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Supreme Court halts potential blackout in Delhi power row 08 Feb 2014 - 02:16 am

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court yesterday ordered state-run power producer NTPC Ltd to continue supplying power to distribution companies in the capital, New Delhi,...

Arms makers left frustrated as country awaits elections 08 Feb 2014 - 02:16 am

NEW DELHI: Global arms makers gathered in New Delhi for India’s biggest defence show face further frustrating delays as they await a new...

Hindu activists burn magazine over interview 08 Feb 2014 - 02:15 am

NEW DELHI: Protesters burned copies of a magazine yesterday in protest at an article that linked a string of deadly attacks on Muslims...

Hindu activists burn magazine over interview 08 Feb 2014 - 12:35 am

NEW DELHI: Protesters burned copies of a magazine yesterday in protest at an article that linked a string of deadly attacks on Muslims...

Lufthansa names Carsten Spohr as new chief executive 07 Feb 2014 - 02:30 pm

FRANKFURT: Lufthansa, Germany's number one airline, named Carsten Spohr, currently head of its passenger business, to take over as its new chief executive...

Iraq attacks kills nine including election candidate 07 Feb 2014 - 01:20 pm

BAGHDAD: Attacks in Baghdad and north of the capital killed nine people on Friday, including a supporter of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr...

India's top court halts potential blackout in Delhi power row 07 Feb 2014 - 01:01 pm

NEW DELHI: India's Supreme Court on Friday ordered state-run power producer NTPC Ltd to continue supplying power to distribution companies in the capital,...

UN to evacuate Homs civilians Friday, deliver aid Saturday 07 Feb 2014 - 01:01 pm

BEIRUT: A promised aid delivery to besieged rebel-held areas of Homs will not take place until Saturday after an evacuation of civilians on...

Storm cuts power to 55,000 homes in France 07 Feb 2014 - 01:00 pm

PARIS: A storm cut electricity to some 55,000 homes in north and northwest France, power distributor ERDF said on Friday. Around 8 am,...

Pakistan treason court summons Musharraf on February 18 07 Feb 2014 - 01:00 pm

ISLAMABAD: A court trying Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf for treason Friday ordered him to appear on February 18, the latest postponement...

Two Egypt bombs wound four officers 07 Feb 2014 - 12:37 pm

CAIRO: Four Egyptian policemen were wounded in a bomb attack on a bridge in the capital on Friday, the interior ministry said. The...

Floods: UK deploys Royal Marines 07 Feb 2014 - 09:33 am

LONDON: Britain deployed Royal Marines yesterday to help with devastating floods after what officials said was likely the worst spell of winter rainfall...

Thousands without power in US Northeast 07 Feb 2014 - 09:32 am

Pedestrians walk on the main street during a snow storm in Rochester, New York. NEW YORK: Utility crews yesterday worked to restore power...

France crushes illegal ivory haul 07 Feb 2014 - 09:31 am

Around three tonnes of illegal ivory seized by French customs agents are pulverized into dust as part of Europe’s first destruction of a...

Protest in Sarajevo 07 Feb 2014 - 09:30 am

Police stand in front of anti-government protesters in Sarajevo yesterday. Hundreds of people turned out in solidarity with teenagers throwing eggs and stones...

Yanukovich to hold talks with Putin in Sochi 07 Feb 2014 - 09:29 am

KIEV: Ukraine’s embattled president, Viktor Yanukovich, found himself squeezed between mounting pressure by the United States and Russia yesterday as the former cold...

Eight dead in South Africa mine blaze 07 Feb 2014 - 09:29 am

DOORNKOP: Eight workers have been found dead deep inside a burning South African gold mine, their union said yesterday, as rescuers raced to...

France likely to extend mission in CAR 07 Feb 2014 - 09:29 am

PARIS/BANGUI: French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said yesterday that the United Nations would probably have to renew a mandate for French troops...