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Italy rescues 3,500 migrants; Renzi asks for help from EU 01 Jun 2014 - 12:50 am

ROME: Italian navy patrol ships rescued more than 3,500 migrants including hundreds of women and children from boats coming from North Africa, authorities...

Six climbers missing on US mountain 01 Jun 2014 - 12:50 am

seattle: A Mount Rainier expedition guide company spokesperson said yesterday six people are missing on the 14,410ft mountain in Washington state. Two guides...

Six cops charged in car death case 01 Jun 2014 - 12:50 am

Cleveland: A night-time car chase in Cleveland that ended on a schoolyard where more than 100 shots were fired at the suspect’s vehicle...

Kidnapped Chinese, Filipina rescued in Malaysia 01 Jun 2014 - 12:49 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Chinese tourist and a Filipina worker have been rescued nearly two months after they were abducted from a Malaysian dive...

Thai forces out to stifle unrest 01 Jun 2014 - 12:48 am

BANGKOK: Thai police and soldiers flooded downtown Bangkok yesterday to pre-empt further protests against a May 22 coup after the army chief said...

Thai diesel tanker hijacked, claims IMB 01 Jun 2014 - 12:48 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Thai diesel oil tanker with 14 crew members en route from Singapore to Indonesia is believed to have been hijacked,...

China indicts eight people in Beijing attack, offers rewards for guns 01 Jun 2014 - 12:48 am

SHANGHAI: Prosecutors in far western China have indicted eight people over an attack on the edge of Beijing’s Tiananmen Square last October when...

N Korea gives hard labour to spy from South 01 Jun 2014 - 12:47 am

SEOUL: North Korea sentenced a South Korean missionary to hard labour for life after accusing him of espionage and setting up an underground...

Man aims for record 31 days undersea 01 Jun 2014 - 12:42 am

MIAMI: The grandson of famed oceanographer Jacques-Yves Cousteau will embark on a month-long stay inside an undersea laboratory off the Florida Keys in...

One Pakistani soldier killed, 2 injured in northwest Pakistan 31 May 2014 - 02:16 pm

ISLAMABAD: One Pakistani soldier was killed, and two others critically wounded in Saturday morning in an armed attack in northwestern Pakistan. Military sources...

Roadside bombing kills 12 Afghan civilians 31 May 2014 - 12:32 pm

KABUL: A roadside bombing in the Afghanistan's east has hit two cars, killing 12 civilians, an official said. The attack took place on...

US backs more active security role for Japan: Hagel 31 May 2014 - 12:16 pm

SINGAPORE: The United States Saturday backed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's plans to reshape the role of Japan's little-used military, in the strongest comments...

Kidnapped Chinese, Filippino rescued in Malaysia 31 May 2014 - 11:58 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Chinese tourist and a Filippino worker have been rescued nearly two months after they were abducted from a Malaysian dive...

Five months of air raids on Aleppo kill 2,000 31 May 2014 - 10:07 am

Lebanese protesters join Syrian refugees opposing President Bashar Al Assad as they hold flags and chant slogans during a demonstration against the Syrian...

Support for prisoners 31 May 2014 - 10:06 am

Supporters of Hamas hold pictures of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails during a demonstration in the West Bank city of...

Egypt revokes 52 Mursi-era pardons 31 May 2014 - 10:05 am

Supporters of Egyptian President-elect Abdel Fattah Al Sisi hold flags during a rally to celebrate after Sisi scored a crushing presidential election triumph,...

Germany calls in Turkish envoy over Erdogan remarks 31 May 2014 - 10:04 am

A view of Taksim Square in Istanbul yesterday. The opposition groups have called for demonstrations today on the first anniverary of the Gezi...

UK’s Iraq probe to see parts of Blair-Bush letters 31 May 2014 - 10:03 am

British prime minister Tony Blair with US president George Bush in 2005. LONDON: Britain’s government agreed on Thursday to give extracts of letters...