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    Islamabad: A 22-inch diameter gas pipeline exploded as a result of a blast in Malguzar area of Baluchistan province, suspending gas supply to...

North Korea yesterday announced the appointment of Pak Pong-Ju (left), an economics expert, as new Prime Minister in a reshuffle endorsed by parliament. ...

SEOUL: South Korea’s new president yesterday promised a strong military response to any North Korean provocation after Pyongyang announced that the two countries...

TOKYO: Japan is preparing to create the world's first futures trading contract for liquefied natural gas in a bid to stabilise the commodity's...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s police arrested three Buddhist monks yesterday over the destruction of a Muslim-owned clothing store that heightened religious tensions in the...

MANILA: Freed Australian hostage Warren Rodwell met a Philippine prosecutor yesterday to help prepare charges against the Islamic extremists who held him in...

  BANGKOK: Human Rights Watch (HRW) yesterday urged Myanmar to investigate the failure of police to stop a recent wave of Buddhist-Muslim killing and...

  TAIPEI: Taiwan’s ruling Kuomintang party yesterday suspended the membership of Lai Su-ju, a confidante of the island’s president, for her alleged involvement in...

People gather at Novartis India headquarters in Mumbai yesterday. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court rejected yesterday a patent bid by Swiss drug giant...

Kochi: Chief Minister Oommen Chandy yesterday told the state assembly that the concerns of Kerala on the strict implementation of the new labour...

Chandigarh: On a day he celebrated his 100th birthday, a retired lieutenant colonel of the Indian Army was yesterday declared the First Citizen...

New Delhi: Over 500 Aam Admi Party (AAP) volunteers were stopped by police here yesterday as they headed to Delhi Chief Minister Sheila...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been asked to probe the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by Italian marines off...

DUBAI: Pressure for Oman to keep increasing its state spending every year is decreasing because the country has finished building most of the...

JAKARTA: Indonesia has postponed the Islamic Solidarity Games due to be held in June until October after construction workers closed the main stadium...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks closed 1.08 percent lower on Tuesday after the yen rose on a weaker-than-expected US manufacturing report and concerns over the...

MEXICO CITY: Mexican company Alsea, the largest fast food operator in Latin America -- said on Monday it had bought out the Mexican...

DUBAI: Maaden Phosphate Company (MPC) shut its ammonia plant at Ras Al Khair on Monday for unscheduled repairs which are expected to take...