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Rebel warplane bombs university in Benghazi 02 Jun 2014 - 12:21 am

A worker inspects the damage inside the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Technology school compound after air forces loyal to former Libyan army general...

Kuwait’s emir begins landmark visit to Iran 02 Jun 2014 - 12:20 am

Iranian President Hassan Rowhani greets the Emir of Kuwait H H Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah upon his arrival in...

Campaigning wraps up for Syria vote 02 Jun 2014 - 12:18 am

DAMASCUS: Syria wrapped up its campaigning yesterday for tomorrow’s presidential election expected to return Bashar Al Assad to power, a vote the opposition...

Syrians who return will lose refugee status: says Lebanon 02 Jun 2014 - 12:18 am

Beirut: Lebanon has told more than a million Syrian refugees they will lose their refugee status if they cross back into Syria, two...

Don’t hurry to back Palestinian govt: Israel PM 02 Jun 2014 - 12:18 am

JERUSALEM: World governments should not rush to approve the new Palestinian cabinet, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, after the Palestinians accused...

Attacks kill 16 as May toll tops 900 in Iraq 02 Jun 2014 - 12:17 am

BAGHDAD: Attacks across Iraq killed 16 people yesterday, while new figures showed violence last month claimed more than 900 lives as the country...

Iranian FM won’t visit Saudi now 02 Jun 2014 - 12:17 am

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said yesterday he could not take up an invitation to visit Saudi Arabia because the proposed...

Sudan denies death-row mother will be freed 02 Jun 2014 - 12:16 am

KHARTOUM: Sudan denied yesterday a Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to hang for apostasy would be freed soon, saying quotes attributed to a foreign...

Jordan reports new MERS death 02 Jun 2014 - 12:16 am

AMMAN: A 69-year-old man has died in Jordan after being infected with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) coronavirus, a health ministry official...

OIL SPILL BIG OUL SHIP SEAL LEAK ENVIRONMENT 02 Jun 2014 - 12:15 am

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Campaign trail 02 Jun 2014 - 12:04 am

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah greets his supporters during a campaign rally in Daykundi province yesterday. The second round of presidential election will...

Travel struggle 02 Jun 2014 - 12:03 am

People travel in an overcrowded bus in Kabul yesterday.

Freed Taliban men will rejoin battle: Afghans 02 Jun 2014 - 12:01 am

KABUL: The release of five Taliban prisoners in exchange for a US soldier has drawn criticism from some Afghans, who say the detainees...

Provincial lawmakers’ pay rise to cost millions 02 Jun 2014 - 12:01 am

PESHAWAR: An impending increase in salaries, allowances and privileges of the members of provincial assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will put Rs100m extra burden...

$5.35bn new tax proposals expected in budget tomorrow 02 Jun 2014 - 12:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Federal Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is all set to present the second budget by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz government in the...

FBR officials promoted without filing tax returns 02 Jun 2014 - 12:00 am

LAHORE: The Federal Board of Revenue of Pakistan has set a bad precedent by recommending promotion of seven of its senior officials from...

Pakistan Radio closes regional languages transmission 02 Jun 2014 - 12:00 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation (PBC) has removed all permanent staff from its news and current affairs channel and detached the transmissions of...

Huge Thai troop deployment stifles protests 01 Jun 2014 - 11:59 pm

Soldiers take up positions to stop protests against military rule at a shopping district in central Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: Thailand’s military government sent...