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Kerry plays down tension with China 18 Dec 2013 - 07:18 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry gets a thumbs up from a US Embassy employee after she corrected his pronunciation of a few...

North Korean leader Kim’s aunt absent from state memorial rites 18 Dec 2013 - 07:17 am

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's aunt was absent from a state memorial ceremony yesterday raising questions about her influence days after...

Miss International 2013 18 Dec 2013 - 07:16 am

Miss Philippines Bea Rose Santiago is crowned by 2008 Miss Spain and Miss International Alejandra Andreu after winning the title of the 2013...

Taiwan asks Switzerland to return $340m 18 Dec 2013 - 07:16 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan has formally asked Switzerland to return $340m in alleged ill-gotten funds. Taiwan signed a $2.8bn deal to buy six Lafayette-class frigates...

Mourning for Haiyan victims ends 18 Dec 2013 - 07:15 am

TACLOBAN: Survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan gathered in Tacloban to pray while a priest sprinkled holy water on their ruined homes yesterday in...

Singapore to deport Asian workers involved in riot 18 Dec 2013 - 07:15 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore said yesterday it will deport 53 South Asian workers and pursue criminal charges against 28 others for involvement in the city-state’s...

Karachi drone protest 18 Dec 2013 - 07:14 am

Supporters of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) political party shout slogans during a protest against US drone strikes in Karachi yesterday. The PTI, which leads...

Cameron under fire for Afghan mission remark 18 Dec 2013 - 07:14 am

Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron speaks to British soldiers at Camp Bastion, outside Lashkar Gah, in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Monday....

Six Nato soldiers killed in Kabul copter crash 18 Dec 2013 - 07:13 am

KABUL: Six soldiers from the US-led Nato mission fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash yesterday, with Nato officials...

Pakistan rules out army action against Taliban 18 Dec 2013 - 07:13 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan ruled out military action against the Taliban yesterday and promised to pursue peace only through talks, but the insurgents immediately rejected...

Police foil attack on polio vaccination team 18 Dec 2013 - 07:12 am

KARACHI: Police aborted a militant attack on a polio vaccination team in Pakistan yesterday, killing one rebel and arresting another in the port...

Bomb blast kills two Sunni Muslims in Kurram 18 Dec 2013 - 07:12 am

PESHAWAR: A bomb yesterday killed two Sunni Muslims and wounded two others in a restive Pakistani tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said. The...

US scholarship for Pakistani students 18 Dec 2013 - 07:12 am

ISLAMABAD: The US government will launch second phase of its ‘merit and needs based scholarship programme’ which will benefit 3,000 deserving but financially...

Security barriers removed at US embassy 18 Dec 2013 - 07:11 am

A bulldozer removes the security barriers in front of the US embassy in New Delhi yesterday. NEW DELHI: Indian authorities removed concrete security...

Ropes on the slope 18 Dec 2013 - 07:10 am

Workers spray paint over the structure of Mahatma Mandir (temple), a convention-cum-exhibition centre and a memorial that is under construction at Gandhinagar, in...

Rajya Sabha passes anti-graft bill 18 Dec 2013 - 07:08 am

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha yesterday finally passed the much delayed Lokpal bill, paving the way for setting up an ombudsman to battle...

LeT operative arrested in Haryana 18 Dec 2013 - 07:07 am

New Delhi: A suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative, arrested from Haryana, was yesterday sent to five days in police custody by a Delhi court....

Eat less, never think you are old: Advani 18 Dec 2013 - 07:07 am

New Delhi: Hear your inner voice, eat less and never think you are old, is what Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran L K...