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Kerry to visit Pakistan 07 Jan 2014 - 07:16 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the United States will have the exceptionally-significant Strategic Dialogue in the last week of this month and for the purpose...

Bangla ruling party wins violence-marred polls 07 Jan 2014 - 07:16 am

People wait to board a train during a strike by the 18-party alliance led by Bangladesh Nationalist Party after the parliamentary election in...

Protest in Bangkok 07 Jan 2014 - 07:15 am

Thai protesters hold placards during a rally in a business district of Bangkok yesterday. The demonstrators, who sought to curb the political dominance...

South Korea calls for resumption of family reunions with North 07 Jan 2014 - 07:15 am

SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye called for the resumption of reunions for families separated since the Korean War, saying the programme could...

14 killed in stampede over Beijing food items 07 Jan 2014 - 07:14 am

BEIJING: Fourteen people, some of them children, were killed and 10 injured in a stampede that broke out as food was being distributed...

Philippines to finish bunkhouses by March 07 Jan 2014 - 07:14 am

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday that temporary shelters being built for victims of super Typhoon Haiyan may be completed by March. The Department...

Cambodian police arrest five female land activists 07 Jan 2014 - 07:13 am

PHNOM PENH: Five Cambodian land activists were arrested yesterday in the latest move by the authorities to suppress street protests against the government...

Man survives sea ordeal 07 Jan 2014 - 07:13 am

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese man has miraculously survived a 60-hour ordeal drifting in rough seas off the island’s east coast Tseng Lien-fa was catching...

Abe wants to explain shrine visit to China, South Korea 07 Jan 2014 - 07:13 am

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said yesterday he wanted to meet Chinese and South Korean leaders to explain why he visited a...

President’s gesture 07 Jan 2014 - 07:09 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre) during his meeting with the family of Sergeant Bair Banzaraktsaev, who died during rescue efforts in the summer...

More than 100 flood warnings issued in UK 07 Jan 2014 - 07:08 am

Cardiff: Coastal regions have again been battered by vast waves and strong winds, with renewed rain bringing over 100 flood warnings, as the...

Colombia carnival 07 Jan 2014 - 07:08 am

A float in a parade to celebrate the Blacks and Whites Carnival in Pasto, Colombia, yesterday. The Blacks and Whites Carnival is the...

Jihad Jane gets ten years behind bars 07 Jan 2014 - 07:05 am

PHILADELPHIA: A US judge yesterday sentenced an American woman who called herself Jihad Jane to 10 years in prison — at least a...

Brazil govt to evict illegal intruders 07 Jan 2014 - 07:04 am

SAO PAULO: Brazilian authorities said they are taking steps to remove illegal invaders from the Amazon heartland of the threatened Awa indigenous tribe....

Merkel hurts pelvis in ski accident 07 Jan 2014 - 07:03 am

BERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel was injured in a fall while cross-country skiing in Switzerland, forcing her to stay off her feet and...

Czech parties ink coalition deal 07 Jan 2014 - 07:03 am

PRAGUE: Three Czech parties yesterday signed a coalition deal that should pave the way for a new cabinet months after a bribery and...

Latvia nominates first woman PM 07 Jan 2014 - 07:02 am

RIGA: Latvia is poised to get its first woman prime minister after the country’s president yesterday tasked Laimdota Straujuma with forming a new...

France moves to ban controversial comic 07 Jan 2014 - 07:02 am

PARIS: France moved yesterday to try and ban performances by controversial comic Dieudonne just days before the start of a nationwide tour of...