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Japan trade deficit narrows 2.4pc on-year in August: Govt 18 Sep 2014 - 09:28 am

TOKYO: Japan's trade deficit narrowed 2.4 percent on-year to $8.7 billion in August largely due to shrinking energy bills that had soared in...

Director General of public security regrets Bahraini interior minister statement 18 Sep 2014 - 09:00 am

Doha: HE Director General of Public Security of Interior Ministry Major General Saad bin Jassim Al Khulaifi (pictured) yesterday expressed regret over the...

Push for murder charges against PM 18 Sep 2014 - 07:13 am

Supporters of Canadian cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri listen to his speech during an anti-government protest in front of parliament in Islamabad yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Anti-government protesters...

Disarmament programme 18 Sep 2014 - 07:12 am

Arms and ammunitions collected under the UN-backed Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration programme on display in Afghanistan on Tuesday. To strengthen national peace and...

Xi arrives seeking to reset ties 18 Sep 2014 - 07:11 am

China’s President Xi Jinping holds an umbrella as he watches folk artists perform while visiting the Sabarmati riverfront along with Prime Minister Narendra...

Floating bodies, shallow graves in Kashmir 18 Sep 2014 - 07:10 am

A man stands amidst damaged stock in a flood-affected chemist’s shop in the Lal Chowk area of Srinagar yesterday. SRINAGAR: Parminder Singh carefully...

Leaving for Haj 18 Sep 2014 - 07:09 am

A woman bids farewell to her relatives as the first batch of Haj pilgrims leaves for Saudi Arabia from Tajul mosque in the...

Rs1.2bn relief package for J&K 18 Sep 2014 - 07:07 am

NEW DELHI: Union Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptullah yesterday announced a relief package worth Rs1.2bn for Jammu and Kashmir. The money will be...

BJP changes tack following bypoll defeats 18 Sep 2014 - 07:07 am

New Delhi: Following electoral reverses in Uttar Pradesh, where it lost eight of 11 seats in the assembly by-elections, the Bharatiya Janata party...

Kumaramangalam appointed new NCW chief 18 Sep 2014 - 07:07 am

New Delhi: Lalitha Kumaramangalam has been appointed the new chairman of the National Commission for Women (NCW), Women and Child Development Minister Maneka...

Police assault students; clamour for Jadavpur VC to go 18 Sep 2014 - 07:07 am

Kolkata: Several students of the prestigious Jadavpur University here had to be hospitalised after police allegedly beat them up early yesterday for laying...

Government to ease adoption norms 18 Sep 2014 - 07:06 am

New Delhi: The government will make norms for adopting children easier, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said yesterday. The minister also...

US to welcome Modi with open arms 18 Sep 2014 - 07:06 am

WASHINGTON: The United States and India have turned the page on a bitter row which soured ties earlier this year and Washington is...

Afghan poll crisis talks delayed again 18 Sep 2014 - 04:56 am

KABUL: Talks between Afghanistan’s rival presidential candidates have stalled again, in part over when and how to release the final results of an...

Pakistan passengers throw politician off plane 18 Sep 2014 - 04:55 am

ISLAMABAD: Fed up with constant delays and flight cancellations, disgruntled Pakistani passengers prevented a senior politician from boarding an airplane after he turned...

40 rebels die in Pakistan air raids 18 Sep 2014 - 04:55 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s military said yesterday it killed 40 insurgents and destroyed five of their hideouts in fresh air attacks as part of a...

Polio death toll reaches 11 18 Sep 2014 - 04:55 am

Islamabad: A 22-months-old girl was confirmed to be the latest victim of the crippling polio virus in city’s UC-8 of Gadap Town in...

Bangladesh Islamist leader spared death 18 Sep 2014 - 04:54 am

A file picture of Delwar Hossain Sayedee emerging from the Bangladesh war crimes tribunal in Dhaka in 2011. DHAKA: Bangladesh’s highest court yesterday...