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Ousted Thai PM vows not to flee 19 Jul 2014 - 02:01 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s deposed former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday ruled out going into self-exile to avoid possible criminal charges, after the country’s junta...

Taiwan court imprisons ex-prosecutor 19 Jul 2014 - 02:01 am

TAIPEI: A former Taiwanese prosecutor was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison on corruption charges for taking bribes to cover up gambling...

Sri Lanka jails ‘influential’ killers of British tourist 19 Jul 2014 - 02:00 am

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan ruling party politician and three accomplices were yesterday sentenced to 20 years in jail for murdering a British holidaymaker...

S Korean military endorses $8.2bn home-built fighters 19 Jul 2014 - 02:00 am

SEOUL: South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff endorsed a plan yesterday for the country to design its own mid-level fighter jet, which a...

Unity urged in South China Sea dispute 19 Jul 2014 - 01:59 am

MANILA: The Philippines is pushing for a meeting among four Southeast Asian nations with conflicting claims to waters in the South China Sea...

Mother, two kids die in MH17 crash 19 Jul 2014 - 01:58 am

MANILA: The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) announced yesterday that a Filipino mother, her son and daughter were among the 298 people on...

$92m ship deal signed with Indonesia 19 Jul 2014 - 01:57 am

MANILA: Indonesian shipbuilder PT PAL confirmed yesterday that it has signed the contract to supply two strategic sealifts vessel to the Philippine Navy....

Firefighter dies, five hurt in high-rise blaze 19 Jul 2014 - 01:50 am

Firefighters (right) huddle together on the edge of the burning building as they await rescue by Indian Navy and Coast Guard helicopters in...

Anti-school protest 19 Jul 2014 - 01:48 am

Caption Members of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad try to break down the barricade in a protest against the school management over the abuse...

Health sector riddled with graft: Minister 19 Jul 2014 - 01:47 am

NEW DELHI: India’s healthcare system is riddled with corruption and the national drug approvals agency is a “snakepit of vested interests”, the health...

No new taxes in Delhi budget 19 Jul 2014 - 01:46 am

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday presented Delhi’s Rs36,776 crore budget for fiscal 2014-15 in parliament, proposing a new speciality hospital and...

Top court acquits Surat bomb blasts convicts 19 Jul 2014 - 01:45 am

New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday acquitted all 11 people convicted of January and April 1993 bomb blasts in Gujarat’s Surat in which...

Central University of Kerala holds first convocation 19 Jul 2014 - 01:45 am

Kasargod: President Pranab Mukherjee yesterday expressed happiness over progress made by Central University of Kerala here in a short span of time. The...

Odisha’s top Maoist Sabyasachi Panda held 19 Jul 2014 - 01:44 am

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s most wanted Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda was arrested yesterday in the state’s Ganjam district. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated police and...

40 injured, 100 tents burned in Amarnath clashes 19 Jul 2014 - 01:44 am

Srinagar: More than 40 people were injured in clashes between security forces and protesters in Baltal base camp of the Amarnath Yatra in...

Rebels kill 8 soldiers in North Waziristan 19 Jul 2014 - 01:09 am

Pakistani policemen gather at the site of a bomb explosion in Peshawar yesterday. PESHAWAR: Militants killed eight members of a government paramilitary force...

Afghan vote audit 19 Jul 2014 - 01:07 am

Election workers count ballot papers for an audit of the presidential run-off in Kabul yesterday. The Independent Election Commission said it would bring...

Military did not support fixing Afghan exit date: US official 19 Jul 2014 - 01:05 am

WASHINGTON: US military officials would have preferred the United States not announce a date for ending its troop presence in Afghanistan, as the...