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‘Former CJI adamant on elevating corrupt judge’ 29 Jul 2014 - 12:34 am

New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judge Markandey Katju yesterday again complained of interferences in the appointment of judges, saying former chief justice of...

Goa deputy CM sorry for Hindu nation remark 29 Jul 2014 - 12:33 am

PANAJI: Goa’s Deputy Chief Minister Francis D’Souza apologised for his comment that India was already a Hindu nation. “My opinion could be wrong...

Huge blaze out of control in Tripoli 29 Jul 2014 - 12:27 am

Smoke billowing from an oil depot where a huge blaze started following clashes around Tripoli airport, in southern Tripoli yesterday. TRIPOLI: A huge...

Children celebrate Eid in Syria 29 Jul 2014 - 12:26 am

Syrian children enjoy a swing on the first day of Eid Al Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of...

Syria thyme seller, three sons killed 29 Jul 2014 - 12:25 am

ALEPPO, Syria: Ramadan had just an hour left to go, but Bashar Sarmini, the thyme seller of Aleppo, and his three sons never...

France says ready to facilitate asylum for Iraq’s Christians 29 Jul 2014 - 12:25 am

PARIS: France said yesterday it was ready to help facilitate asylum for Christians in Iraq displaced by a jihadist onslaught, saying it was...

China says may have citizens fighting in Iraq 29 Jul 2014 - 12:24 am

BEIJING: Muslim extremists from China’s far western region of Xinjiang have gone to the Middle East for training and some may have crossed...

UN takes aim at Islamist oil grab in Syria, Iraq 29 Jul 2014 - 12:24 am

UNITED NATIONS, United States: The UN Security Council yesterday backed a Russian initiative to bar trade in oil with Islamists in Iraq and...

Aquino seeks support amid economic trial 28 Jul 2014 - 11:57 pm

President Benigno Aquino delivers his fifth State of the Nation Address before the annual joint session of 16th Congress in Manila, yesterday MANILA:...

Militants kill 21 Muslims marking Eid 28 Jul 2014 - 11:54 pm

A Muslim child prays, marking the end of Ramadan at Quirino grandstand in Manila yesterday. MANILA: Islamic militants yesterday massacred 21 people, including...

Govt geologist to study sinkhole in Kinatarcan 28 Jul 2014 - 11:53 pm

MANILA: The Department of Environment and Natural Resources, through the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB), is sending a geologist to Kinatarcan islet in...

Philippine Islamic bank eyes new life after years of struggle 28 Jul 2014 - 11:53 pm

Manila: A peace plan, a lifting of foreign ownership limits and the drafting of new Islamic banking rules in the Philippines could help...

P1.2bn for assault rifles 28 Jul 2014 - 11:52 pm

MANILA: The government saved P1.2bn from a procurement project of M4 assault rifles for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, President Aquino said...

Pakistani mob kills 3 in blasphemy row 28 Jul 2014 - 11:39 pm

An angry mob setting fire to household items belonging to a minority Ahmadi Muslim resident in the low-income Arafat Colony of the eastern...

Lawyers oppose govt decision to call army in Islamabad 28 Jul 2014 - 11:38 pm

Mohammad Anwar Khan Kasi ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Bar Association has filed a petition with the Islamabad High Court (IHC) against the government decision...

Plastic guns 28 Jul 2014 - 11:37 pm

Afghans play with plastic guns as they celebrate Eid Al Fitr and the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Ghazni yesterday.

UN agencies to provide basic facilities for refugees 28 Jul 2014 - 11:37 pm

PESHAWAR: The United Nations agencies and its partners will assume a bigger role in days ahead to cater to the needs of internally...

Pakistan deploys 11 special trains to cope with Eid rush 28 Jul 2014 - 11:34 pm

KARACHI: To facilitate passengers from Karachi, Peshawar, Quetta, Lahore and Multan, Pakistan Railways is running 11 special trains on Eid Al Fitr in...