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Egypt deports more women activists headed for Gaza 08 Mar 2014 - 01:47 am

CAIRO: Egypt deported yesterday dozens of women activists, who had flown in to Cairo but been barred from entering the country in their...

Mideast drought a threat to global food prices: Experts 08 Mar 2014 - 01:47 am

AMMAN: The Middle East’s driest winter in several decades could pose a threat to global food prices, with local crops depleted and farmers’...

Saudi sentences three militants to death for 2003 bombing 08 Mar 2014 - 01:46 am

RIYADH: A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced three men to death and jailed two others for up to 17 years for their part...

Tymoshenko warns of guerrilla war 08 Mar 2014 - 01:45 am

Russian Navy ships block the entrance to the Crimean port of Sevastopol, yesterday. DUBLIN: Leading Ukrainian politician Yulia Tymoshenko said there was a...

Prince Harry at WE Day UK 08 Mar 2014 - 01:44 am

Britain’s Prince Harry speaks at the WE Day UK event at Wembley Arena in London yesterday. The inaugural WE Day UK event is...

Putin rebuffs Obama as crisis deepens 08 Mar 2014 - 01:43 am

MOSCOW/SIMFEROPOL: President Vladimir Putin rebuffed a warning from US President Barack Obama over Moscow’s military intervention in Crimea, saying yesterday that Russia could...

Part of CAR ‘cleansed’ of Muslims: UN 08 Mar 2014 - 01:43 am

UNITED NATIONS: Most Muslims have been driven out of the western half of conflict-torn Central African Republic, where thousands of civilians risk being...

Suspected Russian spyware Turla targets US, Europe 08 Mar 2014 - 01:43 am

LONDON/BOSTON: A sophisticated piece of spyware has been quietly infecting hundreds of government computers across Europe and the United States in one of...

Global warming to expose millions to malaria 08 Mar 2014 - 01:42 am

PARIS: Global warming will expose millions more people to malaria as parasite-bearing mosquitoes move to higher altitudes, according to new research into the...

Rio mayor to fine himself for dropping trash 08 Mar 2014 - 01:42 am

RIO DE JANEIRO: Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes said he would fine himself after being caught on video appearing to be dropping...

Anwar’s acquittal overturned by court 08 Mar 2014 - 01:41 am

Supporters of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim shout slogans outside the court in Putrajaya yesterday. PUTRAJAYA: A Malaysian court convicted opposition leader Anwar...

Realtor held 08 Mar 2014 - 01:40 am

Philippines real estate mogul Delfin Lee was arrested by police on Thursday after hiding for two years. Lee was charged with defrauding a...

Cambodian boy dies in second bird flu case 08 Mar 2014 - 01:38 am

PHNOM PENH: A three-year-old Cambodian boy has died of bird flu, the health ministry said yesterday, in the country’s second fatality this year....

Two hurt in Bangkok shooting 08 Mar 2014 - 01:38 am

BANGKOK: Two people were wounded in a shooting yesterday at the central Bangkok site of anti-government protests, hours before Thai government officials were...

N Korean official surfaces, belies purge 08 Mar 2014 - 01:38 am

SEOUL: A senior North Korean official, believed to be the No 2 in the country after leader Kim Jong Un, has reappeared in...

Couple to hang for starving maid to death 08 Mar 2014 - 01:37 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian couple was sentenced to hang for starving their Indonesian maid to death, a defence lawyer said yesterday, in the...

Pakistani military ready if talks fail 08 Mar 2014 - 01:37 am

Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif gestures as he speaks during an interview at his office in Islamabad on Thursday. ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s defence minister...

Hazara gathering 08 Mar 2014 - 01:36 am

Hundreds of ethnic Afghan Hazaras took part in an event in Kabul yesterday to commemorate the 19th anniversary of the killing of their...