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Police order new autopsy on gang-raped girls 10 Jul 2014 - 01:49 am

NEW DELHI: Police have ordered a fresh autopsy on the bodies of two teenage cousins who were found hanging from a tree in...

Bengal student murder: Prime accused nabbed 10 Jul 2014 - 01:48 am

Kolkata: Shyamal Karmakar, the prime accused in the horrific killing of a Bengal college student, has been arrested, police said yesterday. A lower...

Kerala tobacco users spent `5.45bn on treatment 10 Jul 2014 - 01:48 am

Kochi: Keralites spent a whopping `5.45bn on treatment of tobacco-related diseases during 2011, according to a new study. The study on “The Economic...

Germans fume at second US spy case 10 Jul 2014 - 01:36 am

BERLIN: German politicians reacted angrily yesterday to news of a suspected US spy in the defence ministry, which came days after the arrest...

Russia arrests Ukrainian aviator 10 Jul 2014 - 01:35 am

MOSCOW: A female Ukrainian air force navigator has been arrested in Russia and charged over the deaths of two Russian journalists. Russian investigators...

France unveils bill to fight jihadists 10 Jul 2014 - 01:35 am

PARIS: France yesterday presented a bill aimed at strengthening anti-terrorism laws to stop increasing numbers of aspiring jihadists from travelling to fight in...

Russia test-launches first post-Soviet space rocket 10 Jul 2014 - 01:34 am

MOSCOW: Russia launched its first new design of space rocket since the Soviet era from the northern military space port of Plesetsk yesterday,...

Missing mountain climber found after 32 years in ice 10 Jul 2014 - 01:34 am

PARIS: Mountain-climbers have made a grisly discovery in the Mont Blanc range of the Alps — the body of a young climber preserved...

ICC again urged to drop case against Kenyatta 10 Jul 2014 - 01:32 am

THE HAGUE: Lawyers representing Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta have renewed calls for the International Criminal Court to drop charges of crimes against humanity...

Missing mountain climber found after 32 years in ice 10 Jul 2014 - 01:32 am

PARIS: Mountain-climbers have made a grisly discovery in the Mont Blanc range of the Alps — the body of a young climber preserved...

Snowden wants to extend stay in Russia 10 Jul 2014 - 01:31 am

MOSCOW: Former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden has asked Moscow to extend his asylum in Russia, his lawyer said yesterday. Russia granted Snowden...

Both presidential candidates claim victory 10 Jul 2014 - 01:31 am

Indonesian presidential candidates Prabowo Subianto (left) and Joko “Jokowi” Widodo raise their hands as they both proclaim victory in the presidential election, in...

Japan typhoon aftermath 10 Jul 2014 - 01:30 am

People look at a landslide caused by heavy rain in Nago, Japan’s southern island of Okinawa, yesterday after Typhoon Neoguri hit the country.

Anti-gambling ad 10 Jul 2014 - 01:29 am

A man walks past a World Cup anti-gambling advertisement at a taxi stand in Singapore yesterday.

China, US vow to end old rivalries 10 Jul 2014 - 01:28 am

BEIJING: China and the United States met for high-level talks yesterday, with Chinese President Xi Jinping urging the world’s two biggest economies to...

N Korea complains to UN about film 10 Jul 2014 - 01:28 am

UNITED NATIONS: North Korea has lodged a formal protest at the United Nations against a Hollywood comedy about an assassination bid on leader...

Troops clash with rebels in Philippines 10 Jul 2014 - 01:28 am

MANILA: Philippine police and troops have clashed with dozens of communist guerrillas in a remote southern mountain village, leaving six troopers wounded, the...

N Korea missile expert dies, more rockets fired 10 Jul 2014 - 01:27 am

SEOUL: A former North Korean missile expert who was sanctioned by the United Nations for his role in the North’s nuclear and missile...