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IAEA chief to visit Iran tomorrow 15 Aug 2014 - 11:38 pm

VIENNA: UN nuclear watchdog chief Yukiya Amano will visit Iran tomorrow to try to advance cooperation with the agency’s long-running inquiry into Tehran’s...

AKP to agree on new PM next week, says Erdogan 15 Aug 2014 - 11:38 pm

ANKARA: Turkey’s Presi-dent-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will meet on August 21 to agree on his...

Three more killed in Egypt clashes 15 Aug 2014 - 11:37 pm

CAIRO: Three people were killed as supporters and opponents of Egypt’s ousted Islamist president Mohammed Mursi clashed after prayers yesterday, security officials said,...

Unesco World Heritage Site 15 Aug 2014 - 10:59 pm

A Nepalese Hindu devotee leaves a temple after offering prayers at Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur yesterday. The Square, a Unesco World Heritage...

Yasukuni visit angers China and S Korea 15 Aug 2014 - 10:58 pm

Japanese lawmakers follow a Shinto priest (right) during a visit to the controversial Yasukuni shrine yesterday to honour the country’s war dead on...

Gas blast near Taipei kills boy, injures 14 15 Aug 2014 - 10:57 pm

TAIPEI: A toddler was killed and at least 14 people were injured in a gas explosion near Taipei yesterday, officials said, two weeks...

Pope warns of ‘cancer’ of despair in newly affluent Asia 15 Aug 2014 - 10:57 pm

DANGJIN: Pope Francis warned yesterday of a “cancer” of despair in materially obsessed, outwardly affluent societies and urged South Korean Catholics to reject...

Monsoon rain landslides kill 10 in Nepal 15 Aug 2014 - 10:57 pm

KATHMANDU: Multiple landslides triggered by monsoon rains have left at least 10 people dead in Nepal and caused a major bridge along a...

HK lawyers seek independence from China 15 Aug 2014 - 10:56 pm

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Law Society has passed an historic vote of no-confidence in its president over pro-Beijing comments, revealing a determination by...

Business down 15 Aug 2014 - 10:37 pm

An Afghan jeweller works on gold necklaces in his shop in Jalalabad on Thursday. As the ongoing war in Afghanistan enters 11th year,...

Gunmen attack 2 Air Force bases 15 Aug 2014 - 10:36 pm

Security officials check a road leading to an Air Force base after militant attacks in Quetta yesterday. QUETTA: Ten Taliban-linked militants were killed...

Afghan forces in talks on Taliban deal 15 Aug 2014 - 10:34 pm

LASHKAR GAH: After months of intense fighting in southern Afghanistan where hundreds of Taliban fighters have battered Afghan troops in daily attacks, the...

Mob attacks convoy of opposition leader Khan 15 Aug 2014 - 10:34 pm

ISLAMABAD: Clashes broke out yesterday as tens of thousands of Pakistani protesters from two anti-government movements slowly converged on the capital, presenting the...

Jamaat-i-Islami to join anti-govt protest march 15 Aug 2014 - 10:33 pm

LAHORE: The Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) has decided to join the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s (PTI) Azadi March. The party, which kept its plan secret till the...

Govt to ask provinces before offering perks to gas firms 15 Aug 2014 - 10:33 pm

ISLAMABAD: The federal government of Pakistan has decided to take provinces on board before offering price incentives to gas exploration and production companies...

Evacuated from Libya 15 Aug 2014 - 10:14 pm

Filipino nationals stand in a queue on the deck of the MV Bridge after it arrived from Libya in Valletta’s Grand Harbour yesterday....

Rare crocs survive in Palawan ‘Noah’s Ark’ 15 Aug 2014 - 10:14 pm

Freshwater crocodiles cooling inside a pen at a crocodile farm in Puerto Princesa, Palawan island. PUERTO PRINCESA: A chorus of chirps filled the...

Department asked to account for P64bn fund 15 Aug 2014 - 10:13 pm

MANILA: Buhay party-list Rep Lito Atienza asked yesterday the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) to account for the P64bn fund for...