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Bigger parking spaces for Chinese women drivers 20 Jul 2014 - 02:19 am

DALIAN, China: The parking spaces outside a Chinese shopping mall are distinctive: marked out in pink, signposted “Respectfully reserved for women”, and around...

Great white shark choked by sea lion 20 Jul 2014 - 02:19 am

PERTH, Australia: A great white shark that washed up on an Australian beach this week had a sea lion stuck in its throat...

Malaysia asks for protection of crash site 20 Jul 2014 - 02:14 am

Malaysia’s Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai (right) speaks during a news conference at a hotel near the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang,...

Typhoon toll hits 77 as new storm looms 20 Jul 2014 - 02:13 am

A woman eats outside her damaged home after Typhoon Rammasun battered the town of Rosario, Cavite City, south of Manila, on Friday. MANILA:...

Cultural exchange 20 Jul 2014 - 02:12 am

A South Korean student-volunteer from Youngsan University in Seoul gives a haircut to a boy at Pastolan Ayta Village, an indigenous tribal community...

China road mishap kills 38 20 Jul 2014 - 02:10 am

BEIJING: At least 38 people were killed when a van carrying inflammable liquid hit a bus on a highway in central China early...

Typhoon Rammasun kills 14 in China 20 Jul 2014 - 02:10 am

BEIJING: A super typhoon has killed at least 14 people in China since making landfall on Friday afternoon, state media said yesterday, after...

Myanmar oppn leads charter change call 20 Jul 2014 - 02:10 am

YANGON: Myanmar’s opposition has gathered millions of signatures in support of changes to a constitution that bars its leader Aung San Suu Kyi...

Taraweeh prayer 20 Jul 2014 - 12:37 am

Afghans perform Taraweeh prayer during Ramadan at a mosque in Herat province yesterday.

Mazar-i-Sharif bomb blast 20 Jul 2014 - 12:36 am

Afghan National Army soldiers stand alongside a damaged military vehicle after a remote-controlled bomb explosion in the northeastern city of Mazar-i-Sharif yesterday. At...

Sharif wants peaceful solution to Azadi row 20 Jul 2014 - 12:36 am

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif wants to politically tackle the challenge arising from the PTI’s Azadi March in Islamabad on August 14....

Kabul worried about safety of its airspace after Ukraine crash 20 Jul 2014 - 12:35 am

KABUL: As flying over conflict zones comes under scrutiny following the downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 in Ukraine, Afghanistan, one of the...

US drone strike kills 11 in Pakistan 20 Jul 2014 - 12:34 am

BANNU: A US drone strike in volatile northwestern Pakistan killed 11 militants yesterday, a Taliban commander and security officials said, as Pakistani security...

Motorcycle bomb kills three in Baluchistan 20 Jul 2014 - 12:34 am

QUETTA: A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in Pakistan’s restive southwestern province of Baluchistan ysterday, killing three people including a paramilitary soldier...

‘Yellow Line’ bus service planned for Karachi 20 Jul 2014 - 12:34 am

KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah said yesterday that in addition to the ‘Green Line Bus Service’ promised for Karachi by...

Mobile hospital set up for displaced Pakistanis 20 Jul 2014 - 12:33 am

PESHAWAR: The Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has setup a well equipped mobile hospital at Bakakhel IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) camp in Frontier...

Bangalore parents outraged over delay in arrests 20 Jul 2014 - 12:33 am

BANGALORE, India: Thousands of demonstrators marched yesterday to demand arrests in the case of a six-year-old girl allegedly raped in a school in...

AAP leaders in judicial custody 20 Jul 2014 - 12:30 am

Women farmers sow paddy in a field near Allahabad yesterday. India is one of the world’s largest producers of rice and accounts for...