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Pakistan’s CyberTex honoured in US 29 Oct 2013 - 01:27 am

ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani entrepreneur Iqbal Sheikh showed his mettle abroad when his CyberTex Institute of Technology was honoured at a conference and awards...

Assailant knifes 25 women in Punjab province this month 29 Oct 2013 - 01:26 am

ISLAMABAD: A young man has stabbed at least 25 women this month in a small Pakistani town, police said yesterday, and many women...

Nawaz Sharif to meet Karzai, Cameron in UK 29 Oct 2013 - 01:26 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif yesterday left for a three-day official visit to London where he will attend a trilateral meeting with...

Storm kills eight in Britain and Europe 29 Oct 2013 - 01:23 am

Traffic queues on a main route into London by the towers of London’s financial district Canary Wharf yesterday after a strong storm caused...

UK opens trial on phone-hacking scandal 29 Oct 2013 - 01:22 am

Rebekah Brooks and her husband Charlie, leave after the first day of the phone-hacking trial at the Old Bailey in London yesterday. LONDON:...

New FBI chief 29 Oct 2013 - 01:19 am

US President Barack Obama with new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director James Comey during his installation ceremony at the FBI headquarters in...

Jackson’s doctor released from jail 29 Oct 2013 - 01:18 am

LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson’s former doctor Conrad Murray was released from jail yesterday after serving two years of a four-year sentence for the...

Dozens of migrants die of thirst in Niger 29 Oct 2013 - 01:18 am

NIAMEY: Dozens of Nigerien migrants heading for Algeria died of thirst in the desert south of the Sahara after their vehicle broke down,...

35 bodies in uniform at Nigeria morgue 29 Oct 2013 - 12:45 am

KANO: Thirty-five bodies in military uniform have been brought to a morgue in Nigeria’s restive northeast after a coordinated assault by Boko Haram...

Egypt Islamists turn to campus protests 29 Oct 2013 - 12:44 am

Al Azhar University students, who are members of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi, shout slogans against the...

Three policemen killed in attack in Nile Delta town 29 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

CAIRO: Three Egyptian policemen were killed yesterday when masked men attacked a checkpoint in the Nile Delta city of Mansoura, security sources said....

Saudi Arabia blocking Syria peace talks: Hezbollah chief 29 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

BEIRUT: The head of powerful Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah and key Damascus ally Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah yesterday accused Saudi Arabia of blocking a...

Prospects for peace talks dim 29 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

Damascus: International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi held talks in Damascus yesterday at the end of a Middle East tour to promote a Syrian peace...

Lebanon deploys army in Tripoli after violence 29 Oct 2013 - 12:43 am

TRIPOLI, Lebanon: Lebanon’s army began deploying in the northern city of Tripoli after 14 people were killed and more than 80 wounded in...

Kuwait upholds jail term for Shia tweeter 29 Oct 2013 - 12:36 am

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s court of appeals yesterday upheld a 10-year jail term against a Shia tweeter for remarks deemed offensive to Prophet Mohammed...

BJP slams security as death toll hits six 29 Oct 2013 - 12:34 am

PATNA: India’s opposition slammed security arrangements yesterday after six people were killed by bombs at a rally by their leader Narendra Modi, fuelling...

Singh and Mukherjee call Chandy after injury in convoy attack 29 Oct 2013 - 12:34 am

Thiruvananthapuram: President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday spoke to Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, a day after he was attacked...

Indian Mujahideen co-founder, aide sent to police custody 29 Oct 2013 - 12:33 am

New Delhi: Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal and his aide were sent to 15 days police custody yesterday by a court here, which...