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Saudi women get jail terms for trying to help Canadian 15 Jun 2013 - 06:27 pm

RIYADH: A Saudi court handed two Saudi women 10-month jail sentences on Saturday for seeking to help a Canadian woman who wanted to...

11 dead in Pakistan women university bus bomb blast 15 Jun 2013 - 02:02 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: At least 11 students were killed and around 20 wounded when a bomb planted in a women's university bus exploded in...

Saudi king flies home early as Syria war intensifies 15 Jun 2013 - 12:44 pm

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah was back in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after flying home early from a convalescence stay in Morocco to...

Oman to host 'Gulf Industries Fair' 15 Jun 2013 - 11:53 am

MUSCAT: Oman will host 'Gulf Industries Fair' on September 23rd 2013. The three-day event will be organized by Serapis Company for organizing international...

Google to beam Internet from balloons 15 Jun 2013 - 11:46 am

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Google revealed top-secret plans Saturday to send ballons to the edge of space with the lofty aim of bringing Internet...

Afghan forces to take over nationwide security 15 Jun 2013 - 10:38 am

KABUL: Afghan security forces will soon take over responsibility for the whole of the country, officials said Saturday, a major milestone as the...

Militants blow up historic Pakistan building 15 Jun 2013 - 09:50 am

QUETTA, Pakistan: Separatist militants blew up a historic building linked to Pakistan's founding father in the country's violence-plagued southwest after shooting dead a...

Facebook reveals details of US data requests 15 Jun 2013 - 09:49 am

WASHINGTON: Facebook revealed Friday it received between 9,000 and 10,000 requests for user data from US authorities in the second half of last...

Philippine hacker publishes president's 'personal mobile numbers' 15 Jun 2013 - 08:48 am

Philippine President Benigno Aquino III (C) salutes during Independence Day rites in front of a post office in Manila, Philippines, 12 June 2013....

Three Libyan soldiers killed in Benghazi clashes 15 Jun 2013 - 08:46 am

BENGHAZI, Libya: At least three soldiers were killed as special forces clashed with armed activists in the eastern port city of Benghazi early...

Police foil Telangana march, hundreds held 15 Jun 2013 - 03:16 am

A police officer fires teargas to disperse Pro-Telangana supporters during a protest in Hyderabad yesterday. Hyderabad: Amid resounding cries of ‘Jai Telangana’, police...

Import lobbies ‘derail’ oil exploration 15 Jun 2013 - 03:15 am

New Delhi: Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily yesterday claimed that India’s energy exploration activities are being derailed by “threats” to ministers from the...

World War II explosives found, defused in Mumbai 15 Jun 2013 - 03:15 am

Mumbai: The Indian Navy has safely disposed of 90 unexploded ordnances, believed to be of the Second World War vintage, discovered during dredging...

Nitish says situation difficult, BJP hits back at JD-U 15 Jun 2013 - 03:15 am

Patna: In a clear indication towards a split in the BJP-JD-U combine, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday said the situation in the...

Two dead, 25 missing as boat capsizes in West Bengal 15 Jun 2013 - 03:14 am

KOLKATA: Rescue workers battled heavy rains as they searched for survivors of a boat that capsized in West Bengal yesterday, killing at least...

Kerala chief minister sacks personal staff 15 Jun 2013 - 03:14 am

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, under intense criticism from the Left opposition over his staff members being in contact with a woman...

Musharraf held over rebel leader’s death 15 Jun 2013 - 03:11 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former military leader Pervez Musharraf has been formally arrested on suspicion of murder despite winning bail in two other cases dating...

Punjab governor named 15 Jun 2013 - 03:11 am

ISLAMABAD: The government of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-N has identified widely respected retired judge of the Supreme Court, Khalilur Rehman...