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Gulf Arabs demand return of state authority in Yemen 02 Oct 2014 - 09:13 am

DUBAI: Gulf Arab states have demanded the restoration of government authority in Yemen, issuing a thinly veiled criticism of rebels with ties to...

New blow to Indonesia's Widodo at rowdy parliament opening 02 Oct 2014 - 09:13 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian opposition politicians won key posts in parliament Thursday after new leader Joko Widodo's supporters stormed out of a rowdy opening session,...

Myanmar news website hacked over Muslim 'support' 02 Oct 2014 - 09:12 am

YANGON: A popular Myanmar news website was blocked by hackers angry at its description of hardline Buddhist monks as "radical", a message on...

Three killed in suicide attack on Afghan army bus 02 Oct 2014 - 08:53 am

KABUL, Afghanistan: A Taliban suicide attacker killed three people on an Afghan army bus in Kabul on Thursday, the latest deadly strike against...

Oil prices down in Asia 02 Oct 2014 - 08:53 am

SINGAPORE: Oil prices fell in Asia Thursday, pressured by concerns about a global supply glut and a stronger dollar, analysts said. US benchmark...

Philips ordered to pay $467m in Masimo patent trial 02 Oct 2014 - 08:52 am

NEW YORK: A US jury on Wednesday ordered Dutch electronics giant Philips to pay $466.8 million to the American corporation Masimo for violating...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 02 Oct 2014 - 08:52 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar DOHA: Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Thursday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency...

WHO puts Ebola death toll at 3,338 02 Oct 2014 - 05:07 am

Texas Governor Rick Perry addresses the media regarding the first Ebola case diagnosed in the United States at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital in...

Rescued at last 02 Oct 2014 - 05:07 am

Wounded Spanish speleologist Cecilio Lopez (on the stretcher) upon his arrival in Lima after being rescued from the Intimachay cave, in Northeast Peru....

US Secret Service chief quits 02 Oct 2014 - 05:05 am

WASHINGTON: The director of the US Secret Service resigned yesterday following a string of lapses by the elite presidential protection branch, including one...

No total control over Internet: Putin 02 Oct 2014 - 05:05 am

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin yesterday said he would not impose total control over the Internet, despite sweeping government moves to impose surveillance and...

Texas girl kidnapped 12 years ago found in Mexico 02 Oct 2014 - 05:05 am

AUSTIN, Texas: A Texas girl kidnapped 12 years ago at the age of four and taken to Mexico by her mother has been...

US trying to topple my government, kill me: Kirchner 02 Oct 2014 - 05:05 am

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s President Cristina Kirchner yesterday charged in an emotional address that domestic and US interests were pushing to topple her government,...

China detains supporters of HK protests 02 Oct 2014 - 05:04 am

A father and son leave pro-democracy messages on the side of a ‘democracy bus’ on Nathan Road, on day four of the mass...

Thousands swarm HK leader’s office 02 Oct 2014 - 05:03 am

HONG KONG: Thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy demonstrators massed outside the offices of the city’s embattled leader early today in a tense stand-off...

Navaratri festival 02 Oct 2014 - 05:03 am

Nepalese soldiers fire blanks to mark “Fulpati”, the seventh day of the Hindu festival of Navaratri, in Tundhikhel, Kathmandu yesterday. Navaratri, which translates...

Oppn-led parliament meets in Indonesia 02 Oct 2014 - 05:01 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia opened a new, opposition-dominated parliament yesterday, one that is expected to obstruct incoming president Joko Widodo’s ambitious reforms for Southeast Asia’s...

Ailing North Korea leader sends message to China 02 Oct 2014 - 05:01 am

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, who has not been seen for nearly a month due to apparent health problems, sent a congratulatory...