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Drone kills three Qaeda suspects in Yemen 21 Apr 2014 - 09:42 am

ADEN: Three more Al-Qaeda suspects, including an alleged senior militant, were killed Monday in a drone strike in southern Yemen, a local official...

Exchange Rates in Qatar 21 Apr 2014 - 09:38 am

Exchange Rates in Qatar Exchange Rates for foreign currencies as issued on Monday by Qatar National Bank (QNB) are as following: Currency Buying...

Aldar launches new Abu Dhabi developments worth $1.4bn 21 Apr 2014 - 09:14 am

ABU DHABI: Real estate developer Aldar Properties has launched three new developments in Abu Dhabi worth 5 billion dirhams or $1.4 billion, the...

Malaysia Airlines jet in emergency landing after tyre bursts 21 Apr 2014 - 08:42 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysia Airlines plane with 166 people aboard was forced to make an emergency landing in Kuala Lumpur early Monday in...

Thirteen dead in coal mine gas blast in China 21 Apr 2014 - 08:40 am

BEIJING: Thirteen people were confirmed dead in a coal mine gas explosion in southwest China's Yunnan Province early Monday, the local government said....

Japan trade deficit quadruples on-year to $14bn 21 Apr 2014 - 08:39 am

TOKYO: Japan's trade deficit quadrupled on-year in March to $14 billion, data showed Monday, with a weak yen compounding surging imports as consumers...

China’s real estate investments up 21 Apr 2014 - 07:21 am

A sales assistant talks to visitors in front of models of apartments at a real estate exhibition in Shenyang. China’s real estate investments...

French scribes reunited with kin 21 Apr 2014 - 07:04 am

from left: Edouard Elias, Didier Francois Nicolas Henin, and Pierre Torres after their arrival by helicopter from Evreux to the military airbase in...

Royals at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo 21 Apr 2014 - 07:03 am

Britain’s Prince William holds Prince George as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, gives him a toy during a visit to the Bilby Enclosure at...

ANC set for two-thirds majority: Poll 21 Apr 2014 - 07:02 am

JOHANNESBURG: The African National Congress (ANC) is on course to win nearly a two-thirds majority in May 7 elections, a poll showed yesterday,...

Kiev shootout shatters truce 21 Apr 2014 - 07:02 am

SLAVYANSK: A deadly gunfight in a town in restive east Ukraine yesterday shattered a fragile Easter truce, with Russia declaring it was “outraged”...

Pope calls for end to wars 21 Apr 2014 - 07:01 am

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, in his Easter address before a huge crowd, yesterday denounced the “immense wastefulness” in the world while many go...

Nigeria gunmen raze teachers residence 21 Apr 2014 - 07:01 am

KANO: Gunmen in northern Nigeria set fire to a staff residential building at a girls’ secondary school yesterday but the 195 students sleeping...

Only Cong can ensure development: Rahul 21 Apr 2014 - 06:57 am

Congress party vice president Rahul Gandhi addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally in Mumbai. Mumbai: Lashing out at the BJP for...

Veteran campaigner 21 Apr 2014 - 06:55 am

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Lal Krishna Advani addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally in the western city of Ahmedabad yesterday.

Easter service 21 Apr 2014 - 06:54 am

Youth carry trays of fruit as offerings during a prayer service on Easter Sunday in a church in Agartala, capital of the northeastern...

Call for boycott 21 Apr 2014 - 06:53 am

Policemen scuffle with Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) activists in Srinagar on Saturday night during a rally against the general elections. JKLF and...

BJP distances itself from Giriraj remark 21 Apr 2014 - 06:51 am

New Delhi/Patna: The BJP yesterday distanced itself from party leader Giriraj Singh’s remark that Pakistan is the place for those opposing its prime...