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Christie’s auction 16 Dec 2013 - 08:37 am

Tyeb Mehta’s Falling Figure (right) and Ram Kumar’s Benaras are displayed during a media preview ahead of Christie’s first auction in India, in...

Winter relief 16 Dec 2013 - 08:36 am

Afghans receive winter assistance from the UN Refugee Agency for the most vulnerable returnees, Internally Displaced Persons and others at risk in the...

Remembering Mandela 16 Dec 2013 - 08:35 am

Pakistani Christians participate in a special service for late South African president Nelson Mandela at the Cathedral Church in Lahore yesterday. Mandela was...

Kerry eases deadline for Afghan deal 16 Dec 2013 - 08:34 am

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday appeared to give Afghan President Hamid Karzai extra time to sign a bilateral security...

India urged to build bridge over Ravi 16 Dec 2013 - 08:33 am

ISLAMABAD: As part of peace efforts to promote cordial relations between the two countries, Pakistan has presented a proposal to India to build...

‘Afghan Taliban not willing to talk’ 16 Dec 2013 - 08:33 am

ISLAMABAD: Despite Pakistan’s efforts to facilitate talks between the Afghan High Peace Council and the Afghan Taliban, the group is unwilling to enter...

Afghan interpreters plead for US visas 16 Dec 2013 - 08:33 am

WASHINGTON: After a five-year wait, Mohammad Janis Shinwari is relieved to be in the United States, safe from the threats of the Taliban....

Kerry in Vietnam 16 Dec 2013 - 08:32 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry talks to students gathered to see him before a speech in Tan An Tay along the Mekong...

Cambodian oppn demands new election 16 Dec 2013 - 08:32 am

PHNOM PENH: Thousands of Cambodian opposition supporters yesterday staged a fresh demonstration against Prime Minister Hun Sen’s hotly disputed July election win, calling...

Thai military offers to help hold ‘fair’ poll 16 Dec 2013 - 08:31 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s military offered yesterday to help the politically polarised country hold a “fair and clean” election next year, suggesting the armed forces...

91pc turnout in Turkmenistan poll 16 Dec 2013 - 08:30 am

ASHGABAT: Turkmenistan reported near-unanimous turnout of 91.3 percent yesterday in the reclusive Central Asian state’s first multiparty elections, which still featured no opposition...

13 more dead in Bangladesh; PM issues warning 16 Dec 2013 - 08:30 am

DHAKA: Thirteen more people were killed yesterday and overnight on Saturday in Bangladesh in continuing protests sparked by the execution of a top...

Philippine typhoon death toll rising by eight daily 16 Dec 2013 - 08:30 am

MANILA: Relief teams are still finding eight to 10 dead bodies a day, more than a month after Super Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the...

China slams Japan PM’s remarks 16 Dec 2013 - 08:30 am

BEIJING: China rejected as “slanderous” a renewed call by Japan’s premier for Beijing to rescind its controversial air defence zone, the latest salvo...

N Korea leader’s aunt unscathed after purge 16 Dec 2013 - 08:29 am

SEOUL: The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un appears unscathed after the shock execution of her powerful husband Jang Song-Thaek, despite strong...

Execution ‘ominous sign’: Kerry 16 Dec 2013 - 08:29 am

WASHINGTON: The execution of the North Korean leader’s uncle is “an ominous sign” raising concerns about instability in a nation pursuing a nuclear...

Clash in China's Xinjiang kills 16 16 Dec 2013 - 08:22 am

BEIJING: Sixteen people were killed in a clash in China's restive far western region of Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic...

22 dead as bus plunges off Philippine highway 16 Dec 2013 - 08:22 am

MANILA: Twenty-two people were killed when a commuter bus plunged from an elevated highway onto a van in Philippine capital Manila on Monday,...