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US air strike targets leader of Shabab in Somalia 03 Sep 2014 - 01:53 am

MOGADISHU: US forces have carried out air strikes against the leader of Somalia’s Al Qaeda-linked Shabab rebels, with casualties reported but uncertainty hanging...

British envoy visits Libya to back elected parliament 03 Sep 2014 - 01:53 am

BENGHAZI: A British envoy visited Libya’s parliament at its new seat in the eastern town of Tobruk yesterday in a show of support...

Sudan closes Iranian cultural centres 03 Sep 2014 - 01:52 am

CAIRO: The Khartoum government has closed all Iranian cultural centres in Sudan and expelled the cultural attaché and other diplomats, fearing they had...

Iran unveils new missile 03 Sep 2014 - 01:52 am

TEHRAN: Iran unveiled a new surface-to-air missile yesterday and two radar systems it said would improve its defences against “enemies”. The Talash-3 (Effort-3)...

MIDDLE EAST CLIFF LEBANON STYLE IRAQ SYRIA YEMEN LIBYA ARAB SPRING FIRE FUTIRE MIDEAST 03 Sep 2014 - 01:50 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR MIDDLE EAST CLIFF LEBANON STYLE IRAQ SYRIA YEMEN LIBYA ARAB SPRING...

Pro-democracy HK activists admit defeat 03 Sep 2014 - 01:43 am

Pro-democracy activists clash with police during a protest outside a hotel in Hong Kong. HONG KONG: Organisers of a pro-democracy group who vowed...

Buddhist shrine 03 Sep 2014 - 01:42 am

A woman circles around the dome of Swayambhunath Stupa, a collection of shrines and temples on a hilltop, and one of the holiest...

Taoyuan arts fest 03 Sep 2014 - 01:42 am

Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, known for his giant yellow rubber duck, displays a 25-metre rabbit sculpture he created for the Taoyuan Land Arts...

Taiwan backs democracy push 03 Sep 2014 - 01:41 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s President Ma Ying-jeou, who initiated detente with China, yesterday threw his support behind Hong Kong’s push for democracy -- calling it...

Seoul to press charges over soldier’s death 03 Sep 2014 - 01:41 am

SEOUL: South Korea’s military said yesterday it will upgrade charges against four soldiers to homicide for the abuse of a fellow conscript that...

British rights activist goes on trial in Thailand for defamation 03 Sep 2014 - 01:40 am

BANGKOK: The defamation trial of a British activist began yesterday in Bangkok after he co-authored a report alleging widespread labour abuses in Thailand’s...

Manila bomb suspects ‘anti-China’ 03 Sep 2014 - 01:40 am

MANILA: Justice Secretary Leila de Lima revealed that the alleged group behind the bombing attempt at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3...

Malaysian crackdown on dissent hits law professor 03 Sep 2014 - 01:40 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian prosecutors charged a high-profile law professor with sedition yesterday for an opinion he voiced on a political crisis that occurred...

Myanmar’s beauty queen seeks apology 03 Sep 2014 - 01:39 am

YANGON: A Myanmar beauty queen dethroned for alleged misconduct said yesterday she would only return her crown if South Korean pageant organisers apologised. ...

Pakistan minister condemns protests 03 Sep 2014 - 01:38 am

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister yesterday slammed violent anti-government protests as a ‘revolt against the state’ as lawmakers backed beleaguered...

Seven die as two buildings collapse 03 Sep 2014 - 01:37 am

People search for survivors in the debris after two residential buildings collapsed in Choori Muhalla, Hyderabad, Pakistan yesterday. At least seven people, including...

Afghanistan’s poor 03 Sep 2014 - 01:36 am

Children look on in a grocery store as two elderly men sit in the ol d section of Kabul yesterday. Afghanistan’s economy has...

Abdullah takes Afghanistan election to brink of collapse 03 Sep 2014 - 01:35 am

KABUL: Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah was locked in last-chance talks with the United Nations yesterday as a deal to resolve the country’s...