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7 troops hurt in landmine blast 07 May 2014 - 10:10 pm

DAVAO CITY: At least seven soldiers were injured when a landmine exploded in an encounter with New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in Pantukan,...

Bomb blast in Karachi 07 May 2014 - 10:09 pm

Pakistani police officials watch as smoke and dust billows after bomb experts defused an explosive device near an oil terminal in Karachi yesterday....

International Thalassaemia Day 07 May 2014 - 10:07 pm

A Pakistani resident helps lift a thalassaemia patient during treatment on International Thalassaemia Day in Lahore yesterday. Thalassaemia is a genetic disease of...

Karzai visits landslide victims 07 May 2014 - 10:06 pm

AAB BAREEK: President Hamid Karzai visited a refugee camp for victims of a deadly landslide yesterday, trying to calm villagers angered by the...

Blast kills 9 in Shindand 07 May 2014 - 10:06 pm

HERAT: A roadside bomb killed nine members of a family in western Afghanistan, officials said yesterday, in the latest violence as US-led troops...

FBI agent arrested in Karachi airport 07 May 2014 - 10:05 pm

KARACHI: An American FBI agent arrested in Pakistan for trying to board a plane while carrying pistol ammunition has been remanded in police...

Govt tries smart way to get rid of illegal arms 07 May 2014 - 10:05 pm

LAHORE: Arms licences issued by Pakistan’s National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in the shape of smart cards and computerisation of the record...

10 militants killed in raids 07 May 2014 - 10:05 pm

Kabul: Ten Taliban militants were killed in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF)...

NIGERIA AFRICA KIDNAPPING PLANT DEATH VIOLENCE EXTREMISM CORRUPTION 07 May 2014 - 09:58 pm

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Boko Haram attack in Nigeria town kills hundreds 07 May 2014 - 06:08 pm

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: An attack by Boko Haram Islamists in a northeastern Nigerian town on the Cameroon border has killed hundreds of people, a...

Arabtec net profit more than doubles 07 May 2014 - 06:00 pm

DUBAI: Dubai builder Arabtec said on Wednesday that its first-quarter net profit more doubled on the back of a strong delivery of projects...

Asiacell 2013 profit falls 12.2pc 07 May 2014 - 05:56 pm

DUBAI: Asiacell, Iraq's second-biggest mobile operator by subscribers, posted a 12.2 percent drop in annual net profit on Wednesday. The company, a unit...

IDB chairman to step down as restructuring nears completion 07 May 2014 - 05:54 pm

JERUSALEM: Aharon Fogel, chairman of Israeli conglomerate IDB Group, said on Wednesday he would step down once a corporate restructuring was completed. Fogel...

France offers to send agents to Nigeria for kidnapped girls 07 May 2014 - 05:50 pm

PARIS: France on Wednesday offered to send security service agents to Nigeria to help recover more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militant...

Cameron calls for Pfizer assurance on AstraZeneca tie-up 07 May 2014 - 05:47 pm

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron called on US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on Wednesday to give more assurances that its takeover bid for...

Fiat Chrysler shares plunge after poor results 07 May 2014 - 01:36 pm

ROME: Shares in Italian-American auto giant Fiat Chrysler Automobiles were down more than 8.0 percent on Wednesday after the group announced losses of...

Saudi hospital head sacked over MERS panic 07 May 2014 - 01:35 pm

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's acting health minister has announced the sacking of the head of a Jeddah hospital where a spike in MERS infections...

HSBC reveals sliding profits 07 May 2014 - 01:34 pm

LONDON: Bank giant HSBC said on Wednesday that its net profit slid 18 percent in the first quarter as lower revenues offset cost-cutting,...