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Record seizure of crystal meth 16 Dec 2016 - 08:59 pm

Thai police yesterday unveiled a record half tonne seizure of crystal methamphetamine. The haul of high-grade meth, has a street value of around...

South Korea issues top bird flu alert 16 Dec 2016 - 08:59 pm

Seoul: South Korea has ordered its biggest-ever cull of chickens and other poultry, gassing millions of birds to fight an avian flu outbreak...

11 Burkina Faso troops die in militants attack 16 Dec 2016 - 08:58 pm

Eleven Burkina Faso soldiers were killed yesterday when jihadist fighters attacked an army base in the north close to the west African country's...

Famine victims to double in 2017 16 Dec 2016 - 08:56 pm

Geneva: Global food security monitors said yesterday that Nigeria's Borno state was at increased risk of famine, with one study projecting the number...

Anniversary of school massacre marked 16 Dec 2016 - 08:54 pm

Peshawar: Parents of children killed when Taliban gunmen overran a Pakistan school gathered yesterday to mark the second anniversary of the attack --...

Pakistan defers approval of tribal areas reforms 16 Dec 2016 - 08:53 pm

Islamabad: The federal cabinet has once again deferred approval of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata) reform committee report 2016 to remove concerns...

Pakistan to hold Census on March 15 Islamabad 16 Dec 2016 - 08:52 pm

The Council of Common Interests of Pakistan yesterday agreed on holding the national census on March 15 next year involving the House listing...

Pakistan's double-Oscar winner vows to tell untold stories 16 Dec 2016 - 08:52 pm

Karachi: Pakistan's double-Oscar winner Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy (pictured) has hailed new legislation outlawing the crime of "honour killings" as a turning point in...

China gifts solar plant to Islamabad 16 Dec 2016 - 08:52 pm

Islamabad: As a gift to the residents of Pakistani capital of Islamabad, the Chinese government has set up a solar power plant in...

One dead in Indian shelling on school van 16 Dec 2016 - 08:51 pm

Muzaffarabad: Pakistan yesterday accused India of hitting a school van in the disputed Kashmir region, killing the driver and wounding eight schoolchildren. The...

No common ground between Colombian president & opposition leader on peace accord with FARC rebels. Even with Vatican mediation 16 Dec 2016 - 08:03 pm

VATICAN CITY/BOGOTA: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and opposition leader Alvaro Uribe were unable to find common ground on a peace accord with...

Scrapped Indian currency notes sail to Dubai to end up as furniture 16 Dec 2016 - 07:43 pm

Dubai: After demonetisation, Indias invalid Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes are now on their way to Dubai and may end up...

Inmates take over prison wings in UK jail disturbance 16 Dec 2016 - 07:34 pm

LONDON: Rioting prisoners took control of two wings of an English jail on Friday, prison bosses said, in the latest serious incident of...

UN nuclear watchdog chief to visit Iran on Sunday 16 Dec 2016 - 07:19 pm

VIENNA: The head of the atomic energy watchdog agency of the United Nations will travel to Iran on Sunday for meetings about the...

China seizes US naval underwater probe in South China Sea: defense official 16 Dec 2016 - 07:19 pm

Washington: China has seized an unmanned US naval underwater testing vehicle in the South China Sea, a US defense official told AFP on...

Trump team: Too early for timing on US embassy move to Jerusalem 16 Dec 2016 - 07:11 pm

NEW YORK: Representatives for Donald Trump on Friday said it was too soon to say when the Republican U.S. president-elect would make good...

What we know about David Friedman, the Trump ambassador pick for Israel 16 Dec 2016 - 06:08 pm

Jerusalem: US President-elect Donald Trump has nominated hardliner David Friedman as the next ambassador to Israel, in a move welcomed by conservatives in...