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Soldier kills five colleagues, self 28 Feb 2014 - 06:13 am

Srinagar: A soldier fatally shot dead five of his colleagues and injured another before turning the gun on himself following a heated argument...

Gandhi’s grandson an AAP candidate 28 Feb 2014 - 06:13 am

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) yesterday announced its second list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, and said Mahatma Gandhi’s...

Rally for freedom 28 Feb 2014 - 06:12 am

Pakistani journalists hold placards during a rally in Islamabad yesterday. Dozens staged a rally for the release of journalists, including Al Jazeera scribes,...

Election campaign 28 Feb 2014 - 06:12 am

Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah delivering a speech during an election gathering at the Ghazi stadium in Kabul yesterday.

Pakistan in contact with rebel groups 28 Feb 2014 - 06:11 am

PESHAWAR: Pakistan’s interior minister said yesterday the government was in contact with some militant groups, as talks with the main Taliban faction remained...

Plans to arm Syria rebels denied 28 Feb 2014 - 06:11 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday denied any plans to send weapons to Syrian rebels, amid reports that Saudi Arabia is holding talks with it about...

Nato to plan for all options in Kabul, including ‘zero option’ 28 Feb 2014 - 06:10 am

BRUSSELS: Nato defence ministers agreed yesterday to plan for all options for the alliance’s future presence in Afghanistan, including a possible pullout of...

Shia scholar shot dead 28 Feb 2014 - 06:10 am

KARACHI: Gunmen shot dead a Shia scholar in central Karachi as he travelled on a busy road yesterday, police said, in what appeared...

Plans to arm Syria rebels denied 28 Feb 2014 - 06:10 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday denied any plans to send weapons to Syrian rebels, amid reports that Saudi Arabia is holding talks with it about...

Thai Premier sued for negligence 28 Feb 2014 - 06:09 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s anti-corruption agency weighed charges of negligence against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday as the leader of protests aimed at forcing her...

Gunmen occupy Crimea parliament 28 Feb 2014 - 06:09 am

Pro-Russian demonstrators rally near the Crimean parliament building in Simferopol with a Russian flag raised above them yesterday. SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine: Armed men seized...

US unveils food labels for healthy choice 28 Feb 2014 - 06:08 am

WASHINGTON: In a country where obesity is rampant, First Lady Michelle Obama (pictured) yesterday aimed to make healthy choices easier for consumers by...

Can’t meet all of UK’s wishes, says Merkel 28 Feb 2014 - 06:07 am

LONDON: German Chancellor Angela Merkel told British Prime Minister David Cameron she was not prepared to promise fundamental reform of the European Union...

Carnival may affect anti-Maduro surge 28 Feb 2014 - 06:07 am

CARACAS: Venezuelans began a week-long national holiday yesterday with some protests still simmering but President Nicolas Maduro’s government hoping the break will take...

Brooks admits she sanctioned payments to public officials 28 Feb 2014 - 06:07 am

LONDON: Rebekah Brooks, Rupert Murdoch’s former British newspaper boss, told a London court yesterday she had sanctioned payments to public officials “half a...

Briton charged with hacking US computers 28 Feb 2014 - 06:07 am

NEW YORK: A British man has been charged with hacking into computer servers belonging to the US Federal Reserve, and then widely disclosing...

UK inquiry into IRA immunity letters 28 Feb 2014 - 06:06 am

LONDON: British Prime Minister David Cameron announced yesterday an independent inquiry into letters of immunity sent to IRA suspects after an angry response...

N Korea test-fires four short-range missiles into sea 28 Feb 2014 - 06:06 am

SEOUL: North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles into the sea yesterday, Seoul’s defence ministry said, in an apparent show of force to coincide...