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Eight women locked in building die in Philippine fire 30 May 2014 - 01:09 pm

MANILA: Eight women died in the Philippine capital on Friday as a fire engulfed a building in which they had been locked in...

Royal visit 30 May 2014 - 01:08 pm

Britain’s Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (right), known as the Earl and Countess of Strathearn in Scotland, reviews musicians during a visit to Strathearn...

Kiev rebels down army helicopter, 14 killed 30 May 2014 - 01:07 pm

DONETSK: Pro-Russian separatists shot down a Ukrainian army helicopter yesterday, killing 14 soldiers including a general, as government forces pressed ahead with an...

Youth pillage mosque in CAR protest over church attack 30 May 2014 - 01:07 pm

BANGUI: Youth in the Central African Republic plundered a mosque in the capital and barricaded streets with burning tyres yesterday in protest at...

Nigeria orders full-scale offensive on Boko Haram 30 May 2014 - 01:06 pm

ABUJA: Nigeria’s president said yesterday that he had ordered “a full-scale operation” against Boko Haram Islamist militants and sought to reassure parents of...

Hungary’s Orban reveals new cabinet lineup 30 May 2014 - 01:06 pm

BUDAPEST: Fresh from a landslide win in an April general election, powerful Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban revealed his new nine-strong cabinet yesterday,...

More gloomy opinion polls for Hollande 30 May 2014 - 01:05 pm

PARIS: Only three per cent of voters would like to see French President Francois Hollande as the Socialist Party candidate in the next...

Yemen restarts main oil export pipeline after repairs 30 May 2014 - 12:59 pm

SANAA: Yemen has resumed crude oil flows on Friday after repairs to its main export pipeline following an attack by tribesmen this month,...

Air raids on Syria's Aleppo kill almost 2,000 in 2014 30 May 2014 - 12:58 pm

BEIRUT: Barrel bombings and other Syrian government air raids on rebel districts of Aleppo and surrounding areas have killed 1,963 civilians since January,...

SOCAR Turkey signs $3.29bn financing deal for Star refinery 30 May 2014 - 12:56 pm

ISTANBUL: Azeri state oil company SOCAR has signed a $3.29 billion financing deal with 23 banks and export credit agencies for the construction...

At least 29 people injured in Yunnan quake 30 May 2014 - 10:59 am

BEIJING: At least twenty-nine people were injured, including five in serious condition, after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake jolted a county in southwest China's Yunnan...

Culture Minister meets UN official 30 May 2014 - 10:35 am

NEW YORK: Qatari Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage HE Dr Hamad Abdul Aziz Al Kuwari met here today with UN Deputy Secretary...

Facebook's Zuckerberg pumping $120m into local schools 30 May 2014 - 09:04 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg put out word late Thursday that he and his wife Priscilla Chan are pumping $120 million into...

Blaze in Surat 30 May 2014 - 03:36 am

Firefighters try to douse the flames after a blaze broke out in a commercial building in a textile market in Surat, Gujarat, yesterday....

Modi issues guidelines to ministers 30 May 2014 - 03:35 am

New Delhi: Taking steps to fulfil his avowed agenda of good governance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday asked his ministers to come up...

The NR Eye: Will NRIs be better off with Sushma? 30 May 2014 - 03:33 am

by Moiz Mannan India’s new Minister for Overseas Indians Affairs has made a rather predictable opening statement: Connecting with diaspora community and involving...

Call to tone down Article 370 rhetoric 30 May 2014 - 03:32 am

New Delhi: Congress leader Karan Singh yesterday expressed distress over the controversy over Article 370 “flowing from an avoidable statement by the MoS...

Girls outshine boys in CBSE Class 12 30 May 2014 - 03:32 am

New Delhi: Girls outperformed boys yet again in the CBSE Class 12 examinations, the results of which were declared yesterday. Also, the results...