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US Navy keeps grounding order for F-35 13 Jul 2014 - 06:21 am

RAF FAIRFORD, England: The US Navy on Friday maintained a grounding order for F-35 B-model and C-model fighter jets built by Lockheed Martin...

Bad news is good for US Congress fundraising 13 Jul 2014 - 06:21 am

WASHINGTON: Nothing rallies US grassroots donors quite like a political affront, and Democrats facing a wave of Republican threats are cashing in on...

Utah man held in bomb plot 13 Jul 2014 - 06:20 am

UTAH: A Utah man has been arrested in connection with a plot to blow up a police station, kill police officers and destroy...

Texas mass murder suspect collapses in court as crime recounted 13 Jul 2014 - 06:20 am

HOUSTON: The man accused of killing six members of his former wife’s family, including four children, at their suburban Houston home collapsed in...

Court may end poll deadlock in Indonesia 13 Jul 2014 - 06:20 am

Supporters of Indonesia presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo light candles during a rally calling for an end to Israel’s air strikes on Gaza,...

Protest on bikes 13 Jul 2014 - 06:19 am

Residents ride their bicycles with placards attached during a demonstration against recent petrol price hikes, in Hanoi on Friday. Vietnam announced a fuel...

World Cup mania 13 Jul 2014 - 06:18 am

Divers wearing soccer kits of Germany (left) and Argentina play a version of soccer inside an aquarium tank at the Manila Oceanpark yesterday....

Animals ride an e-trike 13 Jul 2014 - 06:17 am

A man drives an electric vehicle with an orangutan and an albino python to promote three-wheeled vehicles called “e-trikes”. The government is promoting...

US wants freeze on acts stoking tensions in South China Sea 13 Jul 2014 - 06:16 am

WASHINGTON: The United States said it wants China and rival countries to clamp a voluntary freeze on actions aggravating territorial disputes in the...

Japan braces for more aftershocks 13 Jul 2014 - 06:16 am

TOKYO: Seismologists said an earthquake that struck near Japan’s shuttered Fukushima nuclear site early yesterday was an aftershock of the tremor that sparked...

US carrier’s visit to South Korea irks North 13 Jul 2014 - 06:15 am

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday condemned a port visit by a US aircraft carrier to the South as a “reckless” act of provocation following...

Aquino to address Filipinos on new fund plan 13 Jul 2014 - 06:15 am

MANILA: President Aquino is set to appear on national television tomorrow to explain “current national issues that touch upon the principles of good...

Deployment ban on all Filipino workers bound for Afghanistan 13 Jul 2014 - 06:15 am

MANILA: Secretary of Labour and Employment Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz has announced that the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) Governing Board has ordered a ban...

Seized diesel pilfered, replaced with water at Customs store 13 Jul 2014 - 06:14 am

MANILA: Right under the noses of Bureau of Customs (BOC) officials, drums of seized diesel fuel stored at the BOC-Port of Clark (POC)...

Enrile leaves camp anew for check-up 13 Jul 2014 - 06:14 am

MANILA: After a week in detention, Senator Juan Ponce Enrile again left the Philippine National Police General Hospital for an eye check-up at...

RUSSIA PUTIN MEDIA CENSORSHIP TV BOX 13 Jul 2014 - 06:10 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: VAN DAM Source: Landsmeer, Netherlands Keywords: COLOR RUSSIA PUTIN MEDIA CENSORSHIP TV BOX 071014 Provider: CartoonArts International / The New...

Special fund to be set up for organ donation 13 Jul 2014 - 06:02 am

FROM LEFT: Abdul Nasser Al Zaher Al Yafie, Executive Director, Collection and Branch Department, Qatar Charity, Dr Yousef Al Maslamani, Head of Organ...

Qatar CSR Report 2013 launched 13 Jul 2014 - 06:01 am

The cover of the report. DOHA: To improve efficiency of CSR activities in the country, the Ministry of Economy and Commerce has called...