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Saudi reports five new MERS deaths, taking toll to 92 26 Apr 2014 - 05:58 pm

RIYADH: The Saudi health ministry on Saturday announced five new deaths from the MERS coronavirus, taking the country's death toll to 92. A...

Death toll in Afghan floods tops 100 26 Apr 2014 - 05:54 pm

MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: The death toll from flash floods in northern Afghanistan rose to more than 100 on Saturday with many others still missing,...

Thousands rally in Taiwan against nuclear plant 26 Apr 2014 - 05:48 pm

TAIPEI: Thousands of protesters staged a sit-in near the presidential palace in Taiwan's capital on Saturday to oppose a controversial nuclear power plant...

Indian prime minister's half-brother joins opposition 26 Apr 2014 - 05:30 pm

NEW DELHI: Indian premier Manmohan Singh, whose ruling Congress party is trailing in election opinion polls, has suffered another blow with his half-brother...

First MERS infection detected in Egypt 26 Apr 2014 - 05:23 pm

CAIRO: Egypt recorded its first MERS infection after a person who arrived from Saudi Arabia tested positive for the virus, state media reported...

Hamas official salutes 'positive' Abbas speech 26 Apr 2014 - 05:21 pm

GAZA CITY: A senior Hamas official welcomed as "positive" a speech Saturday by Mahmud Abbas, but sidestepped the Palestinian president's pledged that a...

Six people killed, others wounded in tribal fighting in Pakistan 26 Apr 2014 - 02:31 pm

ISLAMABAD: At least six people were killed and two wounded on Saturday during an exchange of fire between two tribal groups over a...

Five NATO troops killed in Afghan helicopter crash 26 Apr 2014 - 01:57 pm

KABUL: Five members of the US-led NATO force in Afghanistan died in a helicopter crash in the south of the country on Saturday,...

Japan kicks off first whale hunt since UN court ruling 26 Apr 2014 - 12:10 pm

AYUKAWA, Japan: A Japanese whaling fleet left port Saturday under tight security, marking the first hunt since the UN's top court last month...

Iraq political rally bombings kill 33 26 Apr 2014 - 12:09 pm

BAGHDAD: The death toll from twin jihadist bombings that struck a Shiite political rally in the Iraqi capital ahead of next week's parliamentary...

Indian Kashmir gun battle kills 5 26 Apr 2014 - 11:20 am

SRINAGAR: Two soldiers and three suspected rebels died in a gunbattle in restive Indian Kashmir, police said Saturday, soon after the killing of...

Emir, PM congratulate Tanzania president 26 Apr 2014 - 10:57 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent today a cable of congratulations to the President of the United Republic...

Apple will replace faulty iPhone 5 models 26 Apr 2014 - 09:13 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Friday offered to replace some older iPhone 5 smartphones with flawed on-off buttons. The California-based company said a "small...

Myanmar jails two imams for deadly school blaze 26 Apr 2014 - 08:57 am

YANGON: Two imams in Myanmar have been sentenced to eight years in prison for negligence over a fire at a religious school that...

Bomb kills 3 policemen in Thai south 26 Apr 2014 - 08:57 am

BANGKOK: Three police officers were killed and 20 people wounded in a bomb attack near a fishing competition in Thailand's insurgency-ridden deep south,...

HRW urges Israel to stop shooting 26 Apr 2014 - 05:24 am

A member of the Israeli security forces aims his weapon towards Palestinians during clashes in the centre of the West Bank town of...

Protest in Manama 26 Apr 2014 - 05:23 am

A Bahraini protester throws a tear gas canister back at riot police during clashes following a protest condemning the death of Ahmed Al...

Raid on Aleppo 26 Apr 2014 - 05:23 am

Emergency responders rescue a man buried under rubble after a building collapsed following a barrel-bomb attack in Aleppo, yesterday.