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Iranian director makes it to Cannes amid secrecy 24 May 2013 - 10:10 pm

CANNES: Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof, jailed in 2010 for anti-regime propaganda, told the Cannes Film Festival yesterday he knew his latest picture would...

OFFSHORE IRELAND SNAKE APPLE TAX AVOIDANCE 24 May 2013 - 10:08 pm

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Three killed by suicide bomber 24 May 2013 - 10:06 pm

Pakistani volunteers search a badly damaged vehicle after a suicide bomb attack in Peshawar, yesterday. The bomber hit the vehicle belonging to Afghan...

Taliban launch offensive in central Kabul 24 May 2013 - 09:27 pm

KABUL: Explosions and gunfire rocked central Kabul yesterday as the Taliban launched an attack close to an Afghan intelligence facility and the headquarters...

Sharif faces 100-strong opposition 24 May 2013 - 09:26 pm

ISLAMABAD: The numerical strength of the opposition parties in the 342-member National Assembly will cross the 100-mark with the inclusion of the reserved...

PPP turns guns on caretakers over mini-budget 24 May 2013 - 09:26 pm

LAHORE: While President Asif Ali Zardari is yet to sign an ordinance on a Rs152bn mini-budget, his Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) has turned...

Drone strikes illegal: Pakistan 24 May 2013 - 09:26 pm

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan government yesterday repeated its view that US drone strikes in its territory were illegal, after President Barack Obama laid out...

Nato driver gunned down 24 May 2013 - 09:25 pm

PESHAWAR: Gunmen yesterday opened fire on a convoy of Nato containers in a northwestern Pakistani town near the Afghan border, killing a driver...

Oldest Everest climber 24 May 2013 - 09:25 pm

Yuichiro Miura at the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal. Miura, an 80-year-old Japanese man reached the summit of Mount Everest on Thursday,...

Mayor apologises to ‘comfort women’ 24 May 2013 - 09:13 pm

Supporters of Korean comfort women hold a banner with pictures of former comfort women during a rally in front of the city hall...

Pyongyang to take ‘positive steps’ for peace 24 May 2013 - 09:13 pm

BEIJING: A North Korean envoy told China’s president yesterday that his reclusive country was willing to take “positive actions” to ensure peace and...

Beijing’s Catholics show zeal in Shanghai celebration 24 May 2013 - 09:13 pm

SHANGHAI: Thousands of Chinese Catholics gathered in Shanghai yesterday for a celebration to honour the Virgin Mary, in a show of religious fervour...

Amnesty urges Malaysia to end post-poll crackdown 24 May 2013 - 09:12 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: Global rights group Amnesty International urged Malaysia yesterday to end its “post-election crackdown” which has seen four critics arrested in the...

S Korea to probe $20bn project 24 May 2013 - 09:12 pm

SEOUL: A South Korean government commission will probe a $20bn effort to dredge, dam and beautify four major rivers that has been tainted...

Navy's 115th anniversary 24 May 2013 - 09:11 pm

Philippine Marines take oath of allegiance during the Navy's 115th anniversary celebrations in Fort San Felipe, Cavite city.

Maritime arbitration bid backed by Japan 24 May 2013 - 09:11 pm

MANILA: Japan backed yesterday the Philippine initiative for arbitration proceedings to clarify maritime zones and entitlements in the South China Sea. The Department...

Higher penalty for hot meat sale 24 May 2013 - 09:10 pm

MANILA: The sale and distribution of hot meat, commonly known as botcha, is punishable with a higher fine and even imprisonment. President Aquino...

US speeds up visa applications of veterans’ children 24 May 2013 - 09:10 pm

WASHINGTON: Some 20,000 adult sons and daughters of Filipino World War II veterans moved closer to their goal of immigrating to the United...