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Committee formed to look after Quaid restoration 13 Oct 2013 - 01:30 am

QUETTA: A three-member committee headed by a former chief secretary, Mirza Qamar Baig, has been constituted to oversee the reconstruction and rehabilitation of...

Epidemics hit quake-affected in Balochistan 13 Oct 2013 - 01:30 am

ISLAMABAD: Hundreds and thousands of poorest of the poor, devastated by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake of September 24, are suffering from various post-quake...

KERRY SYRIA ASSAD PEACE DOVE GENEVA 13 Oct 2013 - 01:20 am

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No cases of MERS virus among pilgrims 13 Oct 2013 - 01:13 am

MAKKAH: Saudi Arabia has so far recorded no cases of the deadly MERS coronavirus among pilgrims in the holy city of Makkah for...

Cattle market 13 Oct 2013 - 01:10 am

Palestinians place a goat in their car at a local cattle market ahead of Eid Al Adha in Ramallah yesterday.

Car bomb explodes in Iraqi city, kills 14 13 Oct 2013 - 01:10 am

SAMARRA: A car bomb exploded in a street lined with shops in the Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday, killing at least 14 people,...

Thousands rally for South Yemen independence 13 Oct 2013 - 01:09 am

ADEN: Thousands of separatists took to the streets yesterday on the anniversary of the 1967 independence of former South Yemen, but deadly gunfire...

Iran’s defiant nuclear expansion raises bar for Geneva talks 13 Oct 2013 - 01:09 am

VIENNA: When the UN Security Council first imposed sanctions on Iran in 2006 to try to make it halt its nuclear activity, the...

Grief, hardship to mark Eid Al Adha in Sudan 13 Oct 2013 - 01:09 am

KHARTOUM: Grieving over deaths during recent protests and struggling with economic hardship, Sudanese say they will face a grim Eid Al Adha next...

Tunisian security forces clash with jihadists 13 Oct 2013 - 01:09 am

KASSERINE: Tunisian security forces and suspected jihadists have clashed near Mount Chaambi, a stronghold near the Algerian border of militants linked to Al...

Long leg of the law 13 Oct 2013 - 12:48 am

Police detain an opposition supporter in Azerbaijani capital Baku, after an opposition rally against alleged electoral violations during the recent presidential election that...

Distress call to EU after another boat sinks 13 Oct 2013 - 12:48 am

ROME: Italy and Malta pressed European partners yesterday to do more to stop a migrant crisis which the Maltese prime minister said was...

AU tells ICC to postpone Kenyatta trial 13 Oct 2013 - 12:47 am

ADDIS ABABA: African nations yesterday demanded the International Criminal Court defer the crimes against humanity trials of Kenya’s leadership, as the country’s president...

Negotiations to end US shutdown falter 13 Oct 2013 - 12:47 am

WASHINGTON: Congressional negotiations to end a US fiscal crisis that has gripped Washington and spooked financial markets hung by a thread yesterday after...

20 killed in Mali boat tragedy 13 Oct 2013 - 12:46 am

BAMAKO: At least 20 people were killed and as many as 170 were unccounted for after a boat overloaded with passengers and goods...

Negotiations to end US shutdown falter 13 Oct 2013 - 12:46 am

WASHINGTON: Congressional negotiations to end a US fiscal crisis that has gripped Washington and spooked financial markets hung by a thread yesterday after...

Snowden warns against perils of spying in first Russian video 13 Oct 2013 - 12:46 am

MOSCOW: US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden warned of dangers to democracy in the first video released of the fugitive since Russia granted him...

At least 49 killed in Peru truck crash 13 Oct 2013 - 12:45 am

LIMA: At least 49 people were killed when a truck careened off a cliff in the southeastern Peru province of La Convencion, the...