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Bomb blast hits bus in Cairo, 4 injured 26 Dec 2013 - 12:48 pm

CAIRO: A bomb blast hit a bus in Cairo's Nasr City district on Thursday, injuring four people, a spokesman for Egypt's interior ministry...

Emir meets UAE ambassador 26 Dec 2013 - 12:31 pm

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani met at Tharb Palace this morning with HE UAE Ambassador to Qatar Juma...

Expenses 26 Dec 2013 - 11:55 am

China to triple compensation for parents losing only child 26 Dec 2013 - 11:55 am

BEIJING: China is to more than triple the amount of compensation that some parents get if their only child dies, the health and...

Al Mahmoud meets Burkina Faso's FM 26 Dec 2013 - 11:45 am

DOHA: HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Ahmed bin Abdullah Al Mahmoud met here today with Minister of...

Wave lash 26 Dec 2013 - 10:49 am

Flooding in Maidstone, Kent after the Medway river burst its banks in the early hours of yesterday morning.

Outrage in Ukraine after brutal attack on opposition reporter 26 Dec 2013 - 10:43 am

A man holds a portrait depicting Ukrainian journalist Tetyana Chornovil during a protest in front of the Interior Ministry building in Kiev, yesterday. ...

Russia’s apex court to review Khodorkovsky convictions 26 Dec 2013 - 10:41 am

MOSCOW: Russia’s Supreme Court yesterday said it will review two convictions against former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky, including a ruling the Kremlin critic...

Obama lauds returning troops in holiday address 26 Dec 2013 - 10:41 am

HONOLULU: President Barack Obama lauded the “service and sacrifice” of US troops and military families in a holiday radio and Internet address yesterday,...

French tanks deployed at Bangui airport 26 Dec 2013 - 10:41 am

BANGUI: Around a dozen French tanks were deployed yesterday at Bangui’s airport as intense gunfire in adjoining neighbourhoods sowed panic among residents. The...

Rain pelts Philippine disaster zone 26 Dec 2013 - 10:40 am

A member of Clowns Without Borders performs in front of young survivors of super typhoon Haiyan as part of recovery work by Plan...

Fans mark Mao’s birthday 26 Dec 2013 - 10:39 am

Two Chinese paramilitary policemen in front of the statue of former leader Mao Zedong in Shaoshan, Mao’s hometown, in south China’s Hunan province,...

Nepal extends deadline for Maoists to name lawmakers 26 Dec 2013 - 10:38 am

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s election commission yesterday gave the former ruling Maoists a five-day extension to propose members of a new parliament, a day after...

Protest-hit Thai PM proposes national reform council 26 Dec 2013 - 10:37 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s prime minister proposed a “national reform council” yesterday to seek a way out of the political crisis gripping the kingdom, following...

Filipino minister to resign over broken power promise 26 Dec 2013 - 10:37 am

MANILA: The Philippines’ energy minister intends to resign after failing to keep a promise to restore electricity to all typhoon-ravaged areas by Christmas...

Jinnah’s 137th birthday 26 Dec 2013 - 10:37 am

Cadets from Pakistan Military Academy march during the guard mounting ceremony at the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi yesterday. A contingent...

Nato Christmas meal 26 Dec 2013 - 10:36 am

US and Nato soldiers of International Security Assistance Force have a special meal to celebrate Christmas at their military base in Kabul, Afghanistan,...

Rockets land in Kabul US mission compound 26 Dec 2013 - 10:35 am

KABUL: Two Taliban rockets landed inside the US embassy compound in Kabul early yesterday, causing no casualties but underlining Afghanistan’s continuing security problems...