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Emir announces transfer of power to his son 25 Jun 2013 - 09:15 am

HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani (front R) stands next to his son HH the Heir Apparent Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad...

Washington allays Delhi’s concerns on Taliban 25 Jun 2013 - 09:10 am

US Secretary of State John Kerry (left) with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the latter’s residence in New Delhi yesterday. US Vice President...

Militants kill eight soldiers in Srinagar 25 Jun 2013 - 09:09 am

Srinagar: Eight soldiers were killed and 13 others injured yesterday when two separatist guerrillas attacked an army convoy here with automatic weapons and...

Woman’s ‘exploitation’: Former Kerala minister skips House 25 Jun 2013 - 09:09 am

Kochi: Former Kerala transport minister and opposition legislator Jose Thettayil, accused by a woman of sexually exploiting her, stayed away from the assembly...

Five-star hotels to serve mushrooms from prison 25 Jun 2013 - 09:09 am

Patna: The next time you visit a five-star hotel in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata or Bangalore and order a mushroom dish, chances are you...

Rupee hits closing low of 59.68 25 Jun 2013 - 09:09 am

Mumbai: The rupee hit a new record closing low of 59.68 against the dollar yesterday as foreign investors pulled money from debt as...

Protest against land-grabbing 25 Jun 2013 - 09:08 am

Demonstrators throw stones and shout slogans after burning a truck, believed to be owned by foreigners, during an anti-government protest in Kabul yesterday....

Sharif backs Musharraf’s treason trial 25 Jun 2013 - 09:07 am

ISLAMABAD: The former military dictator, Pervez Musharraf, should be tried for high treason, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said yesterday, raising the prospect of...

Man held over murder of MQM co-founder 25 Jun 2013 - 09:07 am

London: Counter-terrorism police investigating the murder in London of a prominent Pakistani politician in September 2010 have arrested a 52-year-old man at Heathrow...

Expeditions stopped after killing of tourists 25 Jun 2013 - 09:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan yesterday suspended expeditions on its second-highest peak, evacuating climbers from Nanga Parbat after nine foreign tourists and a local guide were...

138 MPs paid no income tax 25 Jun 2013 - 09:06 am

ISLAMABAD: A total of 138 out of 324 members of the new National Assembly (the lower house) of Pakistan, including four ministers, either...

US envoy in Kabul to revive talks 25 Jun 2013 - 09:06 am

KABUL: US envoy James Dobbins arrived in Afghanistan yesterday for talks with President Hamid Karzai, as the US worked to put peace efforts...

Rains lash Nepal, Colombo 25 Jun 2013 - 09:05 am

A boy throws a flip-flop towards his friend as they play on the waterlogged streets of Bashantapur Durbar Square, during rain in Kathmandu...

Indonesia steps up operations to extinguish fires 25 Jun 2013 - 09:04 am

SINGAPORE: Indonesia stepped up aerial operations yesterday to extinguish forest fires raging on Sumatra island as Malaysia remained smothered by smog and Singapore...

Ruling bloc sweeps Tokyo poll 25 Jun 2013 - 09:04 am

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc swept to victory in a weekend Tokyo election, a sign it’s on track for a...

Two Filipina film-makers kidnapped 25 Jun 2013 - 09:04 am

ZAMBOANGA: Islamist militants kidnapped two Filipina Muslim film-makers in the southern Philippines as they were working on a movie about the area’s impoverished...

Bangla orders war crime trial of top UK Muslim leader 25 Jun 2013 - 09:04 am

DHAKA: A Bangladesh war crimes court yesterday ordered a British-based Muslim leader and a US citizen to be tried in absentia for the...

Chinese dissident Chen evades questions on NYU 25 Jun 2013 - 09:03 am

TAIPEI: Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng, who has accused New York University of bowing to Chinese pressure to ask him to leave, refused...