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Saudi announces 56th MERS death 21 Dec 2013 - 10:38 am

RIYADH: The Saudi health ministry announced Saturday a new MERS death, raising to 56 the number of people killed by the coronavirus in...

Two ministers' sons charged in Turkish graft probe 21 Dec 2013 - 10:27 am

ISTANBUL: The sons of the Turkish interior and economy ministers were charged and placed in custody early Saturday in connection with a graft...

Taiwan court suspends trial of ailing ex-president 21 Dec 2013 - 09:20 am

TAIPEI: A Taiwanese court has suspended the trial of former president Chen Shui-bian on the ground that he is suffering from depression, dementia...

US slams China for ‘irresponsible’ behaviour 21 Dec 2013 - 07:23 am

China’s first aircraft carrier, renovated from an old aircraft carrier Beijing had bought from Ukraine in 1998, docked at Dalian Port, in Liaoning...

Four killed in airport attack 21 Dec 2013 - 07:22 am

Investigators work at the crime scene outside Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila yesterday. MANILA: Gunmen opened fire outside Manila international airport yesterday,...

Haiyan to hit coconut oil exports 21 Dec 2013 - 07:21 am

A 15-year-old survivor of Typhoon Haiyan decorates a Christmas tree along a main street in Magallanes town in Tacloban City, central Philippines, yesterday....

Protesters beaten up 21 Dec 2013 - 07:20 am

Police baton-charge social activists and bloggers during a protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in Dhaka on Thursday. Activists protested Pakistan’s reaction over...

Japan’s next defence budget sees biggest rise in 18 years 21 Dec 2013 - 07:19 am

TOKYO: Japan’s defence budget will grow 2.2 percent in the next fiscal year from April, Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera said yesterday, posting the...

Thai protesters resume march 21 Dec 2013 - 07:18 am

BANGKOK: Anti-government protesters resumed marches in Bangkok yesterday, trying to energise supporters in the centre of the Thai capital before a planned mass...

China probes official for discipline violation 21 Dec 2013 - 07:18 am

HONG KONG: A top official in China’s prosperous Guangdong province is being investigated for “serious discipline violations”, which is often a euphemism for...

N Korea warns of ‘merciless’ strike on South 21 Dec 2013 - 07:17 am

SEOUL: North Korea has threatened a “merciless” strike against the South after activists burned effigies of the ruling Kim dynasty on the anniversary...

Dalai Lama’s Norway visit irks China 21 Dec 2013 - 07:16 am

BEIJING/OSLO: China’s Foreign Ministry expressed anger yesterday at plans by the Dalai Lama to visit Norway, a country with which China already has...

Macau cracks down on fliers with ‘amulets’ 21 Dec 2013 - 07:16 am

MANILA: Rising numbers of Philippine visitors are being arrested and deported by Macau for carrying amulets and lucky charms made of bullets, the...

25-day truce with rebels begins 21 Dec 2013 - 07:15 am

MANILA: Philippine President Benigno Aquino yesterday suspended military operations against leftist rebels for 25 days, giving them free passage to visit their homes...

Army used drones in Zamboanga City crisis 21 Dec 2013 - 07:15 am

MANILA: Government forces used drones to conduct spying operations against rogue elements of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) who figured in the...

Rebel factions clash in south 21 Dec 2013 - 07:15 am

MAGUINDANAO: Two factions in the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Milf) have been trading shots in recurring encounters since Wednesday at the border of...

Checks on London theatres 21 Dec 2013 - 07:13 am

Pedestrians pass a police cordon outside the Apollo Theatre in London, yesterday. LONDON: Checks were carried out on all London’s historic theatres yesterday...

Released Putin critic arrives in Germany 21 Dec 2013 - 07:12 am

Former German Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher (right) greets Kremlin opponent Mikhail Khodorkovsky at the General Aviation Terminal in the south of the airport...