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Bird droppings can be mosquito busters! 23 Jul 2014 - 08:59 am

Bangalore: Don’t get upset if birds mess up your courtyard or your home garden with their droppings. These winged creatures may actually be...

Five foreign guards killed in Kabul attack 23 Jul 2014 - 08:58 am

Foreign security officials inspect the scene of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: A Taliban suicide attacker riding a motorbike killed...

Islamabad, Kabul eye joint code of conduct 23 Jul 2014 - 08:57 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan are working on a joint code of conduct to regulate their cooperation in the fight against terrorists and redress...

Amnesty for Taliban 23 Jul 2014 - 08:56 am

Former Taliban militants attend a ceremony during which they surrendered arms under a US-backed Afghan government amnesty programme, in Jalalabad yesterday. Twenty militants...

US Air Force to launch new surveillance satellites 23 Jul 2014 - 08:55 am

WASHINGTON: The US Air Force will launch new satellites Wednesday to track those of other countries and counter possible threats to American spacecraft,...

Apple profit climbs along with iPhone sales 23 Jul 2014 - 08:54 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Tuesday reported that its quarterly profit climbed with strong iPhone demand, but a decline in iPad tablet sales put...

Five girls hurt in acid attacks in Pakistan 23 Jul 2014 - 08:54 am

QUETTA: At least five Pakistani girls were wounded in two separate acid attacks by motorcycle riders in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, police...

Regional languages snubbed 23 Jul 2014 - 08:53 am

PESHAWAR: Two bills seeking to elevate Pakistan’s regional languages to the status of national languages have been struck down by the National Assembly...

Rising civilian deaths fuel outrage over Pakistani offensive 23 Jul 2014 - 08:53 am

BANNU: When Pakistani air force jets rained down missiles on a village in the country’s violence-wracked northwest last week, it was described as...

Widodo is new Indonesian president 23 Jul 2014 - 08:53 am

Indonesian presidential and vice presidential candidates, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo (left) and Jusuf Kalla (right), attend the breaking of fast at former president...

Philippines on alert for next storm 23 Jul 2014 - 08:52 am

MANILA: The Philippines raised storm alert levels yesterday as Typhoon Matmo threatened to drench the extreme north of the main island of Luzon...

Rebel attacks kill 18 in Philippines 23 Jul 2014 - 08:50 am

COTABATO: An escalation of fighting between the Philippine army and a breakaway Muslim rebel group in the country’s south killed 18 people in...

Sunken S Korea ferry owner’s body identified 23 Jul 2014 - 08:50 am

SEOUL: The body of South Korea’s most wanted man, linked to the sinking of a ferry in April that killed 300 people, was...

Cambodia oppn to end boycott of parliament 23 Jul 2014 - 08:50 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s main opposition party announced yesterday that it had struck a deal with premier Hun Sen to end its year-long boycott...

Malaysia secures bodies, black boxes 23 Jul 2014 - 08:49 am

KUALA LUMPUR: As Western leaders increasingly pointed the finger of blame at pro-Russian separatists, and Moscow itself, over the shooting down of a...

Thai king gives nod to interim constitution 23 Jul 2014 - 08:49 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s king yesterday endorsed an interim constitution that grants power to the military to intervene in politics for security reasons without approval...

Town sealed off due to plague 23 Jul 2014 - 08:48 am

BEIJING: A Chinese town has been sealed off and 151 people placed in quarantine since last week after a man died of bubonic...

Philippine anger as game with NBA players is cancelled 23 Jul 2014 - 08:39 am

MANILA: Organisers of a visit by NBA stars to the basketball-mad Philippines have apologised and offered refunds after an exhibition game was abruptly...