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31 killed in Assam road crash 04 Oct 2013 - 05:31 am

Guwahati: In one of the worst road accidents in Assam this year, 31 people were killed and 16 injured yesterday as a speeding...

Rahul says his words wrong, not sentiment 04 Oct 2013 - 05:31 am

Ahmedabad: A day after the cabinet withdrew a controversial ordinance to save convicted lawmakers from disqualification after Rahul Gandhi trashed it publicly, the...

Four Indians among 10 charged with $200m credit card fraud in US 04 Oct 2013 - 05:31 am

New York: Four Indians are among 10 people charged for alleged participation in one of the largest credit card frauds in the US...

15 killed as rebels clash 04 Oct 2013 - 05:30 am

A Pakistani cameraman takes images of a damaged mosque after an attack by militants from the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan near militant commander Maulvi Nabi...

Taliban commanders refuse to meet ex-leader 04 Oct 2013 - 05:30 am

PESHAWAR: Taliban commanders refused to meet their former chief in Peshawar yesterday because he was accompanied by Pakistani security agents, dealing a blow...

Man who brought Qaeda to Kabul runs for president 04 Oct 2013 - 05:29 am

KABUL: The man said to be responsible for bringing Al Qaeda to Afghanistan announced he was running for president yesterday, a move likely...

Moratorium on death penalty to continue 04 Oct 2013 - 05:29 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has scrapped plans to reinstate the death penalty, the government said yesterday, following threats by Taliban militants to step up attacks...

Sindh bans Internet telephony for 3 months 04 Oct 2013 - 05:29 am

ISLAMABAD: Authorities have banned instant messaging and Internet telephony services, including Skype, Watsapp and Viber, in Sindh for three months for security reasons,...

Lower House panels yet to start work 04 Oct 2013 - 05:29 am

ISLAMABAD: Four months have passed since the National Assembly (the lower house) of Pakistan came into existence, but its standing committees have not...

US, Japan to modernise defence alliance 04 Oct 2013 - 05:28 am

From left: US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel, US Secretary of State John Kerry, Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida...

New leak at crippled Fukushima N-plant 04 Oct 2013 - 05:27 am

TOKYO: A new radioactive water leak has been discovered at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and has flowed into the Pacific Ocean, its...

Nod for Malaysian detention powers 04 Oct 2013 - 05:27 am

KUALA LUMPUR: A controversial Malaysian government move to give authorities power to hold people for years without charge was headed for parliamentary approval...

Chef who slapped Nepal Maoist chief to fight poll 04 Oct 2013 - 05:27 am

KATHMANDU: A disgruntled former Maoist who rose to fame in Nepal after slapping the country’s leading leftwing politician announced plans yesterday to fight...

China’s Xi for talks on South China Sea row 04 Oct 2013 - 05:27 am

JAKARTA: Chinese Presi-dent Xi Jinping showed no sign of bending to Southeast Asian pressure to resolve increasingly irascible territorial disputes over the South...

Moody’s grants Philippines investment-grade status 04 Oct 2013 - 05:25 am

A worker counts pesos in Manila after the country earned its third investment-grade upgrade by Moody’s yesterday. MANILA: The Philippines yesterday completed its...

Deal on wider US role in ‘crucial’ stage 04 Oct 2013 - 05:25 am

MANILA: Discussions over proposals to expand the American military’s presence in the Philippines failed to reach a deal, Filipino officials said yesterday, a...

Plans to impeach Aquino will not succeed, says senator 04 Oct 2013 - 05:25 am

MANILA: Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago believes that an impeachment complaint against President Benigno Aquino III over the controversial Disbursement Acceleration Programme (DAP) will not...

Bidding opens for new $409m warships 04 Oct 2013 - 05:24 am

MANILA: The Department of National Defence (DND) has earmarked P18bn ($409m) for two brand-new frigates for the Philippine Navy and opened the bidding...