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Afghan police arrest two over India writer's murder 10 Sep 2013 - 09:16 am

KABUL: Afghan police have arrested two militants over the murder of an Indian writer whose book about her dramatic escape from the Taliban...

Family demand hanging ahead of Delhi gang rape verdict 10 Sep 2013 - 09:13 am

NEW DELHI: A court will hand down its verdict on four men accused of murder and gang rape Tuesday over an attack on...

Tokyo stocks close up 1.54pc 10 Sep 2013 - 09:12 am

TOKYO: Japanese stocks rose 1.54 percent Tuesday, extending the previous day's rally following positive growth data and Tokyo's successful bid to host the...

School bomb attack kills two in southern Thailand 10 Sep 2013 - 08:33 am

BANGKOK: A bomb attack by suspected Muslim rebels on a school in southern Thailand killed two soldiers on Tuesday, part of a patrol...

Two Koreas hold talks on closed industrial zone 10 Sep 2013 - 08:29 am

SEOUL: North and South Korea held a second round of talks Tuesday on reopening their Kaesong joint industrial zone five months after it...

CIMB Islamic eyes moderate growth, focus on core markets 10 Sep 2013 - 08:28 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd, part of Southeast Asia's fifth-largest lender by assets, expects moderate levels of domestic growth as it...

Hyundai Motor workers agree wage deal 10 Sep 2013 - 08:28 am

SEOUL: Hyundai Motor workers have agreed a wage deal, ending a series of strikes that have cost South Korea's biggest automaker one trillion...

Japan to create sport agency for 2020 Olympics 10 Sep 2013 - 08:27 am

TOKYO: Japan is to create a sports agency to boost resources for top athletes as it targets 30 gold medals at the Tokyo...

Former top China rail official on trial for bribes 10 Sep 2013 - 08:26 am

BEIJING: A senior official from China's disgraced railways ministry went on trial Tuesday for bribery, state-run media said, the latest to be prosecuted...

China school explosion kills two, injures 44 10 Sep 2013 - 04:12 am

Damaged motorbikes and debris lie on the ground after an explosion outside a primary school in Guilin, southwest China’s Guangxi province, yesterday, BEIJING:...

N Korea leader presides over second parade 10 Sep 2013 - 04:12 am

SEOUL: North Korea held its second mass parade in little more than a month yesterday, with leader Kim Jong-Un presiding over a display...

HK electric bus in drive against pollution 10 Sep 2013 - 04:10 am

HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s first battery-powered public bus took to the streets yesterday as part of a drive against the city’s choking pollution....

Japan dismantles stranded tsunami ship 10 Sep 2013 - 04:10 am

TOKYO: Workers in Japan yesterday began scrapping a large fishing boat that was swept far inland by the 2011 tsunami and became one...

14 hurt as plane skids off runway in Bangkok 10 Sep 2013 - 04:10 am

BANGKOK: A Thai Airways plane skidded off the runway in Bangkok after the landing gear malfunctioned, slightly injuring more than a dozen passengers...

Khmer Rouge court hit by new resignation 10 Sep 2013 - 04:09 am

PHNOM PENH: Cambodia’s troubled Khmer Rouge war crimes court suffered a new setback yesterday with the resignation of a key prosecutor -- the...

Japan sends jets to islands 10 Sep 2013 - 04:09 am

TOKYO: Japan scrambled fighter jets yesterday after an unidentified drone flew near Tokyo-controlled islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with China,...

Muslim rebels in stand-off with army 10 Sep 2013 - 04:08 am

Govt forces take positions to confront MNLF rebels in Zamboanga City yesterday. ZAMBOANGA: Philippine troops were locked in a stand-off with hundreds of...

Extremists mobilise fighters in Malaysia 10 Sep 2013 - 04:08 am

MANILA: The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has activated some 4,000 foreign trained Tausug fighters embedded in Sarawak and Sabah in Malaysia, group...