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Funds no problem but don’t waste money, Antony tells Air Force 17 Apr 2013 - 06:21 am

New Delhi: The government is committed to the modernisation of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and funds are not a problem to ensure...

34 die as quake hits Pakistan 17 Apr 2013 - 06:19 am

People evacuated from buildings in Karachi following tremors yesterday. QUETTA: A powerful earthquake in Iran yesterday killed 34 people, wounded about 80 and...

Blood money 17 Apr 2013 - 06:18 am

A relative (left) of a victim of Nato air strikes receives compensation from an official in Kabul yesterday.

Musharraf disqualified from poll 17 Apr 2013 - 06:18 am

ISLAMABAD: Pervez Musharraf was disqualified from contesting Pakistani elections next month, crushing his ambition to ‘save’ the troubled nuclear-armed country just weeks after...

16 killed in suicide bombing at poll rally 17 Apr 2013 - 06:18 am

PESHAWAR: A suicide bomber killed sixteen people and wounded 49 at a Pakistan election campaign rally attended by a senior politician in the...

Team off to US for IMF talks 17 Apr 2013 - 06:17 am

ISLAMABAD: A high-level Pakistani delegation is leaving today for Washington this week for talks with IMF and US officials on the country’s struggling...

Punjab fails to recall security for Sharif 17 Apr 2013 - 06:17 am

ISLAMABAD: The caretaker government of Pakistan’s Punjab province is set to face the wrath of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for its...

Karzai mourns Boston victims 17 Apr 2013 - 06:17 am

KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai yesterday expressed grief over the Boston marathon bombings, which killed three people and injured more than 100 in...

Diplomacy 17 Apr 2013 - 06:16 am

Philippine President Benigno Aquino (centre) chatting with Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (right) during the sultan's courtesy call to the Malacanang Palace in Manila.

Crane salvages jet debris in Bali 17 Apr 2013 - 06:15 am

Indonesia rescuers inspect the Lion Air Boeing 737 before removing its fixtures as it lies partially submerged in the water three days after...

N Korea issues new threats to South 17 Apr 2013 - 06:14 am

Seoul: North Korea’s military yesterday threatened the South with imminent “sledge-hammer” retaliation unless Seoul apologised for anti-Pyongyang protesters burning effigies of its revered...

Razak bans four from polls 17 Apr 2013 - 06:14 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s long-ruling coalition yesterday axed four controversial current and former ministers from May 5 elections as it seeks to portray a...

Top Filipino rebel hurt in army attack 17 Apr 2013 - 06:14 am

MANILA: A Filipino Islamist militant leader, who has a $5m American bounty on his head, was wounded but managed to escape in an...

Taiwan train scare suspects deported 17 Apr 2013 - 06:13 am

TAIPEI: Two Taiwanese men suspected of planting suitcases loaded with petrol on a high-speed train and in a politician’s office in Taiwan were...

14 bird flu deaths, 63 cases in China 17 Apr 2013 - 06:13 am

Beijing: China yesterday confirmed three new cases of H7N9 avian influenza, with one more death in Jiangsu Province. The National Health and Family...

Nepal police to slim down 17 Apr 2013 - 06:13 am

KATHMANDU: Overweight police officers in Nepal must slim down if they want to advance their careers as part of a new anti-obesity drive...

Thatcher’s body placed in chapel 17 Apr 2013 - 06:11 am

The coffin of former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher rests in the Crypt Chapel of St Mary Undercroft beneath the Houses of Parliament...

Seven die in Venezuela post-election violence 17 Apr 2013 - 06:11 am

CARACAS: Venezuelan President-elect Nicolas Maduro accused the opposition yesterday of planning a coup against him after seven people were killed in violent clashes...