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Iran releases Indian oil tanker detained in August 07 Sep 2013 - 11:32 am

NEW DELHI: Iran has released an Indian crude oil tanker that was detained last month over pollution concerns, an Indian shipping official said...

China buys into giant Kazakh oilfield for $5bn 07 Sep 2013 - 11:31 am

ASTANA: China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday will oversee his country's entry into Kashagan, a vast oilfield in Kazakhstan, as he tours post-Soviet...

Eight killed in Peshawar firing 07 Sep 2013 - 11:31 am

ISLAMABAD: The number of toll in the Peshawar firing incident has increased to eight after two more injured succumbed to their injuries on...

Nigerian army says kills 50 Boko Haram Islamists 07 Sep 2013 - 11:05 am

MAIDUGURI: The Nigerian army said on Saturday it had tracked down and killed 50 members of Boko Haram, days after the Islamist sect...

Emir, PM greets Brazil president 07 Sep 2013 - 10:17 am

DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani sent today a cable of congratulations to the President of Brazil on the...

Mali's new premier picks first post-war govt 07 Sep 2013 - 09:53 am

BAMAKO: Mali's first post-war prime minister began forming a government as the United States and France gave an early vote of confidence to...

Pakistan releases seven Taliban prisoners 07 Sep 2013 - 09:52 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Saturday announced the release of seven senior Afghan Taliban figures to help the peace process in war-torn neighbour Afghanistan, the...

Apple poised to ship iPhones to China Mobile 07 Sep 2013 - 08:42 am

NEW YORK CITY: China's biggest mobile carrier looks set to sell Apple's iPhone, hugely increasing the California-based company's distribution in the world's largest...

Yahoo reports 29,000 government data requests 07 Sep 2013 - 08:20 am

SAN FRANCISCO: Yahoo received some 29,000 government requests for data on its users this year, with almost half coming from the United States,...

Protest over Syria 07 Sep 2013 - 04:31 am

Malaysian activists hold a poster during a protest against threats of a military strike on Syria outside the US embassy in Kuala Lumpur...

North Korea restarts army hotline to South 07 Sep 2013 - 04:30 am

SEOUL: North Korea yesterday reconnected a military hotline to the South that was cut earlier this year at the height of cross-border tensions,...

Radicals burn effigies of Miss World backers 07 Sep 2013 - 04:30 am

JAKARTA: Chanting Islamic radicals in Indonesia burnt effigies of Miss World beauty pageant organisers and branded them “infidels” yesterday during an angry protest...

Lanka minister warns of extremism 07 Sep 2013 - 04:30 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s main Muslim political leader, who is also the justice minister, criticised his own government yesterday for blaming religious tensions in...

Thailand reaches breakthrough in rubber crisis 07 Sep 2013 - 04:30 am

BANGKOK: Thailand’s government said yesterday it had reached a deal with most rubber farmers in the country’s south demanding greater state support for...

S Korea extends Japan fisheries ban as Fukushima concerns grow 07 Sep 2013 - 04:29 am

SEOUL: South Korea yesterday extended a ban on Japanese fishery imports to a larger area around the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant due to...

Nepal to name Himalayan peaks after Hillary, Tenzing 07 Sep 2013 - 04:29 am

KATHMANDU: Nepal plans to name two Himalayan peaks after pioneering Mount Everest climbers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay, a hiking official said,...

Council rejects poll complaints 07 Sep 2013 - 04:29 am

PHNOM PEHN: Cambodia’s Constitutional Council, the final arbiter for resolving election complaints, yesterday rejected all complaints filed by the opposition party against the...

Philippines calls home China envoy 07 Sep 2013 - 04:29 am

MANILA: The Philippines has called home its ambassador to China for consultations, the foreign department said amid fresh tensions in a long-running maritime...