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President completes third year 25 Jul 2015 - 02:28 am

President Pranab Mukherjee waves to the media after the inaguration of a restored clock tower inside The President‘s estate in New Delhi yesterday...

Floating beds 25 Jul 2015 - 02:28 am

Priests pull wooden beds, which are tied, through the flooded banks of river Ganga after heavy monsoon rains in northern India caused rise...

Kashmiri nomads 25 Jul 2015 - 02:27 am

Kashmiri nomads rest inside a tent at a temporary camp after heavy rainfall on the outskirts of Srinagar yesterday. Nomads travel with their...

Afghan talks next week 25 Jul 2015 - 02:23 am

Kabul: Afghan officials said yesterday they will meet Taliban insurgents next week for a second round of talks aimed at ending 13 years...

China submarines sold to Pakistan 25 Jul 2015 - 02:18 am

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and China yesterday agreed to a multi-billion dollar deal that would see Beijing provide eight submarines to the Pakistan Navy, in...

Flash floods kill 28 in Pakistan 25 Jul 2015 - 02:16 am

LONDON: Flash flooding caused by torrential monsoon rains has killed at least 28 in Pakistan and affected hundreds of thousands of people, according...

Roadside beauty 25 Jul 2015 - 02:15 am

A Pakistani family looks at the art work on a wall on a street in the southern port city of Karachi. For years,...

Imran suffers blow as panel dismisses ‘2013 poll rigging’ 25 Jul 2015 - 02:04 am

ISLAMABAD: With the unveiling of the judicial commission report, yesterday, one question dominated discussions: how were its findings going to impact Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf...

Malaysia suspends two dailies for news on graft 25 Jul 2015 - 01:55 am

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government’s crackdown on the media and dissenters widened yesterday, as the home ministry suspended publication of two leading financial...

Trumpet of protests 25 Jul 2015 - 01:54 am

Protesters blow shofars during a rally in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati city in Manila yesterday. China called on the Philippines...

Tokyo’s giant fish tank 25 Jul 2015 - 01:53 am

Visitors watch some 800 fish transported from Okinawa during the opening day of the 48th Sony Aquarium in Tokyo yesterday. The 45-day-long summer...

Taiwan protests China drill 25 Jul 2015 - 01:53 am

China's Peoples' Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers perform a drill at the Ngong Shuen Chau Barracks in Hong Kong on July 1, 2015. Taipei:...

Britain needs to stay in EU, says Obama 25 Jul 2015 - 01:48 am

LONDON/WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama said he wants Britain to stay in the European Union and help maintain the post-war transatlantic partnership, prompting...

US Justice Department weighs request to probe Hillary emails 25 Jul 2015 - 01:47 am

NEW YORK: The US Justice Department said yesterday that it is weighing a request by two government inspectors to look into the possible...

Motive eludes investigators in Louisiana theatre rampage 25 Jul 2015 - 01:46 am

LAFAYETTE: A jobless 59-year-old man whose estranged family feared him was identified by authorities yesterday as the gunman who fatally shot two people...

Christie campaigns in Iowa 25 Jul 2015 - 01:45 am

Republican presidential hopeful New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks to guests gathered for a campaign event at Jersey Grille in Davenport, Iowa, yesterday....

Anti-corruption rally in Kiev 25 Jul 2015 - 01:45 am

An activist stands next to mannequins with burning hats which represent the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Viktor Shokin (left) and his deputies Vladimir...

GREECE MINIONS MILLIONS DEBT EURO 25 Jul 2015 - 01:35 am

Group: ViewsEurope Credit: MIEL Source: The Straits Times - Singapore Keywords: COLOR GREECE MINIONS MILLIONS DEBT EURO 072215 Provider: CartoonArts International / The...