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Nawaz to take part in Hague’s nuke summit 23 Mar 2014 - 10:39 am

Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will take part in the third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in The Hague from March 24 to...

Karzai urges youth to defy Taliban 23 Mar 2014 - 10:36 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday urged his country’s young people to defy the Taliban in honour of the two young children shot...

Govt conducts census in Kabul 23 Mar 2014 - 10:35 am

KABUL: Afghanistan goes to the polls in less than three weeks’ time, but the new president will have only sketchy information about the...

Road accident kills 35 in Baluchistan 23 Mar 2014 - 10:34 am

QUETTA: A collision between two passenger buses and a petrol tanker killed 35 people in southwest Pakistan yesterday, officials said, with many of...

China spots new possible plane debris 23 Mar 2014 - 10:34 am

A satellite image (left photo) taken on Tuesday of an object spotted in the southern Indian Ocean by the Gaofen-1 high-resolution optical Earth...

Poll campaign in Bali 23 Mar 2014 - 10:33 am

Supporters of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle take part in a campaign rally in Badung, Bali, Indonesia yesterday. Indonesian General Election Commission has...

Taiwan will not withdraw China trade pact: Premier 23 Mar 2014 - 10:29 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Prime Minister Jiang Yi-huah said yesterday the government will not withdraw a contentious trade pact with China, rejecting calls from protesters...

Singapore, Jakarta defuse political row 23 Mar 2014 - 10:29 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore and Indonesia on Friday moved to defuse a fresh diplomatic row over a 1965 bombing in the city-state, after the Indonesian...

Attacks against Hong Kong mediamen ‘serious’: Patten 23 Mar 2014 - 10:29 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s last colonial governor Chris Patten yesterday said a string of attacks on media workers was “profoundly serious,” with fears...

Senator urges deeper probe into fund 23 Mar 2014 - 10:28 am

scam MANILA: Senate Majority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano said yesterday that probing deeper into the P900m Malampaya fund scam may reveal businesswoman Janet...

Ukraine navy at end of rope in Crimea 23 Mar 2014 - 10:08 am

Crimea’s self-defence units members run with a civil couple as they storm the last Ukrainian military base in Belbek, Crimea, yesterday. SEVASTOPOL: The...

Rally against racism 23 Mar 2014 - 10:06 am

A woman stands in front of a placard during a ‘Stand up to Racism and Fascism rally’ in London yesterday.

Rally against racism 23 Mar 2014 - 10:06 am

A woman stands in front of a placard during a ‘Stand up to Racism and Fascism rally’ in London yesterday.

Nigerian police free girls in raid on ‘baby factory’ 23 Mar 2014 - 10:04 am

LAGOS: Nigerian police said yesterday that they had raided a home near Lagos where eight pregnant girls were staying with plans to sell...

Suspect in N Ireland court over 1972 IRA killing 23 Mar 2014 - 10:04 am

LONDON: A man was remanded in custody yesterday over the IRA murder of a Belfast mother more than 40 years ago, one of...

France holds crucial civic elections today 23 Mar 2014 - 10:03 am

PARIS: France holds municipal elections today amid high-voltage tension between the Socialist government, battling record unpopularity, and the main opposition beset by scandal,...

Ivory Coast sends Gbagbo ally to ICC 23 Mar 2014 - 10:03 am

ABIDJAN/AMSTERDAM: Ivory Coast transferred Charles Ble Goude, a youth leader and close ally of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, to the International Criminal Court (ICC)...

US student ‘produced ricin in dorm room’ 23 Mar 2014 - 10:03 am

WASHINGTON: A university student in the United States has been charged with possessing a potentially lethal amount of the powerful toxin ricin, court...