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Ministry to screen arrivals from west Africa for Ebola 01 Aug 2014 - 10:13 pm

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday people arriving from west African countries hit by the Ebola outbreak would be monitored for a month to...

Aquino gets lower approval rating: Survey 01 Aug 2014 - 10:13 pm

MANILA: The net approval rating of President Benigno Aquino III declined by 20 points to + 42, according to the results of a...

Karachi drowning death toll hits 35 01 Aug 2014 - 09:39 pm

Family members mourn as they head to receive the body of Sabi, who drowned on Wednesday, after his body was recovered from the...

Change of command ceremony 01 Aug 2014 - 09:37 pm

German soldiers of Nato's International Security Assistance Force attend the change of command ceremony in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, yesterday. German Gen Harald Gante replaced...

Sharif to steal thunder from Imran’s party 01 Aug 2014 - 09:36 pm

ISLAMABAD: On August 11, just days before Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek Insaf (PTI) party plans to hold a major anti-government rally in Islamabad,...

3 of Baluchistan family shot dead 01 Aug 2014 - 09:35 pm

Islamabad: Three people were killed yesterday in a shooting incident in Baluchistan province in southwest Pakistan. Security sources said that unidentified gunmen riding...

Germany to offer 1m euros for WFP programme 01 Aug 2014 - 09:35 pm

ISLAMABAD: The German government will provide one million euros to Pakistan support relief activities being carried out by the World Food Programme (WFP)...

Pakistan paramilitary soldier killed by cross-border fire 01 Aug 2014 - 09:34 pm

KHAR: A Pakistani paramilitary soldier was killed yesterday by cross-border fire from Afghanistan in the northwestern mountainous tribal region of Bajaur, military officials...

Harvard experts urge health facilities to boost polio drive 01 Aug 2014 - 09:34 pm

ISLAMABAD: Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health have suggested to the Pakistan government to build trust with communities in areas where...

Islamabad to appoint new defence chief 01 Aug 2014 - 09:33 pm

ISLAMABAD: As a search is in progress by the Pakistan government to appoint new secretary of defence, former Lt Gen Alam Khattak has...

Kerry tests waters with Premier Modi 01 Aug 2014 - 09:31 pm

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (second right) greets US Secretary of State John Kerry in the presence of US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker...

Anti-Israel protest 01 Aug 2014 - 09:31 pm

Muslims holds placards as they protest against Israel during a demonstration in Amritsar yesterday.

Sahara chief to move to make-shift jail 01 Aug 2014 - 09:29 pm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday cleared the deck for shifting Sahara chief Subrata Roy to a make-shift jail in conference hall at...

Unesco deal to promote ‘Spice Route’ 01 Aug 2014 - 09:28 pm

Kochi: Kerala Tourism yesterday signed an agreement with Unesco to cooperate in promoting and protecting the ancient ‘Spice Route’. “The project is a...

Pakistan warned of intense response to any aggression 01 Aug 2014 - 09:28 pm

New Delhi: India’s response to any aggression from Pakistan will be “more than adequate”, newly appointed Indian Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag...

Court told of terror plot to attack Delhi 01 Aug 2014 - 09:26 pm

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) yesterday told a special court that suspected Indian Mujahideen operatives Tehsin Akhtar and Zia-Ur-Rahman are “still...

Rescue workers lose hope of landslide survivors 01 Aug 2014 - 09:24 pm

MALIN: Hopes of finding survivors from a landslide that swallowed up more than 100 people faded yesterday as rescuers dug through mud and...

Nine months on, Philippines plans $3.9bn effort to relocate typhoon Haiyan victims 01 Aug 2014 - 02:46 pm

MANILA: The Philippines will spend 170 billion pesos ($3.89 billion) to rehouse some 200,000 families displaced by last year's super typhoon Haiyan that...