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125 killed in Syria village bombing: NGO 12 Dec 2012 - 03:54 am

DAMASCUS: Scores of civilians from President Bashar Al Assad’s minority sect were reported killed yesterday as Washington blacklisted an Al Qaeda-linked rebel group...

International military chiefs hold talks on Syrian situation 12 Dec 2012 - 03:53 am

LONDON: International military chiefs met in London to discuss the Syria conflict, a diplomatic source said yesterday, after a report that they discussed...

Bahrain court cuts sentence for activist over protest 12 Dec 2012 - 03:53 am

DUBAI: The prison sentence of a prominent Bahraini rights activist jailed for taking part in unlicensed protests was cut by a year by...

Iran arrests 28 with ‘links to satellite channels’ 12 Dec 2012 - 03:52 am

TEHRAN: Iran has arrested 28 people, some with links to the Bahai faith, on charges of working with “anti-revolutionary” satellite channels, Tehran’s prosecutor...

South Sudan army kills 13 rebel suspects 12 Dec 2012 - 03:52 am

JUBA: South Sudan’s army has killed 13 people suspected of belonging to a rebel militia in the troubled eastern state of Jonglei, a...

Typhoon victims running out of food 12 Dec 2012 - 03:50 am

DAVAO CITY: Isolated communities in the Philippines including hill tribes are facing hunger a week after a typhoon struck, and with roads blocked,...

Once-exiled media craft new role inside Myanmar 12 Dec 2012 - 03:50 am

YANGON: Their journalists risked jail terms to report inside Myanmar under years of brutal junta rule, but once-exiled media now operate openly --...

Few options to punish N Korea for rocket launch 12 Dec 2012 - 03:49 am

SEOUL: With North Korea seemingly intent on going ahead with its planned rocket launch, the international community must decide how it can punish...

Nepal Maoist chief bails out attacker 12 Dec 2012 - 03:49 am

KATHMANDU: The leader of Nepal’s ruling Maoists put up the bail money yesterday to free a young chef who is awaiting trial for...

Petrol bombs thrown during Bangladesh protests 12 Dec 2012 - 03:48 am

DHAKA: Hundreds of protesters in Bangladesh threw petrol bombs at police yesterday as opposition parties enforced a nationwide strike demanding elections under a...

China sentences 3 to death for Xinjiang hijack attempt 12 Dec 2012 - 03:48 am

BEIJING: A Chinese court sentenced three men to death and another to life in prison yesterday for attempting to hijack a plane in...

Baby, teachers among 6 dead in Thai shootings 12 Dec 2012 - 03:47 am

BANGKOK: Six people, including a one-year-old girl and two teachers, were gunned down in separate attacks on a tea shop and a school...

Egypt army chief urges unity talks 12 Dec 2012 - 03:44 am

CAIRO: Egypt’s army chief called for talks on national unity to end the country’s mounting political crisis after a vital loan from the...

Israel raids Palestinian NGO offices 12 Dec 2012 - 03:44 am

RAMALLAH: Israeli soldiers raided the offices of three civil society organisations yesterday in the heart of Ramallah, the de facto Palestinian capital in...

Masked gunmen kill intelligence officer in Yemen 12 Dec 2012 - 03:43 am

ADEN: Masked gunmen shot dead a senior intelligence officer in southern Yemen yesterday, local and security officials said. Colonel Ahmed Barmadah, deputy head...

Yemen president, Guards in standoff on missiles 12 Dec 2012 - 03:43 am

SANA’A: The commander of Yemen’s Republican Guards has refused orders from the president to hand long-range missiles over to the Defence Ministry, political...

King Abdullah meets Cameron 12 Dec 2012 - 03:35 am

King Abdullah II of Jordan with Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron inside 10 Downing Street in London, England, yesterday. King Abdullah is on...

Mali PM quits after pressure from ex-junta 12 Dec 2012 - 03:34 am

BAMAKO: Malian Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra yesterday quit under pressure from influential former putschists who are opposed to a military intervention to...