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Kabul polling station 04 Apr 2014 - 05:17 am

A police officer stands guard outside the Dhe Kaipaks Women's High School in Kabul yesterday. It will be used as a polling station...

Sharif frees 16 rebels to revive talks 04 Apr 2014 - 05:16 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has freed at least 16 Taliban prisoners with the approval of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, officials said yesterday, in a move...

Japan vows $6m aid to refugees 04 Apr 2014 - 05:16 am

ISLAMABAD: With the announcement of the Japanese contribution of $6m, the UN refugee agency’s intervention in education and healthcare sectors and legal assistance...

Pakistan to tighten border security as Afghan poll nears 04 Apr 2014 - 05:16 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will increase security along its border with Afghanistan, the foreign ministry announced yesterday, as its neighbour heads into presidential elections this...

Mysterious Vietnamese detained in Kashmir 04 Apr 2014 - 05:15 am

MUZAFFARABAD: A Vietnamese man has been detained for months in Pakistani Kashmir by authorities who were unable to understand him, officials said yesterday....

Govt fines TV channels 04 Apr 2014 - 05:15 am

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) has so far imposed a total of Rs35m ($350,000) fines on different private television channels...

Shooter showed no suicidal tendencies 04 Apr 2014 - 05:15 am

US Secretary of the Army John McHugh (left) and US Army Chief of Staff General Raymond Odierno reflect on the shooting at Fort...

Queen Elizabeth meets Pope 04 Apr 2014 - 05:14 am

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by her husband the Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip (centre), greets Pope Francis at the Vatican yesterday. Francis will...

Kiev carnage: Ukraine blames Russian agents 04 Apr 2014 - 05:13 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s Western-backed leaders yesterday blamed Russian agents and the country’s ousted president of organising two days of bloodshed in February that claimed...

British premier under pressure over minister’s expenses 04 Apr 2014 - 05:13 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron rejected a call to sack one of his ministers yesterday after a report criticised her for hindering...

Zuma evading graft report, says opposition 04 Apr 2014 - 05:12 am

CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s main opposition party accused President Jacob Zuma yesterday of trying to “run away” from explaining his role in a...

UK doctors paid $64m by drug companies in 2013 04 Apr 2014 - 05:12 am

LONDON: Doctors in Britain were paid £38.5m ($64m) by drug firms last year, sightly less than 2012, according to new data underscoring the...

US, Algeria vow to cooperate in fight against terrorism 04 Apr 2014 - 05:11 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry waters a tree he planted during a planting ceremony with Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, (centre right),...

South Sudan on verge of famine: UN 04 Apr 2014 - 05:10 am

Displaced women and children standing at their new settlement in Zam Zam camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP), 10km southwest of El Fasher...

Over 1 million Syria refugees in Lebanon 04 Apr 2014 - 05:09 am

Tents housing Syrian refugees in the city of Arsal in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley, near the border with Syria. TRIPOLI, Lebanon: More than a...

Israel scraps Palestinian prisoner release 04 Apr 2014 - 05:09 am

A Palestinian Bedouin looks through the rubble of tents and sheds demolished by the Israeli army yesterday in Al Azariya, on the outskirts...

Turkey lifts Twitter ban after ruling 04 Apr 2014 - 05:07 am

ANKARA: Turkey lifted a much-criticised block on Twitter yesterday, 24 hours after its highest court overturned the ban as a breach of the...

Egypt boosts punishment for terrorist offences 04 Apr 2014 - 05:07 am

CAIRO: Egypt said yesterday that it has boosted punishment for “terrorist” offences and expanded the scope of crimes that fall under that category,...