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Malala defies Taliban to take world stage 13 Jul 2013 - 02:16 am

Malala Yousafzai is greeted by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon (second left), General Assembly President, Vuk Jeremic (right), and UN Special Envoy for...

400 death row cases sent to Zardari 13 Jul 2013 - 02:16 am

ISLAMABAD: Nearly 400 prisoners on death row, who have been languishing in jails for several years due to no decision about their fate...

Court orders registration of case against Musharraf 13 Jul 2013 - 02:16 am

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) yesterday ordered the registration of a case against former military ruler General (retd) Pervez Musharraf for his...

President advised less travel for a month 13 Jul 2013 - 02:15 am

ISLAMABAD: After the assassination of his chief security officer Bilal Sheikh in a suicide attack, President Asif Ali Zardari has been advised to...

One dies as suicide bomber targets Kabul check-post 13 Jul 2013 - 02:15 am

KABUL: A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan police check-post on the outskirts of Kabul, killing one person and wounding two on the first...

Pakistan bio gas scheme makes rural life easier 13 Jul 2013 - 02:15 am

FAISALABAD: More than 2,800 domestic bio gas plants have been installed in 12 districts in rural Punjab in the past four years under...

US calls on Egyptian army to free Mursi 13 Jul 2013 - 02:14 am

Supporters of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Mursi before breaking fast on the third day of Ramadan during a protest near the Rabaa Al...

Iran-Turkey talks 13 Jul 2013 - 02:13 am

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi (left), with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu prior to their meeting in Ankara, yesterday.

Egyptian army helicopter briefly enters Gaza airspace 13 Jul 2013 - 02:13 am

GAZA: An Egyptian military helicopter briefly crossed into Israeli-controlled airspace over the Gaza Strip yesterday, in a possible sign of increased security jitters...

Tension soars as Syria rebel chief shot dead 13 Jul 2013 - 02:12 am

BEIRUT: Simmering hostility between Syria’s mainstream rebels and jihadists has erupted into naked violence, with a Free Syrian Army commander in the coastal...

UAE announces first case of Mers virus 13 Jul 2013 - 02:12 am

A microscopic view of the coronavirus projected on a screen. (File Photo: AFP) ABU DHABI: Health authorities in the UAE have announced that...

31 killed in Iraq attacks 13 Jul 2013 - 02:12 am

BAGHDAD: Attacks across Iraq killed at least 31 people yesterday, with the deadliest incident a suicide bombing at a cafe in the north...

Saudi court jails 11 for Qaeda ties 13 Jul 2013 - 02:12 am

Jeddah: A Saudi court has sentenced 11 people including foreigners to jail on charges including weapons training, bomb-making and ties to Al Qaeda,...

Snowden to seek temporary asylum in Russia 13 Jul 2013 - 02:11 am

Former intelligence agency contractor Edward Snowden (second left) speaks to human rights representatives in Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in this handout photo. MOSCOW: Ex-intelligence...

French train derails; seven dead 13 Jul 2013 - 02:10 am

Rescuers work on the site of a train accident in the railway station of Bretigny-sur-Orge, near Paris, yesterday. At least seven people were...

UK police probe suspected nail bombing at mosque 13 Jul 2013 - 02:10 am

LONDON: Police said yesterday that they were investigating a suspected nail bomb attack on a mosque in central England and were treating the...

Vatican freezes funds of cleric in money smuggling case 13 Jul 2013 - 02:10 am

ROME: The Vatican said yesterday that it had frozen funds belonging to a senior cleric at the centre of a suspected money smuggling...

Ireland okays ‘life-saving’ abortions for first time 13 Jul 2013 - 02:09 am

DUBLIN: Irish lawmakers yesterday overwhelmingly approved abortion for the first time in limited cases where the mother’s life is at risk, in a...