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Russia tests ballistic missile 16 Apr 2014 - 08:29 am

WASHINGTON: Russia carried out a new test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) as tensions over Ukraine escalated, the Pentagon confirmed yesterday. Russia...

Britain picks diplomat to head spy agency 16 Apr 2014 - 08:29 am

LONDON: Britain said yesterday it had picked a diplomat to head its GCHQ eavesdropping agency which has found itself under unprecedented public scrutiny...

Rand Paul, Ted Cruz test presidential waters 16 Apr 2014 - 08:26 am

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire: Conservative Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz tested the 2016 presidential waters at an event on Saturday in the...

Afghan presidential candidate for special ties with Pakistan 16 Apr 2014 - 08:23 am

Farman Ali (right) and his brother Arif Ali are taken to a court in Sargodha, Pakistan, yesterday. KABUL: Afghan presidential hopeful Ashraf Ghani...

Security directorate opens 16 Apr 2014 - 08:21 am

Afghan National Army soldiers and their Nato counterparts attend the opening ceremony of National Directorate of Security funded by the US in Lashkar...

Afghanistan deputy minister abducted 16 Apr 2014 - 08:20 am

KABUL: An senior Afghan government official was kidnapped along with his driver on his way to work in Kabul yesterday, an interior ministry...

US air strike kills three in Khost 16 Apr 2014 - 08:19 am

KABUL: A US air strike in eastern Afghanistan has killed three civilians, the Afghan president’s office said yesterday. The bombing took place in...

USAID gives scholarships to 100 Pakistani students 16 Apr 2014 - 08:19 am

PESHAWAR: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded scholarships to 100 talented students enrolled in the two-year Associate Degree in Education (ADE)...

Second Pakistani held for eating new-born baby 16 Apr 2014 - 08:19 am

LAHORE: Pakistani police yesterday arrested a second man suspected along with his brother of eating a newborn baby whose head was found at...

Modi attacks Rahul over ‘toffee model’, regrets targeting PM 16 Apr 2014 - 08:18 am

Supporters of federal minister, patron for the National Conference and candidate for Srinagar’s seat Farooq Abdullah shout slogans at an election rally in...

Fire escape 16 Apr 2014 - 08:17 am

Afirefighter wearing a fire suit walks through a wall of flames during a demonstration of their skills for Fire Safety Week in Bhubaneswar...

Campaigning ends for sixth phase polling 16 Apr 2014 - 08:14 am

New Delhi: Campaigning came to an end yesterday for the sixth phase of general elections that will decide the fate of 122 Lok...

Varun has betrayed the Gandhi family, says Priyanka 16 Apr 2014 - 08:14 am

Amethi, Uttar Pradesh: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra yesterday slammed estranged cousin Varun Gandhi for the second time in three days, criticising him for siding...

Top leaders’ fortune at stake in Maharashtra’s second phase 16 Apr 2014 - 08:13 am

Mumbai: The arid, backward region of Marathwada and the lush sugar-rich belt of western Maharashtra, besides a part of coastal Konkan, are set...

Transgenders ‘third category’: Apex court 16 Apr 2014 - 08:13 am

New Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram: Transgenders should be treated as a third category and as a socially and economically backward class entitled to job reservation, the...

IM suspects planned to bomb Delhi in 2012 with LeT 16 Apr 2014 - 08:13 am

New Delhi: Indian Mujahideen suspects Tehsin Akhtar alias Monu and Pakistani national Waqas alias Zia-ur-Rehman were planning to carry out blasts in Delhi...

Seabed drone hunt may take two months 16 Apr 2014 - 05:02 am

Operators aboard ADF Ocean Shield move the US Navy’s Bluefin-21 into position for deployment in the search of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 yesterday. ...

Lunar eclipse 16 Apr 2014 - 05:01 am

Partial lunar eclipse is seen atop an antenna on the roof of a high-rise building in Tokyo yesterday.