DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulation to the President of the Republic of...
DOHA: HH the Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent a cable of congratulation to the President of the Republic of...
DUBAI: Books are open for the planned issue of a sharia-compliant debt instrument by Dubai Islamic Bank, which is expected to price this...
KABUL: Five members of the NATO-led international force fighting in Afghanistan were killed in a helicopter crash in bad weather in the country's...
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari during the ceremony marking the start of work on the pipeline as...
A Christian woman, Anzila Semeul, cries while sitting with her daughter in front of their home, after it was burnt by a mob...
PESHAWAR: Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) launched its election campaign yesterday with a violation of law and election code of conduct by putting up hoardings...
ISLAMABAD: Constitutional experts in Pakistan fear delay in the selection of caretaker premier if Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf and Leader of Opposition...
KABUL: Two American soldiers were killed in a so-called insider attack when a person in an Afghan military uniform turned his weapon on...
BRUSSELS: The European Union yesterday offered to send observers to Pakistan’s historic elections in May to ensure a “peaceful, credible” vote that will...
Policemen check woman’s papers in an outpost in Lahad Datu yesterday. KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said yesterday they had cleared a remote village...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have rescued at least 136 people believed to be ethnic Rohingya Muslims fleeing strife in Myanmar aboard a leaking...
MANILA: The 21 Filipino peacekeepers seized in the Golan Heights and later freed by Syrian rebels will return to duty as members of...
WASHINGTON/Tokyo: The earthquake that sent a devastating tsunami barrelling into Japan two years ago on Monday was so big it could be heard...
BEIJING: A senior Chinese politician whose brother defected to the US in a spy scandal was yesterday elected as chairman of the country’s...
SEOUL: South Korean software mogul Ahn Cheol-Soo, 51, whose candidacy enlivened last year’s presidential election, yesterday vowed to run for parliament in a...
Kashmiri students greet each other as schools and colleges in the valley re-opened yesterday after days of protests and shutdowns against the February...
Policemen stand guard as an ambulance leaves the main entrance of Tihar Jail yesterday. RIGHT: Mange Lal Singh (left) and Ram Bai, parents...
New Delhi: The suicide by prime Delhi gang-rape accused Ram Singh, as alleged by police, sprung a spate of questions yesterday, such as...