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K-pop star Rain to hold first concert in Japan 08 Oct 2013 - 08:14 am

SEOUL: South Korean pop icon Rain will visit Japan next month for his first concert tour after being released from military service, his...

Malala relives horror of Taliban shooting in autobiography 08 Oct 2013 - 08:13 am

LONDON: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai tells of the moment she was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education in her new...

Search is on for new Pakistan army chief 08 Oct 2013 - 08:12 am

ISLAMABAD: Five months on from a successful transition of power after general elections, Pakistan is poised to make a decision of arguably even...

Over 4 million hit by typhoon Fitow 08 Oct 2013 - 04:53 am

Residents ride through a flooded street in Cangnan county of Wenzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province, yesterday. BEIJING: Typhoon Fitow, which barrelled into China’s...

Diamond fetches record $30.6m at HK auction 08 Oct 2013 - 04:52 am

HONG KONG: A 118.28-carat white diamond broke a world record yesterday when it fetched $30.6m at a auction here. The sparkling translucent stone...

Uproar in Malaysia over lawmaker’s remark 08 Oct 2013 - 04:52 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Outrage was growing in Malaysia yesterday over a call by a security minister for police to “shoot first” when faced with...

TV network set on fire amid Maldives crisis 08 Oct 2013 - 04:52 am

COLOMBO: Unidentified attackers set fire to the main pro-opposition television network in the Maldives yesterday ahead of a crucial court ruling on whether...

16 killed in Thai accident 08 Oct 2013 - 04:52 am

BANGKOK: A pregnant woman was among 16 people killed when the truck they were travelling in slammed into a tree in northeastern Thailand,...

N Korea slams new South-US pact against nuclear attack 08 Oct 2013 - 04:52 am

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday lashed out at a new military pact between the South and the US aimed at guarding against potential nuclear...

Wigneswaran CM of Lanka’s northern province 08 Oct 2013 - 04:51 am

Colombo: Former Supreme Court judge C V Wigneswaran was yesterday sworn-in the first chief minister of Sri Lanka’s northern province, most of which...

Philippines defends allies in sea row 08 Oct 2013 - 04:50 am

President Benigno Aquino III (left) is welcomed by his Indonesian counterpart Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as he arrives for the APEC Summit in Nusa...

New law on animal welfare amid ‘crush video’ anger 08 Oct 2013 - 04:50 am

MANILA: The Philippines has approved a law increasing penalties for cruelty to animals, the presidential palace said yesterday amid a social media outcry...

HK scribes lose credentials after shouting at Aquino 08 Oct 2013 - 04:50 am

NUSA DUA, Indonesia: APEC host Indonesia yesterday denied stifling press freedom after withdrawing the credentials of nine Hong Kong journalists for shouting questions...

Palace defends legal officer’s promotion 08 Oct 2013 - 04:50 am

MANILA: Malacañang yesterday defended the appointment of Customs Deputy Commissioner Agaton Teodoro Uvero, who allegedly acted as a lawyer for Coca Cola on...

Over 18,000 hit by heavy downpour 08 Oct 2013 - 04:49 am

MANILA: More than 18,000 people have been affected by the incessant rains resulting in massive flooding and landslides in four regions in Mindanao,...

Blast kills two polio workers in Peshawar 08 Oct 2013 - 04:48 am

PESHAWAR: A Taliban bomb that exploded yesterday near a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s volatile northwestern city of Peshawar killed two people, police...

Controversial candidates stir poll chaos fears 08 Oct 2013 - 04:48 am

KABUL: A long list of controversial candidates for Afghanistan’s 2014 election raised concerns yesterday of a repeat of the chaotic last presidential poll...

107 militants die in Afghan army raids 08 Oct 2013 - 04:47 am

Kabul: A total of 107 Taliban militants were killed and many detained in the past one week across the country, the Interior Ministry...