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Fire in Manila slum 30 Apr 2014 - 07:34 am

Filipinos carry their belongings while their houses are on fire in a residential slum area in Manila yesterday. The fire left more than...

After 20 years, Philippines out of US piracy blacklist 30 Apr 2014 - 07:33 am

MANILA: The United States says it has removed the Philippines from its piracy watch list after two decades following significant reforms put in...

Ex-senator questions defence treaty 30 Apr 2014 - 07:32 am

MANILA: Former Senator Joker Arroyo yesterday questioned the constitutionality of the Enhanced Defence Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) that the Philippines and the United States...

Aquino says media killings being addressed 30 Apr 2014 - 07:32 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino yesterday rejected perceptions that his administration had done little to ensure a free press, with 26 journalists murdered since...

President picks new navy chief 30 Apr 2014 - 07:31 am

MANILA: President Benigno Aquino has appointed Rear Admiral Jesus Millan as the new chief of the Philippine Navy, the Armed Forces of the...

Xinjiang is front line of terrorism: China’s President 30 Apr 2014 - 07:31 am

BEIJING: Police are the “fists and daggers” in the fight against terrorism, China’s President Xi Jinping said on a trip to the western...

HK maid abuser faces more labour charges 30 Apr 2014 - 07:31 am

HONG KONG: A Hong Kong woman charged with assaulting her domestic helper was charged yesterday with failing to pay wages and not granting...

Malaysia to lead probe into missing plane 30 Apr 2014 - 07:30 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A former head of Malaysia’s civil aviation department will lead an investigation into a missing jet that will also include members...

Taiwan executes five inmates 30 Apr 2014 - 07:30 am

TAIPEI: Taiwanese authorities said they executed five death-row inmates yesterday, nearly a year after six prisoners were put to death. The justice ministry...

Tornadoes kill 30, threaten more damage 30 Apr 2014 - 07:25 am

Gary Moore (right) looks through debris where his home once stood before it was destroyed by a tornado in Vilonia, Arkansas, yesterday. TUPELO,...

Travel chaos in London 30 Apr 2014 - 07:24 am

Commuters queue for access to Oxford Circus underground station, one of the open tube stations, during strikes in London yesterday. Millions faced transport...

Ukraine separatists seize city 30 Apr 2014 - 07:24 am

A man waves a Russian flag as pro-Russian activists break a window to enter the regional administration building in the eastern Ukraine city...

Tear gas fired on protesting teachers, students in Nigeria 30 Apr 2014 - 07:23 am

ABUJA: Nigerian police fired tear gas at teachers and students and shot live rounds into the air as they tried to disperse a...

Six hurt, suspect dead in Georgia FedEx facility shooting 30 Apr 2014 - 07:19 am

KENNESAW, Georgia: A FedEx Corp package handler armed with a shotgun opened fire at a shipping facility in suburban Atlanta early yesterday, injuring...

Britain rejects call to review 1971 Belfast killings 30 Apr 2014 - 07:18 am

BELFAST: Britain does not plan to appoint an independent panel to review the deaths of at least 10 people in Belfast in 1971...

US sets $5m bounty on Chinese man over Iran links 30 Apr 2014 - 07:17 am

WASHINGTON: The United States unveiled a new indictment and slapped a $5m reward yesterday on the head of a Chinese man it called...

British terror convict emailed ‘sacrifice72’ 30 Apr 2014 - 07:16 am

NEW YORK: A British convict who plotted to blow a US passenger plane out of the sky was so determined to die for...

UN lifts Ivory Coast diamond embargo 30 Apr 2014 - 07:16 am

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council lifted a nearly decade-old embargo on Ivory Coast’s international diamond trade yesterday and relaxed its arms ban...