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Rice scheme ruling on Yingluck delayed 04 Sep 2014 - 10:13 pm

Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan Ocha leaves Government House as he leads a new cabinet to an audience with King Bhumibol Adulyadej at...

Nepal rice farmers 04 Sep 2014 - 10:12 pm

Nepalese farmers thresh their harvest at a paddy field at Sanfebagar in Achham district, yesterday. Over 80 percent of 27 million population depend...

Junta cabinet meets Thai King Bhumibol 04 Sep 2014 - 10:11 pm

BANGKOK: Thailand’s new military-stacked cabinet met King Bhumibol Adulyadej in Bangkok yesterday, marking the formal start of an administration that will spend at...

HK students plan strike for democracy 04 Sep 2014 - 10:11 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong students announced plans yesterday to hold a week-long strike in response to Beijing’s refusal to grant the semi-autonomous city...

French tourist found dead off Malaysia resort island 04 Sep 2014 - 10:10 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities yesterday found the body of a French tourist who went missing two days ago while snorkelling off a resort...

Japan closes park as dengue mosquitoes seen 04 Sep 2014 - 10:10 pm

TOKYO: Tokyo yesterday closed most of Yoyogi Park, a popular green spot in the Japanese metropolis, after dengue-carrying mosquitoes were found there, an...

11 arrested over toxic capsule shells 04 Sep 2014 - 10:10 pm

BEIJING: Chinese police have arrested 11 people on suspicion of making and selling some 90 million cancer-causing capsule casings in the eastern province...

Manila, Tokyo call for rule of law at sea 04 Sep 2014 - 09:48 pm

MANILA: Filipino and Japanese lawmakers signed yesterday a Joint Document for Cooperation on Promotion of the Rule of Law at Sea. Hiroshi Nakada...

Militants behead paramilitary soldier in Basilan 04 Sep 2014 - 09:48 pm

MANILA: A paramilitary man was beheaded allegedly by Abu Sayyaf rebels in Basilan, a photo of which was circulated on popular social network...

Charter ‘changes via legislature legal’ 04 Sep 2014 - 09:47 pm

MANILA: The House committee on constitutional amendments has taken the position that Charter change (Cha-cha) via the legislative process will not violate the...

Sandiganbayan defers testimony of NBI witness 04 Sep 2014 - 09:46 pm

MANILA: The Sandiganbayan yesterday halted the presentation of a National Bureau of Investigation agent who testified on the contents of the whistleblower Benhur...

Ex-official links Binays to ‘overpriced’ cakes 04 Sep 2014 - 09:46 pm

MANILA: Another former Makati official is backing up allegations that the Binays benefited from the city government’s birthday cake project for its senior...

18 killed as Taliban attack spy agency 04 Sep 2014 - 09:45 pm

Afghan security officials inspect the site of a suicide bomb blast that targeted an intelligence office in Ghazni yesterday. GHAZNI: Taliban insurgents detonated...

Heavy rains claim 35 lives in Pakistan 04 Sep 2014 - 09:45 pm

A flooded street following heavy rains in Lahore yesterday. LAHORE: More than 35 people have been killed as a result of heavy monsoon...

Pakistan ready to welcome Chinese leader 04 Sep 2014 - 09:44 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office of Pakistan yesterday dispelled rumours surrounding postponement of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Pakistan, asserting that the tour...

Sharif to name new ISI chief 04 Sep 2014 - 09:43 pm

ISLAMABAD: As Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is set to name the new director general of the ISI in less than a month’s time,...

Taliban split into two groups 04 Sep 2014 - 09:43 pm

ISLAMABAD: A recently formed bloc of the Pakistani Taliban announced its split from the group’s official leadership yesterday, pledging its loyalty to a...

Imran Khan unhappy over Azadi march attendance 04 Sep 2014 - 09:43 pm

RAWALPIND: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has expressed dissatisfaction over the performance of the party’s Rawalpindi chapter and its six MPAs for...