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Australia's coal city backs green future 26 Aug 2015 - 05:44 pm

Sydney: Australia's city of Newcastle, which claims to be the world's biggest coal export port, said Wednesday it will pull money out of...

US urges Maldives to free jailed ex-leader 26 Aug 2015 - 05:21 pm

Colombo: The United States pressed the Maldives Wednesday to release former leader Mohamed Nasheed after he was returned to prison despite a court...

Construction slowdown hits Modi's jobs promise 26 Aug 2015 - 05:08 pm

NOIDA: After a decade labouring on building sites around New Delhi Akhilesh Kumar lost his scaffolding job last month when his employer halted...

Nepal's top court orders suspension of surrogacy services 26 Aug 2015 - 04:59 pm

KATHMANDU: Nepal's top court has ordered a halt to commercial surrogacy services in the Himalayan nation until it rules on the legality of...

India, Pakistan border chiefs to meet after peace talks collapsed 26 Aug 2015 - 04:52 pm

ISLAMABAD: India and Pakistan border security force chiefs will meet in New Delhi next month, Pakistani officials said on Wednesday, days after the...

Pakistan arrests opposition politician close to ex-president 26 Aug 2015 - 04:50 pm

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities arrested a prominent opposition politician close to the former president, his party said on Wednesday, the first detention of a...

Two Virginia television journalists fatally shot in on-air attack 26 Aug 2015 - 04:46 pm

Two television journalists were shot and killed in Virginia on Wednesday morning while conducting a live television interview, the station said. The incident...

Eight dead as boat sinks in Kochi 26 Aug 2015 - 03:01 pm

A TV grab of the accident scene. KOCHI: Eight passengers on a motor boat died after it was hit by a fishing boat...

Modi urges calm after caste protest in Gujarat 26 Aug 2015 - 02:25 pm

Commuters ride their motocycles next to the wreckage of a bus that was burnt in the clashes between the police and protesters in...

NATO troops killed in Afghanistan's Helmand, Taliban grab district 26 Aug 2015 - 02:23 pm

An Afghan National Police armored vehicle patrols on a street in Lashkar Gah capital of Helmand province, Afghanistan August 26, 2015. LASHKAR GAH...

Thai elephant kills keeper, runs off with 3 Chinese on its back 26 Aug 2015 - 02:15 pm

A representative photo of a Thai elephant. BANGKOK: An elephant in northern Thailand went berserk Wednesday, killing his "mahout" keeper before running off...

Pakistan's economy facing revenue generation crisis: report 26 Aug 2015 - 02:03 pm

Pakistan's economy grew at 4.24 percent during the 2014-2015 fiscal year with per capita income rising a significant 9.25 percent, markers that come...

U.S. plans more Asia-Pacific drills to counter China reclamation 26 Aug 2015 - 01:01 pm

A U.S. Navy crewman aboard a P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft views a computer screen purportedly showing Chinese construction on the reclaimed land of...

Kurds launch new assault on Islamic State in northern Iraq 26 Aug 2015 - 12:20 pm

Kurdish Peshmerga fighters stand guard on the outskirts of Mosul January 26, 2015. ERBIL (Iraq): Kurdish forces attacked Islamic State insurgents in a...

Saudi Arabia holding main suspect in 1996 Khobar bombing: Newspaper 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 pm

A building at Khobar Towers in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, was blasted by a car bomb in June 1996, killing 19 U.S. airmen and...

Suu Kyi eyes poll majority, but fears for wider democratic gains 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Chairperson of National League for Democracy (NLD) Aung San Suu Kyi listens during an interview at Parliament in Naypyidaw on August 25, 2015....

US warns Sri Lanka that Tamil reconciliation will take time 26 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A file photo of President Maithripala Sirisena with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photo: AFP Colombo: The US warned Sri Lanka on Tuesday that...