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Manila top cop in suspicious wealth row 02 Oct 2014 - 05:01 am

MANILA: The Philippines’ police chief faced calls yesterday for his resignation after admitting he accepted gifts and favours worth hundreds of thousands of...

Japan volcano death toll hits 47 02 Oct 2014 - 05:01 am

TOKYO: The death toll from a sudden volcanic eruption in Japan hit 47 yesterday as rescuers discovered 11 new bodies in so-far unexplored...

Two suicide attacks kill seven in Kabul 02 Oct 2014 - 05:00 am

KABUL: Two Taliban suicide bombers carried out separate attacks on Afghan army vehicles in Kabul yesterday, killing seven people and injuring 19, the...

Ghani reopens bank scandal probe 02 Oct 2014 - 04:59 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s new President Ashraf Ghani yesterday ordered fresh investigations into a $900m fraud that wrecked the country’s largest bank, underlining his determination...

Grenade attacks kill five in Pakistan 02 Oct 2014 - 04:59 am

QUETTA: Militants lobbed grenades at two small businesses and a private school in three separate attacks in Pakistan yesterday, killing at least five...

Pakistani fighter aircraft crashes near Quetta 02 Oct 2014 - 04:58 am

Islamabad: A fighter aircraft of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed due to technical fault during a routine operational training mission near Quetta yesterday,...

PTI decides to hold KP assembly conference 02 Oct 2014 - 04:57 am

ISLAMABAD: Finally, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) decided to hold its provincial government’s long-awaited cabinet meeting and the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly’s session, two cabinet ministers...

Religious instruction 02 Oct 2014 - 04:56 am

Palestinian children hold onto a pillar symbolising the Kaaba as they learn about the Haj, in a school in the West Bank city...

Bahrain court lifts travel ban on activist charged with assault 02 Oct 2014 - 04:56 am

Human rights activist Maryam Al Khawaja arrives for her trial in Manama yesterday. DUBAI: A Bahrain court lifted yesterday a travel ban on...

Turkey pushes for solution to Syria crisis 02 Oct 2014 - 04:54 am

ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pressed the West yesterday to find a longterm solution to the crises in Syria and Iraq, saying...

41 children killed in twin bombings in Syria 02 Oct 2014 - 04:54 am

MURSITPINAR, Turkey: Kurdish fighters backed by US-led air strikes were locked in fierce fighting yesterday to prevent a key Syrian border town from...

Egypt offers to train Libya govt troops 02 Oct 2014 - 04:52 am

CAIRO: Egypt has offered to train pro-government forces battling rival armed groups in Libya, stepping up efforts to eradicate what it says is...

Amnesty says South Sudan bill flawed 02 Oct 2014 - 04:52 am

JUBA: South Sudanese lawmakers have proposed granting security forces the ability to make “virtually unrestricted powers of arrest” in the war-torn nation, Amnesty...

Kenya jails Iranians for fake Israeli passports 02 Oct 2014 - 04:52 am

NAIROBI: A Kenyan court yesterday ordered two Iranians held under anti-terrorism laws to serve two years in jail or pay a hefty fine...

US plans to sell Patriot missiles to Saudi 02 Oct 2014 - 04:51 am

WASHINGTON: The United States plans to sell Patriot missile batteries to Saudi Arabia worth $1.75bn and long-range artillery to the United Arab Emirates...

AAB to sponsor tenth Milipol Qatar exhibition 02 Oct 2014 - 04:50 am

FROM LEFT: Gafur Rother, Deputy Director of Operations, Brig Sheikh Nasser bin Fahad Al Thani, President of the Milipol Qatar, Abdulghani Abdullah Abdulghani,...

South Korean Day 02 Oct 2014 - 04:50 am

The Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage H E Dr Hamad bin Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari and South Korean Ambassador Chung Keejong cutting...

Temporary steel bridge to open for traffic today 02 Oct 2014 - 04:49 am

DOHA: The Public Works Authority (Ashghal) announced yesterday that the temporary steel bridge, constructed over Mesaimeer Junction (known as Al Obaidli Roundabout), will...