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Police storm hospital in Quetta, end standoff 17 Jun 2013 - 05:10 am

QUETTA: Pakistani police stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen on Saturday, freeing hostages and ending a five-hour standoff that...

Sunni rebels claim twin attacks 17 Jun 2013 - 05:07 am

QUETTA: A Pakistani militant group behind a series of bloody assaults on minority Shias has said it carried out attacks on a bus...

Former PPP premiers spent millions for self-promotion 17 Jun 2013 - 05:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister in the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government of Yousuf Raza Gilani spent as much as Rs22.3m on advertisements of the...

Minister halts Pakistan diplomats’ new postings 17 Jun 2013 - 05:07 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Information Minister Parvez Rashid has stopped officials appointed for foreign missions by the previous government in its last days from proceeding...

Gunmen kill two polio workers in NW Pakistan 17 Jun 2013 - 05:07 am

PESHAWAR: Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead two health workers during an anti-polio drive in northwest Pakistan yesterday, police said, the latest in...

Anti-Korean protest 17 Jun 2013 - 05:04 am

Carrying Japanese national flags and navy flags, members of a nationalist group march on the streets of Korean Town in Tokyo during a...

Bangladesh opposition sweeps key city polls 17 Jun 2013 - 05:04 am

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Islamist-backed main opposition yesterday swept mayoral elections in four cities in a major setback for the ruling party ahead of general...

N Korea proposes high-level talks with US 17 Jun 2013 - 05:03 am

SEOUL/WASHINGTON: North Korea yesterday offered high-level talks with the United States to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula, but the White House said...

Desperate hunt for ferry survivors 17 Jun 2013 - 05:03 am

MANILA: Philippine navy divers battled strong ocean currents yesterday in a desperate hunt for seven missing passengers of a ferry that sank with...

Sri Lanka vows polls in ex-war zone but clips council powers 17 Jun 2013 - 05:03 am

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa pledged yesterday to proceed with the first-ever provincial polls in the island’s former war zone but his...

Taipei, Manila agree to avoid force in fishing disputes 17 Jun 2013 - 05:03 am

TAIPEI: Taiwan and the Philippines have pledged not to use force in fishing disputes, officials said, as they tackle a row over the...

Over 140 workers fall sick in Dhaka garment factory 17 Jun 2013 - 05:02 am

DHAKA: More than 140 workers, mostly women, at two Bangladeshi garment factories near the capital Dhaka fell ill yesterday after drinking suspected contaminated...

Bulgaria unrest 17 Jun 2013 - 05:01 am

Protesters shout anti-government slogans during a demonstration in front of the government headquarters in Sofia, yesterday. The surprise appointment of a controversial young...

Four stabbed in British mosque attack 17 Jun 2013 - 05:01 am

LONDON: A 32-year-old man is being questioned after four people, including a police officer, were injured in a knife attack during evening prayers...

Key Republican senator still backs US immigration bill 17 Jun 2013 - 05:01 am

WASHINGTON: Republican Senator Marco Rubio said yesterday that he still supports a bill to overhaul the US immigration, but reiterated that he wants...

Call records of fewer than 300 people sought in 2012: US 17 Jun 2013 - 05:00 am

WASHINGTON: The government last year searched for the phone records of fewer than 300 people in a database containing tens of millions of...

Assange: A year in the embassy 17 Jun 2013 - 05:00 am

LONDON: It is an odd sight: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange (pictured) is wearing a jacket and tie, but no shoes. Then again, if...

Solar plane lands in Washington 17 Jun 2013 - 04:59 am

WASHINGTON: The solar-powered Solar Impulse aircraft landed near the US capital early yesterday on the second to last leg of its cross-country journey,...