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Thousands demonstrate in Bahrain 28 Sep 2013 - 12:58 am

Bahraini women wave national flags and hold up a banner reading in Arabic ‘No legitimacy’ as they take part in an anti-government protest...

Khartoum offices of Al Arabiya and Sky News Arabia closed down 28 Sep 2013 - 12:58 am

DUBAI: Sudan shut down the Khartoum offices of pan-Arab satellite channels Al Arabiya and Sky News Arabia yesterday, the networks said. Al Arabiya...

Egypt’s Nour party rejects changes to constitution 28 Sep 2013 - 12:57 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s second biggest Islamist party, Nour, yesterday rejected proposed changes to the constitution that would outlaw parties founded on religious grounds, and...

13 killed in attacks across Iraq 28 Sep 2013 - 12:42 am

BAGHDAD: Two bombs exploded near Sunni mosques in the Iraqi capital as worshippers left after Friday prayers, killing six people, while seven more...

Half of UK pilots fall asleep in cockpit 28 Sep 2013 - 12:31 am

LONDON: More than half of British airline pilots say they have fallen asleep in the cockpit, a survey said, ahead of an EU...

Panasonic sells health unit to US buyout firm for $1.67bn 27 Sep 2013 - 02:54 pm

TOKYO: Panasonic said Friday it was selling a majority stake in its health unit to US buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) for...

Vestas forms offshore wind venture with Mitsubishi 27 Sep 2013 - 02:53 pm

COPENHAGEN: Danish wind turbine maker Vestas said on Friday it has formed a joint venture with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to shore up...

20 dead as asylum-seeker boat sinks off Indonesia 27 Sep 2013 - 02:52 pm

JAKARTA: At least 20 people, mostly children, have drowned and many are missing after an Australia-bound boat carrying Middle Eastern asylum-seekers sank off...

Five police die in restive Thai south 27 Sep 2013 - 02:45 pm

NARATHIWAT: Five police officers racing to the scene of an ambush in southern Thailand were killed Friday when their car crashed after hitting...

Philippine troops rescue last hostages, kill 15 rebels 27 Sep 2013 - 01:56 pm

MANILA: Philippine forces said on Friday they had rescued the last civilians held by Muslim rebels on a southern island after nearly three...

Volkswagen to de-list from London Stock Exchange 27 Sep 2013 - 01:36 pm

FRANKFURT: German auto giant Volkswagen announced Friday that it plans to withdraw its shares from trading on the London Stock Exchange from late...

Syria chemical inspections to start by Tuesday: watchdog draft 27 Sep 2013 - 01:30 pm

THE HAGUE: Inspection of Syrian chemical weapons sites with a view to their destruction must start by Tuesday, says a draft decision to...

Taiwan's HTC sells back Beats stake 27 Sep 2013 - 01:28 pm

TAIPEI: Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC said Friday it has agreed to sell its remaining 24.84 percent stake in US headphone maker Beats...

Linde names former BASF man as new CEO 27 Sep 2013 - 01:22 pm

FRANKFURT: German industrial gases giant Linde said Friday that Wolfgang Buechele, currently head of Finnish group Kemira and a long-time manager at BASF,...

Bahrain and Belgium sign MoU 27 Sep 2013 - 12:18 pm

NEW YORK: Bahraini Foreign Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Khalifa met Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Didier Reynders on...

First diesel from Saudi Arabia's Jubail to load early October 27 Sep 2013 - 12:11 pm

SINGAPORE: Saudi Arabia's new 400,000 barrels-per-day Jubail refinery will likely load its first diesel cargo in early October, industry sources said on Friday,...

Minibus crash kills 20 in northern India 27 Sep 2013 - 12:05 pm

SHIMLA: A minibus swerved off a mountain road into a deep gorge in northern India killing 20 passengers on Friday, police said. A...

Bus bomb kills at least 17 in Pakistan's Peshawar 27 Sep 2013 - 12:01 pm

PESHAWAR: A bomb exploded on a bus carrying government employees in restive northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing at least 17 people and wounding...