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Pakistan: Drones killed 400 civilians so far 20 Oct 2013 - 01:25 am

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan has confirmed that of some 2,200 people killed by drone strikes in the past decade, at least 400 were civilians...

Afghan assembly to decide on US pact 20 Oct 2013 - 01:25 am

KABUL: About 3,000 Afghan tribal elders and civil leaders will gather in Kabul next month to decide whether to support a deal allowing...

Islamabad says civilian killed by Indian army 20 Oct 2013 - 01:24 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accused Indian troops of killing a civilian and wounding two others in “unprovoked firing” across the border yesterday as New Delhi...

Plea to assist jobseekers 20 Oct 2013 - 01:24 am

ISLAMABAD: The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has asked the Sindh province government to strengthen the system of employment exchanges in the province so...

Blast near Damascus as envoy pushes peace 20 Oct 2013 - 01:21 am

Lebanese Shia pilgrims kidnapped by Syrian rebels (back right), wait to board a Qatar Airways aeroplane to Beirut, after their release at the...

Hamas denies taking part in Egypt-Syria fighting 20 Oct 2013 - 01:19 am

GAZA CITY: The Gaza Strip’s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniyah yesterday denied reports that his Islamist militant group was involved in fighting in...

Suspected polio cases found in Syria after 14 years: WHO 20 Oct 2013 - 12:58 am

LONDON: Two suspected cases of polio have been detected in Syria, the first appearance of the incurable viral disease there in 14 years,...

Hope to save man who survived botched hanging 20 Oct 2013 - 12:58 am

Tehran: Hopes have been raised for the life of the Iranian man who survived a hanging only to be condemned to be re-executed,...

Nine ‘terrorists’ killed, bombs seized: Tunisia 20 Oct 2013 - 12:57 am

TUNIS: Tunisian forces killed nine “terrorists” and seized explosives west of the capital in an area previously spared from Islamist militancy but where...

Anti-austerity protest in Rome 20 Oct 2013 - 12:55 am

A man wearing a Guy Fawkes mask faces policemen during clashes on the sidelines of an anti-austerity protest in Rome yesterday.

Court bans Berlusconi from politics 20 Oct 2013 - 12:55 am

ROME: An Italian court ordered Silvio Berlusconi barred from parliament and elections for two years yesterday, in the latest twist in the legal...

FBI probing lasers targeting aircraft in New York 20 Oct 2013 - 12:54 am

NEW YORK CITY: The US Federal Bureau of Investigations says its antiterrorism unit is investigating lasers that have increasingly been targeting commercial aeroplanes...

Congo rebels expect peace talks breakthrough 20 Oct 2013 - 12:53 am

KINSHASA: Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said yesterday they are heading toward “major breakthroughs” with the Kinshasa government in peace...

Independent Scotland’s first poll in 2016 20 Oct 2013 - 12:53 am

EDINBURGH: Scotland will hold its first elections for an independent parliament in 2016 if voters opt to leave the United Kingdom in a...

British police release man after terror probe 20 Oct 2013 - 12:52 am

LONDON: British police said yesterday they had released one of four men arrested during a dramatic counter-terrorism operation in London a week ago....

Roma girl can come back: Hollande 20 Oct 2013 - 12:52 am

PARIS: French President Francois Hollande said yesterday a Roma schoolgirl whose controversial deportation sparked mass student protests would be allowed to come back,...

Pope to auction his Harley for charity 20 Oct 2013 - 12:27 am

Harley-Davidson riders parade in Via della Conciliazione leading to St Peter’s Square during a Mass celebrated by Pope Francis, at the Vatican. ROME:...

No, a giant asteroid is not about to hit Earth: Nasa 20 Oct 2013 - 12:26 am

Washington: Nasa has gone out of its way to reassure the public that reports of a massive asteroid headed toward Earth are greatly...