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Emirates NBD Q1 net profit jumps 25pc 24 Apr 2014 - 08:20 am

DUBAI: Emirates NBD, Dubai's largest lender, beat analysts' forecasts on Thursday with a 25 percent jump in first-quarter net profit as higher interest...

China frees Japan ship after $28m paid in 1930s row 24 Apr 2014 - 08:19 am

SHANGHAI: China on Thursday released a seized Japanese ship after its owner paid $28 million in compensation, a court said, in a business...

Two policemen killed in Egypt violence 24 Apr 2014 - 06:56 am

A damaged car of Brigadier General Ahmed Zaki, who was killed in an explosion outside his home, near Cairo, yesterday. CAIRO: An Egyptian...

Speaker’s vote 24 Apr 2014 - 06:55 am

Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri casts his vote to elect the new president at the parliament building in downtown Beirut yesterday.

Obama reassures allies in Asian trip 24 Apr 2014 - 06:53 am

US President Barack Obama with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo yesterday. TOKYO: US President Barack Obama has said Washington welcomes China’s...

Sherpas lock horns with govt 24 Apr 2014 - 06:51 am

Ang Dali Sherpa, 28, wife of Tenzing Chottar Sherpa, who was killed in the avalanche. KATHMANDU: Nepal’s government strove yesterday to save the...

Pirates raid oil tanker off coast of Malaysia, take three crew members 24 Apr 2014 - 06:51 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Armed pirates raided an oil tanker off the coast of Malaysia and took three crew members with them, Malaysian maritime officials...

S Korea prosecutors raid homes of ill-fated ferry owner 24 Apr 2014 - 06:50 am

SEOUL: Prosecutors investigating the fatal sinking of a South Korean ferry have raided the home of Yoo Byung-un, the head of a family...

HK, Philippines end hostage row 24 Apr 2014 - 06:50 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong and the Philippines announced yesterday they had resolved an enduring and deeply emotional row over a deadly hostage crisis,...

Shore object examined for link to flight MH370 24 Apr 2014 - 06:50 am

Perth: An object has washed ashore in Western Australia that may be linked to missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, Australian officials have said....

TV channel asked to close over Mir shooting allegation 24 Apr 2014 - 06:50 am

Pakistani journalists hold placards during a protest against the attack on Geo television journalist Hamid Mir by gunmen, in Islamabad, yesterday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s...

$375m hole in Afghan budget stirs unease 24 Apr 2014 - 06:49 am

KABUL: A $375m hole in the Afghan budget is threatening public projects and civil servants’ salaries, officials say, putting the aid-dependent economy under...

Mentally handicapped 24 Apr 2014 - 06:47 am

Afghan patients at a mental healthcare centre in Herat, Afghanistan, yesterday. Patients live in the centre as they are homeless.

Musharraf’s plea on travel ban adjourned 24 Apr 2014 - 06:46 am

KARACHI: Pakistani former military ruler Pervez Musharraf, facing a battery of criminal cases, must wait a fortnight to learn if he will be...

Fraud probe delays poll results in Afghanistan 24 Apr 2014 - 06:46 am

KABUL: Afghanistan’s presidential election result has been delayed by two days due to fraud investigations and will now be released on Saturday, officials...

Kejriwal attacks Rahul and Modi; files nomination 24 Apr 2014 - 06:45 am

Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal (centre) waves to supporters as he arrives to file his nomination in Varanasi yesterday. Varanasi: AAP leader...

UPA has to pay price for things not done: Farooq 24 Apr 2014 - 06:43 am

Polling officers with electronic voting machines (EVM) along with security personnel travel in a boat to reach polling stations in Assam yesterday. Srinagar:...

Modi’s statement on relations welcome: Pakistan envoy 24 Apr 2014 - 06:42 am

New Delhi: Dismissing seemingly tough statements by the BJP and its allies about Pakistan as “poll rhetoric”, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul...