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Thai junta chief denies conspiring to seize power 29 Jun 2014 - 03:13 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s junta-leading army chief has dismissed allegations he plotted to seize power for years before May’s coup, issuing an apparent rebuke to...

Xi calls for robust border defences 29 Jun 2014 - 03:12 am

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping feted neighbours India and Myanmar yesterday, dusting off the 60th anniversary of a now rather obscure agreement signed...

HK journalist’s attackers denied bail 29 Jun 2014 - 03:12 am

HONG KONG: Two men charged with a savage knife attack on the former editor of a Hong Kong newspaper were denied bail as...

Chinese official wraps up Taiwan visit 29 Jun 2014 - 03:12 am

TAIPEI: China’s top official in charge of Taiwan affairs yesterday wrapped up a landmark four-day visit to the island marred by angry protests,...

Sri Lanka cops nab looters fuelling religious unrest 29 Jun 2014 - 03:11 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s police arrested key suspects involved in fuelling religious riots and looting, an official said yesterday as minority Muslims expressed fears...

Afghan forces claim victory in Taliban battle 29 Jun 2014 - 03:11 am

KABUL: Afghan security forces yesterday claimed victory against a Taliban offensive in the country’s volatile Helmand province after days of fighting seen as...

Hindu Marriage Act bill gets endorsement 29 Jun 2014 - 03:10 am

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel in Pakistan yesterday took up a proposed bill to regulate marriages in the Hindu community, and after getting the...

Details of Qadri assets handed over to sleuths 29 Jun 2014 - 03:10 am

ISLAMABAD: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) turned over details of the assets of Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) chief Dr Tahir ul-Qadri and...

Family slits throats of couple over marriage 29 Jun 2014 - 03:10 am

LAHORE: A young couple in Pakistan were tied up and had their throats slit with scythes after they married for love, police said...

Efforts on to evacuate citizens from Iraq, warship on standby 29 Jun 2014 - 03:09 am

New Delhi: With the situation worsening in violence-hit Iraq, India yesterday said that it has flown in officials to three Iraqi cities to...

Collapse of building in Delhi kills 10 29 Jun 2014 - 03:09 am

New Delhi: Ten people were killed and two others injured yesterday in one of the worst building collapses in the capital in recent...

Rakhi Sawant joins RPI, challenges Raj Thackeray 29 Jun 2014 - 03:08 am

Mumbai: Bollywood actress Rakhi Sawant yesterday joined the Republican Party of India (RPI) as the national executive president of its women’s wing. “I...

PM to visit Kashmir on July 4 29 Jun 2014 - 03:08 am

Jammu: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a one-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on July 4, his first to the state after...

First Tharaweeh 29 Jun 2014 - 03:05 am

Special night prayers (Tharaweeh) at Masjid Abdul Aziz Khashabi in Hilal on the eve of Ramadan yesterday. (Salim Matramkot)

Waiting to sail 29 Jun 2014 - 03:04 am

Traditional dhows moored at the Katara beach with the Doha skyline as the backdrop. (Qassim Rahmatullah)

Player to promote American football 29 Jun 2014 - 03:03 am

Husain Abdullah in action. Doha: Kansas City Chiefs defensive back Husain Abdullah will head to Qatar in July to take part in Aspire...

TAG-Org to help recruit schoolteachers 29 Jun 2014 - 03:01 am

The Supreme Education Council has asked Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Organization to help in the recruitment process of schoolteachers in Qatar. AMMAN: For the second...

Regency opens branch at SCH 29 Jun 2014 - 03:00 am

Doha: Regency Travel and Tours has opened a branch at the Supreme Council of Health. The new branch will offer all travel and...