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Car bomb at Swedish consulate in Libya 11 Oct 2013 - 01:55 pm

BENGHAZI: A car bomb exploded outside the Swedish consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday, damaging the building's front and...

Pakistan, US sign an agreement to build Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower dam 11 Oct 2013 - 01:54 pm

WASHINGTON: Pakistan and the United States signed an agreement to build Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower dam in Pakistan. During the signing ceremony held here on...

Philippine firm buys Del Monte's US food business for $1.675bn 11 Oct 2013 - 01:38 pm

MANILA: A Philippine company said Friday it is acquiring the consumer food business of US-based Del Monte Foods for $1.675 billion in one...

Prudence mixes with fatalism over MERS at hajj 11 Oct 2013 - 01:37 pm

MECCA: Mohammed Shuaib wears a mask as he walks amid a flood of Muslims arriving for the hajj, but his wariness about the...

Sony boss says no acrimony with hedge fund billionaire 11 Oct 2013 - 01:21 pm

TOKYO: Sony's chief executive on Friday brushed off suggestions of bitter relations with a US hedge fund boss after the company rejected his...

Court remands Pakistan's Musharraf for 14 days 11 Oct 2013 - 01:02 pm

ISLAMABAD: A court in Pakistan on Friday ordered former military ruler Pervez Musharraf to be held for 14 days over a 2007 raid...

BMW ditches strike prone S.Africa for new car 11 Oct 2013 - 12:51 pm

JOHANNESBURG: German automaker BMW has confirmed that labour instability in South Africa has cost the country a chance of producing a new car...

Miss Universe apologises to India over Taj photoshoot 11 Oct 2013 - 10:42 am

NEW DELHI: Organisers of Miss Universe extended their "deepest apologies" to India over a photo shoot at the Taj Mahal that triggered a...

WHO launches drive against mercury thermometers 11 Oct 2013 - 09:39 am

GENEVA: The World Health Organization and campaigners launched a drive Friday to try to wipe out mercury in medical thermometers, a day after...

Malayasia and UAE tie up to boost economic ties, Islamic finance 11 Oct 2013 - 09:34 am

KUALA LUMPUR: The central banks of Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates signed a pact on Friday to foster closer economic ties between...

Rebels kill five Iranian elite troops 11 Oct 2013 - 09:34 am

TEHRAN: Rebels killed five members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard in a clash Thursday in the Kurdish Baneh region in the northwest, media...

Malala wants to be PM, says Nobel would be 'great honor' 11 Oct 2013 - 09:32 am

Malala Yousafzai appears before photographers with her father Ziauddin Yousafzai (L), before an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour (R), on October 10, 2013...

Tokyo stocks close up 1.48pc 11 Oct 2013 - 09:15 am

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks rose 1.48 percent Friday on growing optimism that talks between President Barack Obama and Republicans will finally break a US...

Syria rebels executed 67 Alawite villagers 11 Oct 2013 - 09:06 am

BEIRUT: Rebel groups executed at least 67 civilians and took hostage 200 others from Alawite villages in Syria in August, Human Rights Watch...

Fire at Japan hospital kills 10, injures several more 11 Oct 2013 - 08:57 am

TOKYO: At least ten people were killed as a fire ripped through a hospital in southwestern Japan on Friday, police said, with elderly...

Westpac buys Lloyds' Australian assets for $1.37bn 11 Oct 2013 - 08:45 am

File photo taken on May 4, 2011, shows Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly during a press conference in Sydney. SYDNEY: Banking giant Westpac...

Toyota unveils cars with auto pilot 11 Oct 2013 - 08:24 am

TOKYO: Toyota on Friday unveiled the next generation of cars featuring an auto pilot system that will swerve to avoid collisions and also...

Hyundai wins $850m order for LNG carriers 11 Oct 2013 - 08:22 am

SEOUL: South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries said Friday it has secured a $850 million order to build four LNG carriers for Malaysian oil...