:23 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Chief Dr Tahirul Qadri has announced countrywide agitation against the sitting regime after Eidul Azha while vowing to...

Dussehra festival 04 Oct 2014 - 12:23 am

Congress President Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress Party Vice-President Rahul Gandhi gesture with bow and arrow during the celebration...

Salvage operation 04 Oct 2014 - 12:22 am

Kashmiris work at their flood-damaged house in Srinagar yesterday. According to officials, 281 persons are confirmed dead and another 29 are missing in...

32 killed, 18 hurt in Patna stampede 04 Oct 2014 - 12:20 am

Patna: At least 32 people, including women and children, died in a stampede yesterday evening after the burning of the Ravana effigy at...

UP pair cynosure of all eyes at Delhi goat market 04 Oct 2014 - 12:20 am

New Delhi: As Muslims in the national capital gear up to celebrate Eid Al Adha on Monday, a pair of goats that have...

Doordarshan telecasts RSS chief’s speech live, stirs controversy 04 Oct 2014 - 12:19 am

NEW DELHI: A controversy broke out yesterday over the live telecast by state broadcaster of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s address at Nagpur with...

Woman killed, four hurt in Pakistan firing 04 Oct 2014 - 12:19 am

Jammu: Breaching the ceasefire for the first time since August, Pakistan Rangers yesterday opened heavy fire on Indian positions in the international border...

Keep public areas clean after festivals, says minister 04 Oct 2014 - 12:19 am

New Delhi: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan yesterday urged people to help in keeping public areas clean after Ramlila and Durga Puja. “Fellow citizens....