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Fishermen’s corpses fall victim to rivalry 26 Jan 2014 - 05:08 am

KARACHI: Not only is the tit-for-tat game between Pakistan and India to arrest fishermen continuing, it is also now taking an inhuman turn....

Pakistan’s first development journal launched 26 Jan 2014 - 05:08 am

PAKISTAN: A group of panellists came together to address emerging challenges of local governance at the launch of Pakistan’s first development magazine yesterday...

Thailand govt vows to end protest 26 Jan 2014 - 05:08 am

A Thai district office worker puts a namelist of candidates for the advance voting in a general election at a polling station in...

Philippines, Muslim rebels only a step away from final peace accord 26 Jan 2014 - 05:07 am

KUALA LUMPUR: The Philippine government yesterday agreed the final chapter of peace talks with the country’s largest Muslim separatist group, clearing the last...

Falling branch kills endangered eagle 26 Jan 2014 - 05:06 am

MANILA: A rare Philippine eagle, whose species is on the brink of extinction, was killed inside a conservation group’s breeding centre when a...

Twelve dead in fresh violence in China 26 Jan 2014 - 05:06 am

BEIJING: Chinese police shot dead six people during a “terrorist” attack in the restive western region of Xinjiang and six more died when...

6.1-magnitude quake hits Indonesia’s Java: USGS 26 Jan 2014 - 05:06 am

JAKARTA: A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia’s main island of Java yesterday, the US Geological Survey reported, sending panicked residents running from their...

Tokyo defends dolphin hunting as tradition 26 Jan 2014 - 05:05 am

TOKYO: Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has defended Japan’s dolphin hunting and asked the world to understand that the controversial tradition is part...

Sri Lanka looks for 30,000 army deserters 26 Jan 2014 - 05:05 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s security authorities are searching for 30,000 army deserters nearly five years after ending a decades-long separatist war with Tamil Tiger...

Yanukovich offers PM’s post to opposition 26 Jan 2014 - 04:50 am

A protester prepares to throw a Molotov cocktail during an anti-government protest in downtown Kiev, Ukraine, yesterday. KIEV: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich yesterday...

Bridge-building 26 Jan 2014 - 04:48 am

Colombia’s Foreign Minister Maria Angela Holguin (second left) and her Venezuelan counterpart Elias Jaua (third left) lay the first stone to start construction...

French president, first lady separate 26 Jan 2014 - 04:48 am

Paris: French President Francois Hollande announced his separation from first lady Valerie Trierweiler yesterday following a media storm over allegations he is having...

CAR president names new prime minister 26 Jan 2014 - 04:47 am

BANGUI: Central African Republic’s new interim President Catherine Samba-Panza has named Andre Nzapayeke, a former official of the African Development Bank, as prime...

German eurosceptic party launches election campaign 26 Jan 2014 - 04:47 am

ASCHAFFENBURG: Germany’s new eurosceptic party launched its campaign for the European parliament elections yesterday with an attack on European Union federalism and defence...

Madagascar’s president takes over, blast injures many 26 Jan 2014 - 04:47 am

ANTANANARIVO: Madagascar’s new president Hery Rajaonarimampianina, who won the first elections since a coup in 2009, took office yesterday but his inauguration was...

29 killed as Egypt marks 2011 uprising 26 Jan 2014 - 04:38 am

Anti-government protesters and members of the Muslim Brotherhood throw stones and glass during clashes with supporters of Egypt’s army and police on Ramsis...

Five Egyptian diplomats abducted in Libya 26 Jan 2014 - 04:36 am

Security in front of the Egyptian embassy in Tripoli yesterday. TRIPOLI: Four Egyptian diplomatic staff were snatched in Tripoli yesterday, including the cultural...

Yemen dialogue concludes 26 Jan 2014 - 04:35 am

SANAA: Yemenis concluded a national dialogue yesterday aimed at drafting a new constitution and establishing a federal state in an impoverished country gripped...