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Bomb explodes in Northern Ireland hotel, no casualties 31 May 2014 - 02:45 am

BELFAST: A luxury Northern Ireland hotel was damaged in a bombing late on Thursday that politicians said was an attempt to drag the...

CAR leader denounces plot; two killed 31 May 2014 - 02:43 am

BANGUI: The Central African Republic’s interim president accused armed groups yesterday of seeking to destabilise her government, as two people were shot dead...

Canada will not fund abortion abroad: PM 31 May 2014 - 02:42 am

OTTAWA: Canada will refrain from funding abortions abroad as it promotes maternal and children’s health in poor countries because the issue is too...

Countdown begins for Scottish secession vote 31 May 2014 - 02:42 am

EDINBURGH: The formal campaign for a Scottish independence vote that could break-up the United Kingdom began yesterday, although polls currently show Scots are...

Obama to unveil climate change plan 31 May 2014 - 02:41 am

Washington: President Barack Obama will unveil a plan on Monday that will cut carbon pollution from power plants and promote cap-and-trade, undertaking the...

Dutch populist Wilders wants EU seat 31 May 2014 - 02:40 am

THE HAGUE: In a dramatic about-turn, Dutch anti-EU populist MP Geert Wilders said yesterday he wants also to sit in the European parliament,...

Clinton memoir hits out at Benghazi ‘slugfest’ 31 May 2014 - 02:40 am

WASHINGTON: Hillary Clinton has given her most detailed account yet of the attacks in Benghazi, Libya that killed four Americans, but said she...

Delhi storm: 9 killed, 5 planes damaged, 24 flights diverted 31 May 2014 - 01:43 am

A roadside vendor moves to a safer place during a sudden thunderstorm and rain in New Delhi yesterday. New Delhi: At least nine...

India frees 37 Pakistani fishermen, five civilians 31 May 2014 - 01:42 am

Released fishermen prepare to cross the border to Pakistan at the Wagah Border Post, yesterday. LAHORE: India freed 37 Pakistani fishermen held for...

Don’t include my life story in schoolbooks: Modi 31 May 2014 - 01:41 am

New Delhi: The Gujarat government wanted to devote a few chapters in its school syllabus to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s life, but he...

Rape victim’s mother beaten by accused’s father 31 May 2014 - 01:41 am

LUCKNOW: The mother of an Indian rape victim was allegedly beaten by the father of the accused after her family refused to withdraw...

Telangana shutdown hits normal life 31 May 2014 - 01:40 am

Hyderabad: The day-long shutdown called by TRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao on Thursday protesting the Centre’s ordinance to hand over 200 villages of...

No witch-hunt against Robert Vadra: Naidu 31 May 2014 - 01:40 am

Bangalore: The NDA government would not indulge in any witch-hunt against political opponents such as Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi,...

Drug helps breast cancer patients to keep fertility 31 May 2014 - 01:35 am

CHICAGO: A new treatment approach may help thousands of women with early-stage breast cancer avoid premature menopause and preserve their ability to have...

Google in quandary over EU privacy ruling 31 May 2014 - 01:35 am

BRUSSELS: Google and other internet companies find themselves in a quandary over how to strike a balance between privacy and freedom of information...

Hi-tech NASA sandals to collect data from space 31 May 2014 - 01:35 am

Washington: NASA has sent a pair of sandals with tiny devices into space that will help scientists monitor the effects of low gravity...

'Boko Haram' gunmen kill senior Muslim cleric in northeast 30 May 2014 - 06:57 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: Boko Haram gunmen on Friday killed a Nigerian Islamic monarch in their northeastern stronghold of Borno in an attack that also...

Pope appeals for world to remember Syria war victims 30 May 2014 - 06:53 pm

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis warned Friday that the millions of people affected by the Syria crisis risk being forgotten because of the "globalisation...