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THAILAND DEMOCRACY BOARD WALKING 24 May 2014 - 12:51 am

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Rebels attack India consulate in Herat 24 May 2014 - 12:35 am

Afghan security personnel stand guard on a rooftop as smoke billows following an attack by insurgents on the Indian consulate in Herat yesterday....

Thai military ‘detains’ ex-premier 24 May 2014 - 12:29 am

A man lies on the ground in front of police, holding a placard during a protest against martial law, a day after the...

Xinjiang starts crackdown 24 May 2014 - 12:26 am

A police patrol pass by a building with broken windows after an explosion in Urumqi, in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region on Thursday....

US army chief urges militants to negotiate peace 24 May 2014 - 12:15 am

ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT: The Taliban should take advantage of what may be a shrinking window of opportunity to seek a negotiated end...

Pakistan pounds Taliban hideouts for third day 24 May 2014 - 12:15 am

MIRANSHAH: Four suspected militants were killed yesterday as Pakistan’s armed forces hit Taliban targets in a third day of action in a restive...

Hunger strike over missing leader 24 May 2014 - 12:14 am

KARACHI: Eyes yellowing but sparkling with determination, Lateef Johar vows to carry on his month-long hunger strike until his missing leader is recovered...

KP province to allocate 70pc of schools for girls 24 May 2014 - 12:14 am

ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government will allocate 70 percent of the new educational institutions to be opened in the province to girls in...

Two Koreas accuse each other of lying about shelling 24 May 2014 - 12:13 am

SEOUL: South Korea yesterday, accused North Korea of a “blatant lie” in claiming it had not fired shells near a South Korean warship...

Xinjiang starts crackdown 24 May 2014 - 12:13 am

BEIJING: China’s Xinjiang region has started a “one-year crackdown” on “violent terrorist activities”, the official Xinhua news agency reported yesterday, providing no details....

Philippine towns hit by earthquake 24 May 2014 - 12:13 am

MANILA: A magnitude 4.4 earthquake rocked Negros Occidental yesterday, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said. It said the quake, which was tectonic...

Religious minister in graft case 24 May 2014 - 12:12 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s anti-corruption agency has named as a suspect in a graft case the religious affairs minister, who has been a vocal supporter...

Anti-China protester dies after self-immolation 24 May 2014 - 12:12 am

HANOI: A Vietnamese woman carrying banners denouncing China’s claim to most of the South China Sea died yesterday after setting herself on fire...

Chairman of Libya's state-oil resigns 23 May 2014 - 02:59 pm

TRIPOLI: The chairman of Libya's state-oil firm National Oil Corp (NOC), Nuri Berruein, has resigned, NOC spokesman Mohamed El Harari said on Friday. ...

Turkey begins exporting Iraqi Kurdistan oil 23 May 2014 - 02:51 pm

ANKARA: Turkey said Friday that oil from Iraqi Kurdistan was being exported to international markets, a move that could exacerbate already-strained tensions between...

Lukoil, Total agree to tap tight oil in Siberia 23 May 2014 - 01:06 pm

ST PETERSBURG, Russia: Russia's No.2 oil producer, Lukoil, and France's Total agreed on Friday to set up a joint venture to tap vast...

Philippines implicitly blames China for delaying maritime talks 23 May 2014 - 10:54 am

MANILA: The Philippines blamed a slowdown in talks on ending territorial disputes in the South China Sea on "construction" changing the ground rules,...

Rebel attack during Syrian election campaigning kills more than 20 23 May 2014 - 10:38 am

BEIRUT: More than 20 people were killed when Syrian rebels shelled a tent being used for electioncampaigning in the southern province of Deraa,...