Default / Miscellaneous

China sends large fleet to disputed islands 07 May 2013 - 08:47 am

This picture taken on May 6, 2013 shows staff standing on a fishing vessel setting sail for the Spratly Islands, an archipelago disputed...

Pacquiao returns to the ring to take on Rios in Macau 07 May 2013 - 08:28 am

MANILA: Manny Pacquiao will return to the ring to fight American Brandon Rios in a 12-round welterweight clash in Macau on Nov. 24,...

Five feared dead after Philippine volcano explosion 07 May 2013 - 08:15 am

A handout photo provided by Redemptoristine Monastery of Legaspi City shows Mayon Volcano spews ash during the phreatic explosion as seen from Legazpi...

Iran to begin registering presidential candidates 07 May 2013 - 08:14 am

TEHRAN: A five-day registration period for candidates in Iran's June 14 presidential election begins on Tuesday, with a string of conservative hopefuls in...

Fighting resumes in disputed border 07 May 2013 - 06:28 am

Afghan villagers attend a gathering against Pakistan after recent cross-border clashes, in the Kouchkin area on the outskirts of Kabul, yesterday. JALALABAD: A...

First polio case reported in Waziristan in a year 07 May 2013 - 06:27 am

ISLAMABAD: A child has contracted polio for the first time in Pakistan’s militant-infested tribal belt since the Taliban banned vaccinations a year ago,...

Pakistan politicians face slur from ‘social media warriors’ 07 May 2013 - 06:27 am

ISLAMABAD: Mainstream politicians of Pakistan and their family members are silently facing severe character assassination at the hands of the ‘social media warriors’...

Lahore Christians pin their hopes on PPP, PML-N 07 May 2013 - 06:27 am

LAHORE: Traumatised Christians in a Lahore slum where angry Muslims torched more than 100 homes say Pakistan’s two largest parties offer the only...

Four militants killed, four hurt in Afghanistan 07 May 2013 - 06:26 am

Kabul: Four Taliban militants have been killed and four injured in joint operations carried out by Afghan forces and the Nato-led coalition troops...

Oath of office 07 May 2013 - 06:25 am

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak (right) reading his oath in front of King Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah during the swearing-in ceremony at the...

China criticises Israeli attacks on Syria 07 May 2013 - 06:25 am

BEIJING: China issued veiled criticism of Israel yesterday as its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, began a visit, saying Beijing opposed the use of...

Farmers held for selling tainted meat 07 May 2013 - 06:24 am

BEIJING: Three Chinese farmers were held for operating an illegal pork business selling meat from pigs that died of disease, state media said...

Philippines to speed up massacre convictions 07 May 2013 - 06:24 am

PHILIPPINES: The Philippines is aiming to speed up convictions in the country’s worst political massacre to ensure justice amid fears the trial could...

Indonesia summons UK envoy 07 May 2013 - 06:24 am

JAKARTA: Indonesia yesterday summoned the British ambassador to make a protest after a group supporting independence for the restive Papua region set up...

Opposition rally in Moscow 07 May 2013 - 06:21 am

Russian opposition protesters attend a rally at the Bolotnaya Square in central Moscow, yesterday. The opposition demands the immediate release of all political...

Racist killings trial begins in Munich 07 May 2013 - 06:20 am

MUNICH, Germany: The surviving member of a German neo-Nazi cell went on trial yesterday for a series of racist murders that scandalised Germany...

Germany arrests 93-year-old Nazi death camp guard 07 May 2013 - 06:20 am

BERLIN: German authorities arrested yesterday a 93-year-old alleged former guard at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz on charges of complicity in the mass...

Hard to find cemetery for bomber 07 May 2013 - 06:19 am

BOSTON: The family of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev faced a quandary yesterday over where to bury his body as cemeteries across...