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Ballot counting 17 Apr 2014 - 07:13 am

Afghan election workers counting ballots at an Independent Election Commission office in Jalalabad yesterday. Leading candidates in the presidential election voiced concern that...

Slum demolished 17 Apr 2014 - 07:12 am

An Afghan refugee boy salvaging some of his belongings after a slum was demolished by authorities in Islamabad yesterday. Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar...

Rebels refuse to extend ceasefire 17 Apr 2014 - 07:11 am

MIRANSHAH: The Pakistani Taliban yesterday said they would not extend a ceasefire called to help peace negotiations with the government, but insisted they...

Afghanistan official injured in bombing 17 Apr 2014 - 07:10 am

KABUL: A female member of Afghanistan’s parliament was recovering in hospital yesterday after being shot the previous night, officials and her sister said....

Govt names and shames tax cheats 17 Apr 2014 - 07:10 am

ISLAMABAD: Desperate Pakistani tax authorities are publicly shaming defaulters by publishing their tax details in a directory for the first time, officials said...

WHO: Pakistan ‘epicentre of polio virus’ 17 Apr 2014 - 07:10 am

QUETTA: Pakistan is one of three countries in the world where polio virus remains endemic. Recently, World Health Organisation (WHO) called Pakistan the...

MPs criticise Britain over Taliban attack 17 Apr 2014 - 07:09 am

LONDON: British lawmakers said military commanders had been complacent in a deadly 2012 Taliban attack on their base in Afghanistan, in which two...

Balochistan faces drinking water problem 17 Apr 2014 - 07:09 am

ISLAMABAD: A parliamentary panel of Pakistan’s lower house yesterday was told that 99 percent of Balochistan’s population was deprived of clean drinking water....

Separatists take Ukrainian army vehicles 17 Apr 2014 - 07:06 am

Pro-Russian supporters shout slogans during a rally in front of the occupied security service building in Lugansk, Ukraine, yesterday. KRAMATORSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine: Separatists flew...

Boston bomber seeks record on family 17 Apr 2014 - 07:05 am

BOSTON: Lawyers for the accused Boston Marathon bomber ware due in court yesterday to ask a judge to order prosecutors to hand over...

Mexican mayor held in drug cartel bastion 17 Apr 2014 - 07:05 am

MORELIA, Mexico: The mayor of a western Mexican city once considered a drug cartel stronghold has been arrested on suspicion of forcing town...

New York police disband unit that spied on Muslims 17 Apr 2014 - 07:04 am

NEW YORK: New York police said yesterday that they had disbanded a deeply controversial and heavily criticised unit that sent undercover officers to...

LEBANON PRESIDENCY CHAIR STYLE ARAB SPRING SYRIA ALGERIA EGYPT 17 Apr 2014 - 07:03 am

Group: ViewsMideast Credit: BLEIBEL Source: Daily Star - Beirut, Lebanon Keywords: COLOR LEBANON PRESIDENCY CHAIR STYLE ARAB SPRING SYRIA ALGERIA EGYPT 041614 Provider:...

Jordan destroys ‘camouflaged’ vehicles 17 Apr 2014 - 07:01 am

A handout photo of a pick-up truck on fire after it was hit by a Jordanian warplane following failure to heed warnings not...

Syrian refugees face challenges 17 Apr 2014 - 07:00 am

Residents run to take cover after what activists said was a barrel bomb dropped by forces loyal to President Bashar Al Assad in...

Iraq unrest 17 Apr 2014 - 07:00 am

Iraqi security forces fire an artillery gun during clashes with the Al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Jurf...

Peace negotiators to meet today 17 Apr 2014 - 06:58 am

Palestinian women react after having their IDs and bags checked by Israeli police outside of the Al Aqsa mosque compound in the Old...

Algerians vote today 17 Apr 2014 - 06:57 am

ALGIERS: Algerians weighed their options ahead of today’s election, with President Abdelaziz Bouteflika urging a large turnout as he eyes a fourth term,...