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Bomb kills four in Pakistan's Karachi 25 Apr 2014 - 02:33 pm

KARACHI: A powerful bomb exploded near a mosque in Pakistan's largest city Karachi on Friday, killing at least four people and wounding 30...

More than 40 dead, 80 missing in Afghan flash floods 25 Apr 2014 - 02:32 pm

KABUL: More than 40 people were killed in flash floods in northern Afghanistan that left 80 missing, an official said Friday. "We have...

Seven people killed in Peshawar 25 Apr 2014 - 11:23 am

PESHAWAR: At least seven people were killed and six others wounded on Friday when unidentified gunmen opened fire at a vehicle in Peshawar,...

Honda full-year net profit surges 56pc to $5.6bn 25 Apr 2014 - 11:05 am

TOKYO: Japanese automaker Honda said Friday its net profit soared to $5.6 billion in the fiscal year to March, thanks to brisk overseas...

Tokyo shares end 0.17pc higher 25 Apr 2014 - 10:12 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks cast off early losses to end 0.17 percent higher on Friday as the weaker yen offered support to exporters. The...

Alibaba's founders set up charitable trust seen valued at $3bn 25 Apr 2014 - 10:04 am

BEIJING: The founders of Chinese internet company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd have set up a charitable trust focusing on the environment and health...

Largely peaceful vote in 117 seats 25 Apr 2014 - 09:53 am

Voters queue to cast their ballots at a polling station inside a recreational ground in Mumbai yesterday. New Delhi: Nearly 110 million people...

Modi, Kejriwal and Arundhati in Time’s influential list 25 Apr 2014 - 09:52 am

Arundhati Roy and Arvind Kejriwal. Washington: Bharatiya Janata Party’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal have made...

IIFA awards in US 25 Apr 2014 - 09:51 am

Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor (right) is welcomed on the stage by actor Shahdid Kapoor during a Premiere and Workshop at the Tampa Theater...

Modi wave drowns Varanasi 25 Apr 2014 - 09:51 am

Narendra Modi waves to supporters in Varanasi yesterday. VARANASI: Narendra Modi received a hero’s welcome from thousands of orange-clad supporters as he launched...

Over 81pc vote in Bengal 25 Apr 2014 - 09:50 am

Kolkata: Braving the sweltering heat, voters turned up in huge numbers as around 81.42 percent polling was recorded in six Lok Sabha constituencies...

Maoists kill 5 cops 25 Apr 2014 - 09:50 am

PATNA: Maoist rebels killed five police officers yesterday as they were returning from polling duty in an insurgency-hit region of eastern India, an...

Five of family die in fire at Delhi home 25 Apr 2014 - 09:49 am

New Delhi: Five members of a family were burnt to death under mysterious circumstances in their Zakir Nagar home here, police said yesterday....

Mixed response to SC verdict on temple 25 Apr 2014 - 09:49 am

Kochi: The Supreme Court’s decision to entrust the administration of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple to a five-member committee yesterday evoked mixed response from...

3 Americans killed in hospital attack 25 Apr 2014 - 09:49 am

Women leave Cure Hospital in Kabul after three foreigners were killed there yesterday. KABUL: Three Americans were killed yesterday when a security guard...

Karachi attack 25 Apr 2014 - 09:48 am

Pakistani security officials inspect the site of a suicide bomb attack that killed senior policeman Shafiq Tanoli and three others in Karachi yesterday....

Abdullah in lead as Afghan election set for run-off 25 Apr 2014 - 09:47 am

KABUL: Former foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah retained a clear lead in the latest Afghan presidential election results released yesterday, but he remained below...

Pakistani air strikes kill 37 in Taliban hideouts 25 Apr 2014 - 09:47 am

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani military attacked Taliban hideouts in the lawless tribal northwest with fighter jets and ground forces yesterday and killed at least...