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Ex-general vows to fight until the end 22 Aug 2014 - 09:28 pm

MANILA: Former Army general Jovito Palparan vowed to fight to the end a seemingly insurmountable legal battle. The first is the legal battle...

Milf sees Bangsamoro bill delay 22 Aug 2014 - 09:27 pm

MANILA: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) is expecting the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to be questioned before the Supreme Court and to...

New SC judge urged to inhibit from DAP hearing 22 Aug 2014 - 09:26 pm

MANILA: Newly appointed Supreme Court (SC) Justice Francis Jardeleza was urged yesterday to inhibit himself from the resolution of the case involving the...

Overstaying containers to move to Subic 22 Aug 2014 - 09:26 pm

MANILA: Starting this weekend, the two private port operators in Manila will transfer about 3,000 shipping containers to Subic to decongest the two...

Mayon continues to produce volcanic gas 22 Aug 2014 - 09:25 pm

MANILA: State volcanologists are keeping a close watch over Mayon volcano in Albay as it continues to emit volcanic gas. According to the...

Department ready with new Criminal Code draft 22 Aug 2014 - 09:25 pm

MANILA: A draft new Criminal Code of the Philippines has been completed at the Department of Justice (DOJ). After three years, the DOJ’s...

Eight people killed in heavy rains in Peshawar 22 Aug 2014 - 03:00 pm

PESHAWAR: At least eight people were killed and 28 injured due to heavy rain in Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern...

Oil prices fall 22 Aug 2014 - 02:45 pm

LONDON: Oil prices fell on Friday amid downbeat Chinese manufacturing data and the low likelihood of supply disruptions in conflict-hit Iraq, Ukraine and...

Jetstar Hong Kong sells 3 aircraft as it awaits approval 22 Aug 2014 - 02:32 pm

HONG KONG: New budget airline Jetstar Hong Kong said Friday it has sold a total of six of its aircraft because it is...

WHO says drawing up 6-9 month strategy to combat Ebola 22 Aug 2014 - 01:39 pm

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday that it had drawn up a draft strategy plan to combat Ebola in West...

Mine collapse in Central African Republic kills 25 22 Aug 2014 - 01:39 pm

BANGUI: At least 25 people have died in a collapse at a gold mine 60 km (40 miles) north of the Central African...

Kuwait signs biggest crude supply deal with China 22 Aug 2014 - 01:39 pm

KUWAIT CITY: State-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and China's UNIPEC signed a landmark deal on Friday that will almost double crude oil deliveries...

Five police, one NATO soldier killed in Afghanistan 22 Aug 2014 - 01:38 pm

KABUL: Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan, killing five policemen, officials said Friday. "The incident took place Thursday night in the...

US casual-wear giant Gap to launch 40 stores in India 22 Aug 2014 - 01:38 pm

NEW DELHI: US casual-wear retail giant Gap Inc says it will open 40 stores in India, calling the expansion "an important next step"...

Philippine police smash online child 'sextortion' ring 22 Aug 2014 - 01:01 pm

MANILA: Philippine police on Friday arrested eight people suspected of running an online sexual extortion racket involving children and preying on Asians, seizing...

Pope Francis calls parents of journalist James Foley 22 Aug 2014 - 12:59 pm

ROME: Pope Francis called the parents of James Foley, the American journalist killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq, to offer his condolences...

70 IS jihadists killed in Syria clashes 22 Aug 2014 - 12:48 pm

BEIRUT: At least 70 Islamic State jihadist fighters have been killed in 48 hours of clashes with Syrian army troops in the northern...

Iraq promised to free Saddam Hussein's defence minister 22 Aug 2014 - 12:48 pm

BAGHDAD: Iraq's government promised to release from prison one of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's defence ministers, the outgoing deputy prime minister said...