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Man held for Rs10m credit card fraud 14 Jul 2013 - 11:43 pm

New Delhi: A con man from Maharashtra who cheated ICICI Bank customers by obtaining their credit card data has fallen into the Delhi...

Winning Bhutan party’s leader says India irreplaceable 14 Jul 2013 - 11:42 pm

New Delhi: Tshering Tobgay, leader of Bhutan’s victorious People’s Democratic Party (PDP), has repeatedly stressed that India is “irreplaceable for Bhutan” and his...

Drone, air force raids kill 9 rebels 14 Jul 2013 - 10:13 pm

United Citizen Action activists shout slogans against drone attacks in the Pakistani tribal areas during a protest in Multan yesterday. PESHAWAR: At least...

Iftar preparations 14 Jul 2013 - 10:11 pm

A man downloads ice blocks from a pickup for Iftar in the city of Ghazni, in Afghanistan, yesterday.

Next Pakistan president may not be from Punjab 14 Jul 2013 - 10:11 pm

ISLAMABAD: With 27 days left to elect new president of Pakistan to succeed Asif Ali Zardari, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is...

Minorities seek more representation 14 Jul 2013 - 10:10 pm

ISLAMABAD: During the fag end of the PPP government a bill was tabled to increase the number of seats for minority communities in...

Malala does not want to be remembered as Taliban girl 14 Jul 2013 - 10:10 pm

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai says she does not want to be known as the girl the Taliban tried to kill but...

More UK troops commit suicide 14 Jul 2013 - 10:10 pm

London: More suicide cases among the British soldiers in Afghanistan were reported last year compared to those who lost their lives in combat...

Nabil Fahmy appointed Egypt foreign minister 14 Jul 2013 - 06:06 pm

CAIRO, Qahirah: Nabil Fahmy, a former ambassador to the United States, on Sunday accepted the post of foreign minister in Egypt's new cabinet,...

Kuwait sends $200 million worth of oil to Egypt 14 Jul 2013 - 05:56 pm

KUWAIT: Kuwait has sent two oil tankers carrying crude and diesel worth $200 million to Egypt, a Kuwaiti newspaper said on Sunday, part...

Airlines insist they'll stick with Boeing Dreamliner after fire 14 Jul 2013 - 05:47 pm

LONDON: Airlines expressed confidence in the safety of Boeing's 787 Dreamliner on Sunday as investigators searched for the cause of a fire on...

Eight killed in Iraq attacks 14 Jul 2013 - 05:42 pm

MOSUL, Iraq: Violence in Iraq, including attacks on two members of a district council in the north, killed eight people on Sunday, officers...

Philippines, rebels reach wealth-sharing deal 14 Jul 2013 - 05:38 pm

MANILA: The Philippines said Sunday it was aiming swiftly to sign a final peace deal with Muslim rebels to end a rebellion that...

Football: Moyes says still coming to terms with scrutiny 14 Jul 2013 - 05:25 pm

Manchester United football manager David Moyes waves during a match against the Singha All Star's at Rajamangala National stadium in Bangkok, yesterday. SYDNEY,...

Two French journalists kidnapped in Syria alive 14 Jul 2013 - 05:15 pm

PARIS, France: Two French journalists kidnapped shortly after arriving in Syria in June are alive and Paris is working for their release, the...

Yemen generator blast kills 14 14 Jul 2013 - 05:11 pm

SANAA: A generator exploded in a village home in Yemen killing 14 people, most of them members of a single family, a provincial...

Iftar bread 14 Jul 2013 - 01:13 pm

People reach out for bread during the holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, yesterday.

Zardari barred from politics after tenure 14 Jul 2013 - 01:13 pm

ISLAMABAD: Former Chief Justice Saeeduz Zaman Siddiqi has said that President Asif Ali Zardari would be barred from taking part in politics for...