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Malaysia spends $8.6m so far on search for MH370 10 Jun 2014 - 07:09 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has spent a total of 27.6m ringgit ($8.6m) so far on the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370,...

‘Culture of fear’ in Birmingham schools 10 Jun 2014 - 07:08 am

British Education Secretary Michael Gove (left) Home Secretary Theresa May (right) in the House of Commons. LONDON: Conservative Muslim school leaders in Britain’s...

Sao Paulo metro workers on strike 10 Jun 2014 - 07:07 am

Demonstrators jump over the turnstiles without paying subway fare in support of a strike by metro workers in Sao Paulo. Brazilian police used...

Nato war games near Russia border 10 Jun 2014 - 07:06 am

RIGA: Nato yesterday launched one of its largest military manoeuvres in the Baltic states since tensions spiked with Russia over its annexation of...

Visa eligibility: US top court rules against immigrants 10 Jun 2014 - 07:03 am

WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court ruled yesterday that children waiting with their parents for immigration visas must go to the back of the...

New fighting in Kiev east 10 Jun 2014 - 07:03 am

SLOVYANSK: Government forces traded fire yesterday with pro-Russian separatists who control an eastern Ukraine city, after the country’s new president announced daily negotiations...

Five dead in Las Vegas shooting 10 Jun 2014 - 07:02 am

LAS VEGAS: An armed man and woman shouting about a “revolution” opened fire and killed two Las Vegas policemen who were eating lunch...

Five jailed for murder of Russian scribe 10 Jun 2014 - 07:01 am

MOSCOW: Five men received long prison terms yesterday for the killing of prominent Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya after a trial that failed to...

VA audit finds thousands of US veterans waiting for health care 10 Jun 2014 - 07:01 am

WASHINGTON: The US Department of Veterans Affairs said yesterday that around 100,000 veterans are experiencing long waits for health care appointments at VA...

Iran, Turkey to work for region’s stability 10 Jun 2014 - 06:59 am

Turkey’s President Abdullah Gul and his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rowhani speak on a balcony of the Presidential Palace of Cankaya in Ankara, yesterday....

Seven arrested over sex assaults at Sisi rally 10 Jun 2014 - 06:58 am

Egyptians celebrate after the swearing-in ceremony of Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, in front of the Presidential Palace in Cairo on Sunday. CAIRO: Egyptian...

Lebanese House fails again to choose president 10 Jun 2014 - 06:57 am

Lebanese and Syrians take part in a gathering in support of Syrian refugees in front of the National Museum in the Lebanese capital...

Kurds protest 10 Jun 2014 - 06:56 am

Kurdish protesters run away from tear gas during clashes against riot police in Diyarbakir, eastern Turkey, yesterday after a man was killed during...

Kuwait shuts two newspapers 10 Jun 2014 - 06:54 am

KUWAIT CITY: A judge in Kuwait yesterday ordered two newspapers to close for the second time in two months for defying a ban...

Checkpoint blasts kill 28 in northern Iraq 10 Jun 2014 - 06:53 am

KIRKUK: A roadside bomb followed by a suicide bomber detonating an explosives-rigged truck at a police checkpoint in northern Iraq killed 28 people...

Hamas slams unity govt over wages 10 Jun 2014 - 06:53 am

GAZA CITY: Hamas yesterday slammed the Palestinian government in a wages dispute, demanding that president Mahmoud Abbas step in to ensure the Islamist...

Lebanese House fails again to choose president 10 Jun 2014 - 06:52 am

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s parliament postponed a vote on a new president again yesterday, as disagreement on candidates continued, two weeks after president Michel Sleiman...

Iran likely to ask six-month extension 10 Jun 2014 - 06:52 am

Geneva: Iran’s talks with six global powers on a long-term deal to curb its nuclear programme in exchange for an end to sanctions...