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Kuwait police fire teargas to disperse protesters 07 Jul 2014 - 10:33 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait riot police yesterday fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse hundreds of opposition protesters who were demanding the release...

Saudi jails activist for 15 years 07 Jul 2014 - 10:32 am

DUBAI: A Saudi court yesterday sentenced to 15 years in jail a prominent rights lawyer described by Amnesty as a prisoner of conscience,...

Turkish PM ridicules rival candidate at election rally 07 Jul 2014 - 10:32 am

ANKARA: Turkish Prime Minister and presidential hopeful Recep Tayyip Erdogan ridiculed his main election opponent yesterday, referring to him as “mon cher” —...

Syrian army poised for Aleppo assault 07 Jul 2014 - 10:28 am

BEIRUT: The opposition Syrian National Coalition said yesterday that regime forces are preparing to launch a major assault on rebel-held areas of the...

Pro-army rally 07 Jul 2014 - 10:28 am

A supporter of Pakistan’s Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) political party, uses a poster with the picture of Altaf Hussain, to avoid sunlight, while...

Pakistan’s new chief justice takes oath 07 Jul 2014 - 10:27 am

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (left) witnesses President Mamnoon Hussain (centre) administering the oath of office to Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk as Chief Justice in...

Christians and Hindus have good words for Taliban 07 Jul 2014 - 10:24 am

Internally displaced Pakistan civilians fleeing from a military operation against Taliban in the North Waziristan tribal agency receive haricuts at a barbershop in...

Doctors replant chopped-off hand of a minor girl 07 Jul 2014 - 10:22 am

LAHORE: Doctors in a rare surgical procedure at a private hospital in Lahore yesterday replanted a hand of a minor girl that was...

Remittances may reach $2bn during Ramadan 07 Jul 2014 - 10:20 am

KARACHI: Remittances have sharply increased in Pakistan that may lead to total collection of up to $2bn during Ramadan, said currency dealers. Each...

Pakistan receives $556m in latest IMF tranche 07 Jul 2014 - 10:20 am

KARACHI: Pakistan has received $556m as the fourth instalment of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan approved last year to bolster the country’s...

Warehouse wall collapse kills 11 in Tamil Nadu 07 Jul 2014 - 10:19 am

Rescue workers clear the debris from the site of a collapsed compound wall of a warehouse on the outskirts of Chennai, yesterday. Chennai:...

Scorching heat 07 Jul 2014 - 10:18 am

A man carries a clay pitcher of water on his head as he crosses parched land on a hot day at the village...

Nearly 2,200 to return from Iraq 07 Jul 2014 - 10:17 am

New Delhi: Nearly 2,200 Indians in Iraq’s non-conflict areas wish to return home, with 117 of them set to reach the capital early...

PM to attend three-day Brics meeting in Brazil 07 Jul 2014 - 10:17 am

New Delhi: In his first participation in a global meet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the sixth summit of Brics countries in...

Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal shifted to Mizoram 07 Jul 2014 - 10:16 am

New Delhi: Gujarat Governor Kamla Beniwal, who had an uneasy relationship with Narendra Modi when he was Gujarat chief minister, was yesterday shifted...

India, Iran partners for skill development 07 Jul 2014 - 10:09 am

New Delhi: India’s state-run National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) yesterday signed an agreement with Iran’s Technical and Vocational Training Organisation (TVTO) to jointly...

Top British ministers to court Modi 07 Jul 2014 - 10:08 am

NEW DELHI: Top British ministers were due this week to meet Narendra Modi to pursue deeper trade ties, the latest Western government to...

CPI-M’s future in national politics zero: Mollah 07 Jul 2014 - 10:08 am

Agartala: The future of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) in national politics is “zero”, expelled CPI-M leader Abdur Rezzak Mollah said yesterday....