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Gandhi 'bombshell' stirs doubts over Indian PM's future 28 Sep 2013 - 12:11 pm

NEW DELHI: Ruling Congress party scion Rahul Gandhi's rejection of a government decree to protect convicted lawmakers has "dropped a bomb" on India's...

6.8-magnitude quake hits shattered Pakistan region: USGS 28 Sep 2013 - 12:06 pm

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake hit southwest Pakistan Saturday in a region already devastated by a quake which left more than 300 dead...

Cypriot Energy Minister meets Qatari ambassador 28 Sep 2013 - 10:31 am

NICOSIA: Cypriot Minister of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism Yiorgos Lakkotrypis met with HE Qatar's Ambassador to Cyprus Hussein bin Ahmad Al-Humaid. Talks...

Gunmen kill 4 in Sudan protests 28 Sep 2013 - 09:58 am

KHARTOUM: Gunmen have killed four Sudanese during mostly peaceful protests, the police said on Saturday, as thousands prepared to bury one victim and...

Qatar participates in 21st meeting of GCC Information Ministers 28 Sep 2013 - 09:57 am

DOHA: Qatar Foundation for Media takes part in the 21st meeting of GCC Information Ministers due to be held in Bahrain on Tuesday....

Philippines says all hostages in southern city free 28 Sep 2013 - 09:20 am

MANILA: Philippine officials said Saturday they believed that all hostages held by Muslim gunmen during a nearly three-week battle in a city in...

Syria peace conference slated for mid-November 28 Sep 2013 - 09:16 am

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced Friday that long-sought peace talks aimed at bringing a political transition to Syria are tentatively...

Death toll rises to 25 in Mumbai building collapse 28 Sep 2013 - 09:12 am

NEW DELHI: The death toll rose to 25 in the collapse of an apartment building in India's financial hub of Mumbai as rescuers...

White House offers over $300m for bankrupt Detroit 28 Sep 2013 - 07:48 am

WASHINGTON: The White House offered more than $300 million in aid and support to bankrupt Detroit on Friday, as the crumbling, bankrupt Midwestern...

Sharif: India-Pakistan arms race ‘massive waste’ 28 Sep 2013 - 04:49 am

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York yesterday. UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan and...

Karzai calls China ‘anchor of stability’ 28 Sep 2013 - 04:48 am

Afghan President Hamid Karzai (left) with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing yesterday. BEIJING: Afghan President...

18 killed in Peshawar bus blast 28 Sep 2013 - 04:48 am

PESHAWAR: A powerful bomb tore through a bus carrying government workers in restive northwest Pakistan yesterday, killing at least 18 people, officials said. ...

Quake toll 515, militants hamper aid efforts 28 Sep 2013 - 04:48 am

ARAWAN: The death toll from an earthquake in southwestern Pakistan has reached 515, a provincial official said yesterday, as insurgent attacks threaten relief...

UK to host Nato meet on Afghanistan 28 Sep 2013 - 04:47 am

LONDON: Britain announced yesterday it will host next year’s Nato summit with leaders of the military alliance expected to focus on Afghanistan as...

Islamabad delays action on Taliban peace treaty 28 Sep 2013 - 04:47 am

ISLAMABAD: About three weeks have passed since the unanimously passed resolution at a Pakistan government-sponsored all parties’ conference (APC), but the government has...

Parties inch closer to local polls 28 Sep 2013 - 04:47 am

ISLAMABAD: After resisting local elections for four years despite constant pushing, shoving and hammering by the superior courts, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-N...

Police convoy ambushed in Thailand 28 Sep 2013 - 04:41 am

Members of the security forces take cover behind a car after a police convoy was ambushed by separatist militants, injuring three policemen, in...

Asylum boat sinks off Indonesia 28 Sep 2013 - 04:41 am

JAKARTA: At least 22 people, mostly children, drowned and scores are missing after an Australia-bound boat carrying Middle Eastern asylum-seekers sank off Indonesia...