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EU observers welcomed 13 Mar 2013 - 01:29 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said it would welcome a European Union election observation mission during general election in May 2013. “Yes, we will welcome the...

Musharraf plans to return on March 24 13 Mar 2013 - 01:28 am

Islamabad: Former president General Pervez Musharraf decided to return to Pakistan on March 24, Pakistani News Agency (Dunya) reported yesterday. All Pakistan Muslim...

676 Pakistanis missing in Kabul presumed dead 13 Mar 2013 - 01:27 am

ISLAMABAD: Some 676 Pakistanis reported missing in Afghanistan since 2001 are believed to have died, said Prof Abdullah Khalil, Managing Director of non-profit...

Bangladesh protest 13 Mar 2013 - 01:25 am

People help a driver to move his bus after activists of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party set fire to it during a nationwide strike...

Malaysian soldier shot dead in Sabah clashes 13 Mar 2013 - 01:25 am

KUALA LUMPUR: Philippine armed intruders shot dead a Malaysian soldier yesterday, the first military fatality since security forces launched an assault one week...

China to survey disputed isles 13 Mar 2013 - 01:24 am

BEIJING: Beijing plans to send a survey team to land on small East China Sea islands at the centre of a bitter territorial...

Japan to mark end of US-led occupation 13 Mar 2013 - 01:24 am

TOKYO: Japan’s nationalist government said yesterday it would hold a ceremony next month marking the 1952 return of sovereignty to Tokyo and the...

Pyongyang places South island in crosshairs 13 Mar 2013 - 01:24 am

SEOUL: North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un threatened to “wipe out” a South Korean island as Pyongyang came under new economic and diplomatic fire...

Somali pirates release 14 Filipino sailors 13 Mar 2013 - 01:24 am

MANILA: Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned oil tanker and its 26 sailors, including 14 Filipinos, who were seized in the Arabian Sea...

Short reprieve for death-row Filipino 13 Mar 2013 - 01:24 am

MANILA: A Filipino due to be executed in Saudi Arabia this week has been given three months to raise $1 million in “blood...

Singapore welcomes evidence on US scientist’s death 13 Mar 2013 - 01:23 am

SINGAPORE: Singapore yesterday said it welcomed any independent evidence from US investigators on the mysterious death of an American scientist found hanged in...

Bangla opposition leader out of custody 13 Mar 2013 - 01:23 am

DHAKA: Police yesterday freed Bangladesh Nationalist Party acting secretary general Fakhrul Islam Alamgir and two other officials, a day after he and more...

Respect Falklands vote, Cameron tells Argentina 13 Mar 2013 - 01:21 am

Falkland islanders react after hearing the results of the referendum in Stanley, yesterday. Residents voted almost unanimously to stay under British rule in...

Cyber attacks top threats against US 13 Mar 2013 - 01:21 am

WASHINGTON: Cyber attacks and cyber espionage have supplanted terrorism as the top threats to the United States in an annual “worldwide threat” assessment...

Al Qaeda unlikely to launch major attacks: US official 13 Mar 2013 - 01:20 am

WASHINGTON: The core of Al Qaeda has been severely weakened and likely is unable to launch “large-scale” attacks on Western targets, the US...

Secret tape of arrested US soldier in WikiLeaks case released 13 Mar 2013 - 01:20 am

WASHINGTON: A group pressing for more open government yesterday flouted a military ban to release a secretly-recorded audio of testimony by US Army...

Hackers post private data of Michelle Obama and FBI chief 13 Mar 2013 - 01:19 am

WASHINGTON: The US Secret Service launched an investigation yesterday after hackers posted what they said was personal data and credit information of celebrities...

Uproar as Italy refuses to send back marines 13 Mar 2013 - 01:18 am

Italian Ambassador to India, Daniele Mancini (left), comes out of the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, yesterday. New Delhi/Kochi: India will...