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Search for Malaysian jet refocuses on drone scans of sea floor 18 Apr 2014 - 09:57 am

SYDNEY: A deep-sea drone completed its much-anticipated first full scan of the seabed in the remote Indian Ocean, the team looking for a...

Mental health issues plague Indonesia poll candidates 18 Apr 2014 - 09:57 am

JAKARTA: His body shaking violently, Sofyan screamed loudly as a traditional healer sought to calm the Indonesian election candidate, one of a growing...

MERS: Manila plane passengers screened 18 Apr 2014 - 09:57 am

MANILA: The Philippines yesterday asked more than 400 passengers who shared an airline flight with a man infected with the MERS (Middle East...

Thailand sues two scribes over prize-winning article 18 Apr 2014 - 09:56 am

BANGKOK: Two journalists, including an Australian editor, were ordered yesterday to stand trial in Thailand on defamation charges linked to a Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Pro-Anwar lawmaker dies in crash 18 Apr 2014 - 09:56 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A leading Malaysian politician who gained fame defending opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in his sensational sodomy trials was killed in a...

Heart Bleed Bug 18 Apr 2014 - 09:55 am

Russia, West reach deal on Ukraine crisis 18 Apr 2014 - 05:23 am

A pro-Kiev protester dances as he wears Ukranian flags during a rally in Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine, yesterday. GENEVA: Russia, Ukraine, the US...

Snowden questions Putin on spying 18 Apr 2014 - 05:22 am

Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden is displayed on the television screens at a press centre in Moscow as he asks a question to...

115 Nigeria schoolgirls still missing 18 Apr 2014 - 05:21 am

MAIDUGURI: A Nigerian school principal yesterday denied military reports that most of the girls kidnapped by Islamist gunmen were now safe, as parents...

Five kidnapped Malian aid workers freed 18 Apr 2014 - 05:20 am

MALI: French forces have freed five Malian aid workers who were taken hostage in a February kidnapping claimed by one of the country’s...

Three Britons in custody over hammer attack on UAE women 18 Apr 2014 - 05:20 am

LONDON: Three men were remanded in custody by a British court yesterday in connection with a hammer attack at a London hotel on...

Rebels attack army barracks in Aleppo 18 Apr 2014 - 05:19 am

Forces loyal to President Bashar Al Assad walk inside the government-controlled Hanano barracks after what they said was an offensive against them by...

Militants kill 30 in Iraq attacks 18 Apr 2014 - 05:19 am

Residents look at the scene of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad yesterday. BAGHDAD: Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed at least 30 people...

Yemen funeral 18 Apr 2014 - 05:18 am

Vehicles carry the bodies of two bodyguards of Shia politician Ismail Al Wazir who were killed during an assassination attempt on him, during...

Call for talks to lift Homs siege 18 Apr 2014 - 05:16 am

UNITED NATIONS: Syria’s government and opposition groups should resume talks to lift the siege on Homs, where bombardments have re-started, international mediator Lakhdar...

Registration for poll from Monday 18 Apr 2014 - 05:16 am

DAMASCUS: Candidates for Syria’s presidential election can begin registering on April 21, when the date for the vote will be announced, a government...

Ruling party wants Turkey PM to run for president 18 Apr 2014 - 05:14 am

ANKARA: Turkey’s ruling party would overwhelmingly back Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s candidacy in the nation’s first direct presidential election, senior officials said...

Iranian mother spares life of son’s killer with a slap 18 Apr 2014 - 05:14 am

TEHRAN: An Iranian mother spared the life of her son’s convicted murderer with an emotional slap in the face as he awaited execution...