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Indonesian soldier, 3 'radicals' killed in Papua shoot-outs 25 Jan 2014 - 09:11 am

JAKARTA: An Indonesian soldier and three armed "radicals" were killed in two related shoot-outs in the country's restive Papua region, an army official...

Apple mulling move into mobile payments: Report 25 Jan 2014 - 08:34 am

NEW YORK: Apple is considering launching a mobile-payments service for its iPhone and iPad, which would compete with major players such as PayPal,...

Walmart lays off 2,300 in cost-cutting move: Report 25 Jan 2014 - 08:34 am

NEW YORK: Walmart will lay off about 2,300 workers at its Sam's Club warehouse unit, The Wall Street Journal said Friday, the latest...

Abe hopes to conclude Japan’s first defence sale in 40 years 25 Jan 2014 - 07:07 am

Activists of Communist Party of India hold placards and posters with the photographs of the Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, as they protest...

Republic Day rehearsal 25 Jan 2014 - 07:06 am

Border Security Force soldiers ride their camels during a rehearsal for the ‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony, as part of the Republic Day celebrations,...

DMK suspends Karunanidhi’s son Alagiri 25 Jan 2014 - 07:05 am

Chennai: The dragging sibling rivalry in the DMK yesterday took a serious turn as it announced the suspension of former union minister M...

Anger in Kashmir as soldiers cleared over killings 25 Jan 2014 - 07:04 am

SRINAGAR: Kashmiri separatists and rights groups yesterday denounced a military court verdict that exonerated five Indian army officers involved in the killing of...

Apex Court orders probe into gang rape 25 Jan 2014 - 07:04 am

KOLKATA: Supreme Court yesterday ordered an investigation into the gang rape of a 20-year-old woman from an eastern tribal region by 13 men...

Shias bury dead after protest 25 Jan 2014 - 07:03 am

Pakistani Shias bury the victims of a bombing in Quetta yesterday. QUETTA: Shias in Pakistan’s troubled southwest yesterday buried the victims of a...

Camel-powered well 25 Jan 2014 - 07:02 am

A youth uses a camel to draw water from a well on the outskirts of Mazar-e-Sharif yesterday. Economic development is considered a vital...

Five Afghan volleyball players shot dead 25 Jan 2014 - 07:00 am

MIHTARLAM: Gunmen shot dead five young Afghan men playing volleyball, officials said yesterday, but Taliban insurgents responsible for much of Afghanistan’s unrest denied...

Pakistan court sentences Briton to death for blasphemy 25 Jan 2014 - 07:00 am

ISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan has sentenced a British man to death for blasphemy for claiming to be a prophet of Islam, a...

Musharraf seeks surgery abroad 25 Jan 2014 - 07:00 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf wants to travel abroad for heart surgery requiring special equipment not available at home, legal sources...

Buses for Shia pilgrims to Iran suspended 25 Jan 2014 - 06:59 am

QUETTA: Pakistan has suspended buses carrying Shia pilgrims from its volatile Baluchistan province to neighbouring Iran due to security concerns after a suicide...

Ukraine president to reshuffle cabinet 25 Jan 2014 - 06:58 am

A woman speaks as she kneels down in front of a line of riot police in the centre of Kiev yesterday. KIEV: President...

30 feared dead in Quebec fire 25 Jan 2014 - 06:57 am

Canadian firefighters douse the burnt remains of a retirement home in L’Isle-Verte. They searched the ashes of the Quebec retirement home that burned...

Poland to look into new allegations about secret CIA jail 25 Jan 2014 - 06:57 am

KRAKOW: Polish prosecutors investigating allegations the CIA ran a secret jail in a Polish forest said yesterday they will look into a newspaper...

London broker shot in the leg during commute 25 Jan 2014 - 06:56 am

LONDON: A broker at interdealer broker RP Martin was shot in the leg at a train station in Essex, east of London, yesterday...