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Man stabs four kids to death 27 Sep 2014 - 01:33 am

BEIJING: A knife-wielding man stabbed to death four primary schoolchildren in southern China yesterday, the latest in a series of such attacks in...

N Korean TV acknowledges Kim Jong Un’s health woes 27 Sep 2014 - 01:33 am

SEOUL: Young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is suffering from “discomfort,” state media has said in the first official acknowledgement of ill...

Manila to help US fight Isis 27 Sep 2014 - 01:33 am

MANILA: The Philippines and the United States are discussing the details of possible assistance that Manila can provide in fighting the extremist Islamic...

Indonesian president-elect hits out at democratic roll-back 27 Sep 2014 - 01:32 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian president-elect Joko Widodo accused his opponents yesterday of rolling back democracy after parliament voted to scrap direct elections of local officials. ...

Afghan poll results reveal Ghani as clear winner 27 Sep 2014 - 01:31 am

Afghan president-elect Ashraf Ghani (centre) arrives for a ceremony at the Independent Electoral Commission office in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: Ashraf Ghani won Afghanistan’s...

Pakistan missile test 27 Sep 2014 - 01:31 am

A test launch of a short range surface-to-surface Missile Hatf IX (NASR), at an undisclosed location in Pakistan yesterday. Pakistan successfully test fired...

Hundreds die as Taliban storm Ajrestan 27 Sep 2014 - 01:29 am

GHAZNI: Hundreds of Taliban fighters have stormed a strategic district in an Afghan province not far from the capital, killing dozens of people...

Govt not to begin talks unless PTI, PAT show interest 27 Sep 2014 - 01:29 am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Pakistan led by prime minister Nawaz Sharif is not approaching the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT)...

Sindh to recruit 1,000 female cops 27 Sep 2014 - 01:22 am

KARACHI: More women’s police stations will be established in five districts and 1,000 female police officers will be recruited, said Sindh minister for...

Floods, political chaos to stifle economic growth 27 Sep 2014 - 01:22 am

ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has cautioned that the political demonstrations, floods as well as security challenges for Pakistan pose downside risks...

Meghalaya landslide toll rises to 46 27 Sep 2014 - 01:19 am

A villager carries a salvaged plank as he walks past uprooted trees from flash floods at Bejengdola village, some 165km from Shillong, the...

Red tapism binds India’s space firms 27 Sep 2014 - 01:18 am

Bangalore: As India celebrated becoming the first Asian nation to reach Mars, S M Vaidya, head of business at conglomerate Godrej’s aerospace division...

Maharashtra CM Prithviraj Chavan quits 27 Sep 2014 - 01:14 am

Mumbai: A day after the NCP broke its 15-year-old alliance with the Congress in Maharashtra and withdrew from the Democratic Front government, Chief...

Submerged vehicles 27 Sep 2014 - 01:10 am

Partially-submerged vehicles are seen in a flooded neighbourhood at the Raj Bagh locality in central Srinagar yesterday. The floods, which hit on September...

Modi faces US court summons over riots 27 Sep 2014 - 12:45 am

NEW DELHI: A New York court has ordered Narendra Modi to answer allegations of “attempted genocide” over deadly anti-Muslim riots, a rights organisation...

India, China agree to end Himalayan border face-off 27 Sep 2014 - 12:42 am

New Delhi: India and China have agreed to pull back troops ranged against each other on a remote Himalayan plateau, the Indian government...

Charges not supported by documents: Kanimozhi 27 Sep 2014 - 12:42 am

New Delhi: DMK MP Kanimozhi, accused in money laundering in the 2G spectrum allocation case, claimed innocence in a court here yesterday and...

Eight militants arrested in north Pakistan 26 Sep 2014 - 02:35 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani security forces on Friday arrested eight militants Northwest the country. Military sources said that security forces arrested the eight militants in...