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Al Shabaab attack on Somalia parliament leaves at least 10 dead 25 May 2014 - 01:08 am

Somali soldiers take cover during an attack on the parliament in Mogadishu yesterday. MOGADISHU: Al Shabaab militants stormed Somalia’s parliament yesterday, killing at...

Pope calls for urgent steps to end Syria war 25 May 2014 - 01:07 am

Pope Francis salutes the crowd as he leaves the stadium following a mass in Amman yesterday. AMMAN: Pope Francis called for urgent steps...

Missile strike kills two in Benghazi 25 May 2014 - 01:05 am

General Khalifa Haftar speaks during a news conference at Benina air base in Benghazi yesterday. BENGHAZI: At least two people were killed when...

Egypt will not allow threats to security from Libya: Sisi 25 May 2014 - 01:04 am

KUWAIT: Egypt will not allow armed turmoil in neighbouring Libya to threaten its national security, presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah Al Sisi said in...

Bahraini rights activist free after two years in jail 25 May 2014 - 01:04 am

MANAMA: Bahrain released one of the Arab world’s best-known activists yesterday after he served a two-year jail sentence for his role in pro-democracy...

UAE to continue support to Egypt after poll 25 May 2014 - 01:04 am

CAIRO: The United Arab Emirates will continue its political and economic support for Egypt after a presidential election next week that is expected...

30 killed as gunmen raid Yemen city 25 May 2014 - 01:03 am

ADEN: At least 30 people were killed in an overnight raid by gunmen on a city in southeastern Yemen, residents and a local...

Peacekeeper killed, three wounded in Darfur: Unamid 25 May 2014 - 01:03 am

KHARTOUM: A Rwandan peacekeeper has been killed and three others wounded in a gun battle after trying to mediate a tribal dispute in...

Learn lessons from rout: Sonia 25 May 2014 - 12:54 am

All India Congress Committee (AICC) President Sonia Gandhi (centre), with Congress party’s outgoing prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh (left) and Congress leader Karan...

Stage set for Modi’s swearing-in 25 May 2014 - 12:53 am

Artist Harwinder Singh Gill poses with his new creation, an image of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi and tea cups ahead of Modi’s swearing-in...

Demand for bottled water rises 25 May 2014 - 12:51 am

Workers load bottled mineral water on to a truck at a plant in Ahmedabad yesterday. Rising temperatures across the country has seen an...

Muslims welcome Modi’s gesture to Pakistan 25 May 2014 - 12:50 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi’s gesture of inviting Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to his swearing-in ceremony has raised hopes of a...

Nadda front-runner for BJP president’s post: Party leader 25 May 2014 - 12:50 am

Shimla/New Delhi: BJP general secretary J P Nadda is among the front-runners to become the party president if Rajnath Singh joins the Narendra...

TRS sets up ‘war room’, draws TDP ire 25 May 2014 - 12:49 am

Hyderabad: Amid a row over bifurcation of employees between Telangana and Seemandhra, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) yesterday set up a “war room” at...

Shazia Ilmi and Gopinath quit AAP, hit out at Kejriwal 25 May 2014 - 12:49 am

New Delhi/Bangalore: In a double whammy for the Aam Aadmi Party, two of its key leaders — Shazia Ilmi and G R Gopinath...

Modi launches membership drive on website 25 May 2014 - 12:49 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi has launched a membership drive on his official website asking people, in particular the youth, to connect...

Zeliang sworn in as Nagaland chief minister 25 May 2014 - 12:47 am

Kohima: Senior Naga People’s Front (NPF) leader T R Zeliang was sworn-in as the 17th chief minister of Nagaland yesterday, a day after...

Opposition to Thai army coup simmers 25 May 2014 - 12:46 am

A soldier keeps watch over an anti-coup protest at the Victory monument in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: Former Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra was...