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Japan plans extra measures for Dreamliner 19 Apr 2013 - 08:23 am

TOKYO: Japan plans to impose additional safety requirements on Japanese airlines when it allows them to resume flying the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, a...

7.2 earthquake shakes northern Japan: USGS 19 Apr 2013 - 08:23 am

TOKYO: A major 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off northern Japan on Friday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. The quake hit at...

N Korea makes tough conditions 19 Apr 2013 - 03:12 am

South Korean air force personnel participate in a drill at an air base in Chungju, yesterday. SEOUL: North Korea yesterday offered the US...

US warship adds a punch to Asia ‘pivot’ in Singapore 19 Apr 2013 - 03:12 am

SINGAPORE: A US warship designed to fight in coastal areas arrived yesterday in Singapore for its Southeast Asian deployment, underlining President Barack Obama’s...

China urges Japan to cut jets scramble 19 Apr 2013 - 03:12 am

BEIJING: China called on Japan yesterday to stop sending jets up against Chinese aircraft after Japan said it had scrambled its fighters twice...

EU to lift Myanmar sanctions 19 Apr 2013 - 03:11 am

BRUSSELS: The European Union is expected to lift all sanctions on Myanmar next week, except for an arms embargo, in recognition of the...

EU CO2 crisis will not hurt domestic plans: Beijing 19 Apr 2013 - 03:11 am

BEIJING: The crisis facing the European carbon market will not deter China from plans to establish its own emissions trading platform or its...

Indonesia boat mishap claims 3 19 Apr 2013 - 03:11 am

SAMARINDA: Indonesian rescuers yesterday pulled two more bodies from a river after a boat carrying timber company workers sank, bringing the death toll...

Asean-China code of conduct urged 19 Apr 2013 - 03:10 am

Philippine coast guard personnel inspect frozen pangolins, or scaly anteaters, found in the cargo hold of a Chinese boat which ran aground off...

Illegal workers to be deported 19 Apr 2013 - 03:10 am

MANILA: Overstaying Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia will be arrested and deported for violating the Kingdom’s immigration laws even during the three-month grace...

Myanmar labour team arriving 19 Apr 2013 - 03:09 am

MANILA: A top level labour delegation from Myanmar led by its Labour Minister U Maung Myint will arrive in the Philippines next week...

Abu Sayyaf leaders escape offensive 19 Apr 2013 - 03:09 am

MANILA: Two Abu Sayyaf commanders survived a military offensive that killed eight militants and led to the seizure of their jungle lair and...

Philippine-US war games end 19 Apr 2013 - 03:09 am

MANILA: This year’s joint Philippines-United States Balikatan exercise ended with a US embassy official thanking the Philippine government for its support to the...

Aquino airport tightens security 19 Apr 2013 - 03:09 am

MANILA: Following the bombings at the Boston Marathon last Monday that killed three people and injured 144, authorities have tightened security at the...

Court orders Musharraf’s arrest 19 Apr 2013 - 03:07 am

Supporters of Pakistan’s former president and head of All Pakistan Muslim League Pervez Musharraf chant slogans outside his residence in Islamabad, yesterday. ISLAMABAD:...

Pakistan transgender to contest poll 19 Apr 2013 - 03:06 am

Transgender Sanam Faqeer (right), an independent candidate for Pakistan’s general election, speaking with local residents while campaigning in the southern city of Sukkur....

Malala among 100 ‘most influential’ 19 Apr 2013 - 03:06 am

NEW YORK: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani school girl and advocate for girls’ education who survived a would-be assassin’s bullet, is among the 100...

Taliban pledge revenge over Guantanamo 19 Apr 2013 - 03:05 am

KABUL: The Taliban yesterday pledged to take revenge on US troops in Afghanistan after guards at Guantanamo prison fired non-lethal rounds at inmates...