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Mother stabs French teacher to death in front of students 04 Jul 2014 - 02:09 pm

ALBI, France: A primary school in southern France was in shock Friday after a female teacher was stabbed to death in front of...

India nurses in Iraq conflict 'to be freed' 04 Jul 2014 - 12:06 pm

BAGHDAD: A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in Iraq are to be freed, one of them told AFP Friday, in a rare...

Emir sends greetings to US president on Independence Day 04 Jul 2014 - 11:01 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani sent a cable of congratulations to President of the United States of America Barack...

Nine killed in landslide at Indonesian gold mine 04 Jul 2014 - 10:44 am

JAKARTA: A landslide at an illegal gold mine has killed nine men in remote eastern Indonesia, an official said Friday, the latest deaths...

Tokyo stocks close up 0.58pc at more than five month high 04 Jul 2014 - 10:32 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 0.58 percent to a more than five-month high Friday after strong US jobs data sparked another record-breaking advance on...

Train sets 160kmph speed record 04 Jul 2014 - 07:31 am

The train that set a speed record leaves New Delhi railway station yesterday. NEW DELHI: An Indian passenger train set a new national...

Swamy wants CBI probe into Pushkar’s death 04 Jul 2014 - 07:30 am

New Delhi: The controversy over Sunanda Pushkar’s death deepened yesterday as senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy shot off a letter to Prime Minister...

Modi seeks to better US ties in talks with senator 04 Jul 2014 - 07:28 am

NEW DELHI: Newly elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed for improving US ties during a meeting with Senator John McCain in New...

MP facing heat over remarks finds ally in president’s son 04 Jul 2014 - 07:27 am

Kolkata: Even as protests and calls for his arrest continue to gain ground, Trinamool Congress MP Tapas Paul — facing the heat over...

Abducted nurses in Iraq forced to shift 04 Jul 2014 - 07:26 am

New Delhi/Kochi: Sunni insurgents yesterday forced all 46 Indian women nurses to move out of a hospital in Iraq where they had been...

Three rockets land near Kabul airport 04 Jul 2014 - 07:26 am

Afghan soldiers stand guard near the military airport after a rocket attack by Taliban in Kabul yesterday. KABUL: Taliban insurgents fired rockets into...

Free bread 04 Jul 2014 - 07:25 am

A man distributes free bread to people before Iftar in Peshawar yesterday.

PPP demands apology from US 04 Jul 2014 - 07:23 am

ISLAMABAD: Former federal interior minister of Pakistan Rehman Malik revealed that cabinet meetings during the tenure of previous PPP government in 2012 were...

Karzai signs terror law to save banks 04 Jul 2014 - 07:22 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a law aimed at curbing the financing of terrorist groups, a government statement said yesterday, the second...

EU urges Afghanistan to widen poll fraud probe 04 Jul 2014 - 07:21 am

KABUL: European observers urged Afghanistan to deepen its investigation into vote-rigging yesterday as candidates held closed-door meetings to try to resolve a deadlock...

Opposition to consult Imran on CEC candidate 04 Jul 2014 - 07:21 am

ISLAMABAD: Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly of Pakistan Syed Khursheed Shah is consulting the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan...

Afghan army delegation to visit Pakistan 04 Jul 2014 - 07:20 am

Kabul: A high ranking Afghan military delegation is to visit Pakistan to discuss security issues, including security of the areas divided by Durand...

Hate campaign hits social media 04 Jul 2014 - 07:19 am

Masked Palestinian protesters throw stones towards Israeli police during clashes in the Shuafat neighbourhood in Israeli-annexed Arab East Jerusalem yesterday JERUSALEM: After this...