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Karzai to visit Pakistan for peace talks with Taliban 13 Aug 2013 - 02:45 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai will travel to Pakistan this month in the hope of breathing life into moribund peace process with the...

Pakistan calls India envoy over killing 13 Aug 2013 - 02:45 am

MUZAFFARABAD: Pakistan summoned India’s deputy ambassador yesterday to protest over latest clashes in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir that left one civilian...

Five Pakistanis on UK list of tax fugitives 13 Aug 2013 - 02:44 am

ISLAMABAD: At least five Pakistanis feature in the top 20 list of British government"s "most wanted" tax fugitives. Her Majesty"s Revenue and Customs...

Gunmen attack home of Quetta tribal chief 13 Aug 2013 - 02:44 am

Islamabad: Unidentified gunmen yesterday fired a grenade on the home of a local tribal leader in Quetta, Balochistan, southwest Pakistan. Pakistani police said...

Terror suspects get bail due to ‘lack of evidence’ 13 Aug 2013 - 02:44 am

ISLAMABAD: Terror suspects in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa often succeed in securing bail from courts due to the failure of law-enforcement agencies to produce evidence,...

Islamabad misses Eid festivities 13 Aug 2013 - 02:44 am

ISLAMABAD: With the change of government in Islamabad, traditional festivities that used to be the hallmark of the capital were not there this...

Nepal festival 13 Aug 2013 - 02:42 am

Nepalese women taking part in the Snake Festival at Nagpokhari (Snake pond) in Kathmandu yesterday.

Lanka’s milk scare dismissed 13 Aug 2013 - 02:42 am

WELLINGTON: New Zealand yesterday rejected allegations from Sri Lanka that its dairy products were contaminated with a farm chemical, accusing industry rivals of...

South Korea experiencing power crisis 13 Aug 2013 - 02:42 am

SEOUL: South Korea ordered government offices to turn off their air-conditioning as two power plants stopped operations yesterday, a day after a minister...

Myanmar clashes signal growing Muslim despair 13 Aug 2013 - 02:41 am

NAYPYIDAW: Attempts to bring stability to Myanmar’s strategic northwest Rakhine State could be unravelling after police opened fire on Rohingya Muslims for the...

Indonesia volcano spews more ash 13 Aug 2013 - 02:41 am

JAKARTA: A volcano on a tiny Indonesian island that erupted at the weekend and killed five people spewed more clouds of red-hot ash...

Lanka mosque closed after Buddhist unrest 13 Aug 2013 - 02:41 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Muslim leaders closed down a new mosque in Colombo yesterday after attacks by a Buddhist mob revived simmering religious tensions...

Jakarta detains alleged fundraiser of embassy plot 13 Aug 2013 - 02:41 am

JAKARTA: Indonesian police have arrested the alleged fundraiser of a failed plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy in the capital Jakarta in May,...

Bangla garment worker dies 13 Aug 2013 - 02:41 am

DHAKA: A Bangladeshi garment worker who spent 108 days in a coma after being badly injured in one of the world’s worst industrial...

Typhoon Utor strikes Philippines 13 Aug 2013 - 02:39 am

Children walk through the coast in the province of Aurora as Typhoon Utor hit the Philippines yesterday. MANILA: The strongest typhoon to hit...

‘Food-for-work’ in oil spill areas 13 Aug 2013 - 02:39 am

MANILA: Cavite fishermen who find themselves without work as a result of a massive oil spill are now getting emergency food rations from...

Manila wants to use US military assets 13 Aug 2013 - 02:39 am

MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it would insist on being allowed to use more US military assets to protect its sea territories, when...

Sulu sultan claims followers killed eight soldiers 13 Aug 2013 - 02:39 am

MANILA: The Sultanate of Sulu claimed yesterday that its forces led by a veteran guerrilla from Tawi-Tawi killed at least eight Malaysian soldiers...