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Geo TV off-air in some army areas 25 Apr 2014 - 09:47 am

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani TV station in a row with the military over the shooting of one of its presenters has been taken off...

Parents of ferry victims attack top official 25 Apr 2014 - 09:46 am

A boy holding a white chrysanthemum pays tribute at a temporary group memorial altar for victims of capsized passenger ship Sewol in Ansan...

Century-old bridge 25 Apr 2014 - 09:46 am

Workers repair rail tracks on the 100-year old Long Bien bridge in Hanoi yesterday. Vietnam’s railways are the most under-developed transport sector come...

Obama vows to defend Japan in China territorial dispute 25 Apr 2014 - 09:45 am

TOKYO: US President Barack Obama vowed yesterday to defend Japan if China attacks over a tense territorial dispute, but also urged Beijing to...

Thai opposition leader seeks compromise to avert bloodshed 25 Apr 2014 - 09:44 am

BANGKOK: Alarmed by the prospect of bloodshed in Thailand as a six-month political crisis nears a critical juncture, former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva...

Philippine media workers to face jail terms: Lawyer 25 Apr 2014 - 09:44 am

MANILA: A legal counsel for the journalists who contested the legality of cyber libel before the Supreme Court fear that many media workers...

Mt Everest season in jeopardy 25 Apr 2014 - 09:44 am

KATHMANDU: Several foreign climbing expeditions have called off attempts to scale Everest following an avalanche that killed at least 13 local guides, meaning...

HK’s ‘milkshake killer’ loses bid for final appeal 25 Apr 2014 - 09:43 am

HONG KONG: American Nancy Kissel, serving a life sentence in a Hong Kong jail for the “milkshake” murder of her Merrill Lynch banker...

Ukraine forces kill up to five rebels 25 Apr 2014 - 09:41 am

Pro-Ukrainian supporters attend a rally in Lugansk yesterday. SLAVIANSK: Ukrainian forces killed up to five pro-Moscow rebels yesterday as they closed in on...

Royals in Canberra 25 Apr 2014 - 09:40 am

Britain’s Prince William (left) and his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, attend a reception hosted by the Governor General Peter Cosgrove (right) and...

Putin calls Internet a ‘CIA project’ 25 Apr 2014 - 09:37 am

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday called the Internet a “CIA project” and warned Russians against making Google searches. Putin assured a group...

Angry Muslims in CAR call for partition 25 Apr 2014 - 09:36 am

BAMBARI: In this dusty town at the heart of the Central African Republic, many angry Muslims advocate a simple solution to the threat...

British premier’s ex-media chief accused of pure hypocrisy at trial 25 Apr 2014 - 09:36 am

LONDON: Prime Minister David Cameron’s ex-media chief was accused on Thursday of pure hypocrisy when, as editor of a Rupert Murdoch tabloid, he...

Air raid kills 27 in Aleppo 25 Apr 2014 - 09:33 am

Syrian rescue workers carry an injured man following a reported air strike by pro-regime forces on the northern city of Aleppo yesterday. DAMASCUS:...

Kyrgyz deputy premier meets Qatari ambassador 25 Apr 2014 - 09:32 am

BISHKEK: Kyrgyzstan's First Deputy Prime Minister Tayyrbek SARPASHEV met here today with Qatar's Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic HE Mohammed bin Arar Al...

Militants seize Yemen hospitals 25 Apr 2014 - 09:32 am

Protesters shout slogans during a rally demanding an end to US drone attacks in Yemen, in Sana’a yesterday. Yemen claims that recent air...

In remembrance 25 Apr 2014 - 09:31 am

Turks and Armenians hold pictures of slain Armenian writer Hrant Dink and other victims as they attend a memorial to mark the 99th...

Attacks kill 13 in Iraq ahead of vote 25 Apr 2014 - 09:30 am

Iraqi security forces arrest suspected militants of Al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant during a raid and weapons search operation...