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Five militants killed in Meghalaya, plot foiled 20 May 2014 - 11:33 pm

Shillong: Five UALA rebels were killed and a police officer was injured in a gun battle yesterday, even as security forces foiled a...

Kashmir lifts ban on SMS on prepaid cell phones 20 May 2014 - 11:33 pm

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir government yesterday decided to lift the ban on short messaging services (SMS) on prepaid mobile connections with effect...

Thailand’s military declares martial law 20 May 2014 - 11:08 pm

Thai soldiers next to portrait of King Bhumibol Adulyadej after the declaration of martial law in Bangkok yesterday. BANGKOK: Thailand’s army declared martial...

World Economic Forum 20 May 2014 - 11:07 pm

Filipino rubbish scavengers rest inside a makeshift tent at a dump site near Manila’s international airport, the Philippines, yesterday. A World Economic Forum...

North Korea may be closer to developing nuclear missile: Expert 20 May 2014 - 11:06 pm

SEOUL: North Korea, which this month threatened to carry out a fourth nuclear test, may be closer than previously thought to putting a...

US spying on Philippine SMS: Snowden 20 May 2014 - 11:04 pm

MANILA: The Philippines is among the countries being secretly monitored by a telecommunications spying programme of the US National Security Agency (NSA), as...

Japan disposes of Fukushima nuclear wastes 20 May 2014 - 11:04 pm

Tokyo: Japan’s government has decided that a state-owned company will be responsible for the disposal of contaminated soil and other radioactive waste outside...

Arms surrendered 20 May 2014 - 11:03 pm

Former Taliban militants pose for the camera after surrendering under as part of the US-backed Afghan government amnesty programme in Herat yesterday.

Soccer factory 20 May 2014 - 11:02 pm

An employee adjusts outer panels on a soccer ball inside a soccer ball factory that is producing balls for 2014 World Cup in...

Geo TV ‘threatened’ over blasphemy 20 May 2014 - 11:00 pm

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s biggest television station said it was ramping up security yesterday after it became the object of dozens of blasphemy accusations for...

Taliban rebels kidnap Chinese cyclist on tour 20 May 2014 - 10:59 pm

DERA ISMAIL KHAN: The Pakistani Taliban have kidnapped a Chinese tourist on a cycling tour of the country, police and Taliban sources said...

Hussain to address parliament on June 2 20 May 2014 - 10:59 pm

ISLAMABAD: President Mamnoon Hussain will address the mandatory annual joint sitting of both houses of parliament on June 2. “In exercise of the...

Balochistan insurgents urged to rethink approach 20 May 2014 - 10:58 pm

ISLAMABAD: Balochistan has been mired in a low-key insurgency since 2004 which has become deadlier following the killing of Jamhoori Wattan Party leader...

Governor forms another commission for reforms in tribal region 20 May 2014 - 10:58 pm

PESHAWAR: As if the recommendations of previous task forces and reforms commissions were not enough, Pakistan’s northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Sardar...

Six rebels die in Afghanistan 20 May 2014 - 10:55 pm

Kabul: Six Taliban militants were killed in joint operations launched by Afghan security forces and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF)...

TURKEY CORRUPTION MINERS TRAGEDY COAL ENERGY 20 May 2014 - 10:50 pm

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Inmarsat to publish lost plane's final flight data 20 May 2014 - 06:26 pm

LONDON: British satellite company Inmarsat said it will release all the data it used to determine the final path of missing Malaysia Airlines...

JP Morgan exec killed himself leaping from UK building, inquest rules 20 May 2014 - 06:01 pm

LONDON: A JP Morgan technology expert who fell to his death from the bank's tower in London's Canary Wharf financial district, killed himself,...