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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan insisted yesterday it was still keen to press ahead with a troubled pipeline to bring gas from Iran, despite comments by...

PRAGUE: Relatives of two Czech women kidnapped in Pakistan in March released a new video on Wednesday that showed them asking Czech authorities...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police said yesterday they have arrested 18 suspects over the killing of 10 foreign climbers in the Himalayas in June, but...

London: The UK has pledged over $200m in annual aid to Afghanistan until 2017, presidential palace officials announced. The package was announced by...

Workers shouts slogans during a protest at the Jakarta Industrial Estate yesterday. JAKARTA: Tens of thousands of workers went on strike across Indonesia...

DHAKA: Bangladeshi garment workers yesterday rejected a proposed 50 percent wage rise and there were fears of fresh strikes in the crisis-hit industry...

MANILA: The 148,000-strong Philippine National Police (PNP) is on full alert starting today to secure and maintain solemnity at cemeteries during the observance...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka expelled two Australian media rights activists for violating visa conditions, the information minister said yesterday, a day after they were...

BEIJING: Members of China’s mostly Muslim Uighur minority and overseas groups on Thursday dismissed China’s account of a Tiananmen Square “terrorist attack” as...

BANGKOK: Thailand braced for mass protests yesterday as parliament debated a political amnesty that opponents fear will “whitewash” the past killing of unarmed...

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By Dr Ibrahim B Syed God says in the Quran: Those who believe, and have emigrated, and have struggled in the way of...

Muslims measure the passage of time using the Islamic (hijrah) calendar. This calendar has twelve lunar months, the beginnings and endings of which...

The month of Muharram is one of the sacred months. A Muslim is supposed to gain the advantage of these months so as...

JERUSALEM: Israel is planning to move ahead with another 3,360 new settler homes in the West Bank, Haaretz newspaper reported on Thursday, quoting...

DOHA: Qatar will host the 8th WAFF (Men's) Championship from December 25 to January 7, 2014, officials from Qatar Football Association (QFA) and...

DOHA: US News editors unveiled here Thursday a test version of a directory of more than 800 universities in the Middle East and...

BAGHDAD: Attacks in and north of Baghdad killed six people on Thursday, including three women gunned down in the capital officials said, the...