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Pistorius to take the stand as trial resumes today 07 Apr 2014 - 08:10 am

PRETORIA: Oscar Pistorius is expected to take the stand as his trial resumes today in a defence relying on forensic experts and South...

McGuinness to attend queen’s dinner 07 Apr 2014 - 08:10 am

LONDON: Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness said yesterday he will attend a state banquet hosted by Queen Elizabeth II in a...

Navy picks up family with sick baby from sailboat 07 Apr 2014 - 08:09 am

San diego: Rescuers plucked a seriously ill American baby girl and her family from a sailboat in the Pacific Ocean yesterday and transferred...

Baby Prince George heads to Down Under 07 Apr 2014 - 08:09 am

LONDON: Baby Prince George was heading from Britain to New Zealand and Australia yesterday, with parents Prince William and his wife Catherine taking...

Queen’s Guard points gun at man 07 Apr 2014 - 08:09 am

London: A Queen’s Guard pointed his bayonet-tipped rifle at a member of the public outside Buckingham Palace when an argument erupted with a...

Costa Rican centrist set for poll win with no rival 07 Apr 2014 - 08:08 am

SAN JOSE: Voting was under way in Costa Rica yesterday, where historian and former diplomat Luis Guillermo Solis faced no opposition in the...

Obama to honour victims of shooting rampage 07 Apr 2014 - 08:08 am

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will travel on Wednesday to a Texas military base to honour the victims of a deadly shooting by a...

Smooth elections cast shadow on Taliban 07 Apr 2014 - 08:08 am

An Afghan Election Commission worker carries ballot boxes from a truck in Kandahar province yesterday. KABUL: A bigger-than-expected turnout in Afghanistan’s presidential election...

16 killed in Pakistan truck crash 07 Apr 2014 - 08:04 am

ISLAMABAD: At least 16 people were killed and 49 injured when an overloaded truck crashed into a ravine in Pakistan’s central province of...

Roadside bomb kills three in Kunduz province 07 Apr 2014 - 08:03 am

KUNDUZ: A roadside bomb hit a truck carrying full ballot boxes in northern Afghanistan yesterday, killing three people a day after the country...

Afghan poll candidates suspect fraud 07 Apr 2014 - 08:03 am

KABUL: Leading candidates in Afghanistan’s presidential election voiced concern yesterday that voting was tainted by fraud, a day after millions defied Taliban threats...

Planes, ships deployed to investigate Chinese signal 07 Apr 2014 - 08:02 am

PERTH: Planes and ships were being diverted yesterday to the area where a Chinese vessel detected signals consistent with a black box beacon...

US defence chief warns China 07 Apr 2014 - 08:00 am

US Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel (right) and Japan’s Minister of Defence Itsunori Onodera attend a joint press conference at the Defence Ministry...

Fire razes houses in Quezon City 07 Apr 2014 - 07:57 am

Filipino fire victims salvage belongings following a blaze in Quezon City, north-east of Manila, yesterday. More than 100 families were left homeless after...

Kidnapped tourist could be in Jolo 07 Apr 2014 - 07:55 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Kidnappers holding a Chinese tourist who was abducted from a resort on Malaysia’s Borneo island have made a phone call to...

Thai Red Shirts vow final fight to defend Yingluck 07 Apr 2014 - 07:55 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s pro-government “Red Shirt” supporters rallied for a second day yesterday, vowing to protect Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who is facing a...

South Korea finds ‘drone’ suspected from North 07 Apr 2014 - 07:54 am

SEOUL: South Korean military said yesterday that it had found an unidentified “drone” suspected to have flown from North Korea, following the discovery...

Two more killed in Egypt tribal clashes 07 Apr 2014 - 07:52 am

Smoke rises after clashes between rival families of the Nubian and the Arab Beni Helal clans in the southern city of Aswan, south...