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Pakistan’s NW region receives 19 terror attack threats daily 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

PESHAWAR: On an average 19 threats of terrorist attacks are received daily in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Federally Administered Tribal Areas and...

US in key ‘militant attacks’ talk 31 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (right) meets with the US National Security Adviser Susan Rice at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad, yesterday. ISLAMABAD:...

Egypt to hold parliamentary election starting Oct 18-19 30 Aug 2015 - 09:20 pm

CAIRO: Egypt will hold a long-awaited parliamentary election in two phases starting Oct. 18-19, the election commission said on Sunday, the final step...

Sudanese President to visit China despite international arrest warrant 30 Aug 2015 - 08:30 pm

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is to travel to China, despite being wanted by the International Criminal Court (AFP ) KHARTOUM: Sudanese President Omar...

7 bodies wash up on Libya beach 30 Aug 2015 - 08:10 pm

KHOME: Another boat carrying migrants has sunk off Libya and the bodies of at least seven people have been washed up, Libya's Red...

Saudi women allowed to run in local elections for the first time 30 Aug 2015 - 06:56 pm

Saudi women wait for their drivers outside a shopping mall in Riyadh on September 26, 2011 a day after King Abdullah granted women...

Outspoken Indian scholar killed by gunmen 30 Aug 2015 - 06:20 pm

DHARWAD, Karnataka: Renowned Kannada scholar and former Hampi University vice chancellor M.M. Kalburgi was shot dead on Sunday by unidentified assailants here, sparking...

Thousands urge help for Indian sisters 'ordered raped' 30 Aug 2015 - 06:09 pm

NEW DELHI: Thousands have signed a petition urging protection for two Indian sisters after a local council allegedly ordered them raped and paraded...

Gunmen attack remote Pakistan airport, kill 2 engineers 30 Aug 2015 - 06:04 pm

QUETTA, Pakistan: Gunmen stormed a remote airport in troubled southwestern Pakistan before dawn on Sunday, killing two engineers and destroying the facility's radar...

Susan Rice discusses militant attacks in talks in Pakistan 30 Aug 2015 - 05:58 pm

ISLAMABAD: U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice met Pakistan's prime minister on Sunday to press concerns over attacks launched by militants based in...

Chinese tourists unfazed by currency fall, market turmoil 30 Aug 2015 - 05:39 pm

Singapore: China's currency devaluation and slowing economy have caused enormous turmoil in world financial markets, but they have not really bothered tourists like...

Mystery man in Bangkok bomb probe 'never said a word' 30 Aug 2015 - 05:37 pm

BANGKOK: The evidence seized by police investigating Thailand's deadliest bombing includes an apparently damning trove of explosives, fertiliser, and piles of fake passports,...

Iran jails two people for 10 years on espionage charges 30 Aug 2015 - 05:20 pm

DUBAI: A Revolutionary Court in Iran has sentenced two people to 10 years each in jail on charges of spying for the United...

13 die in crash on way to Swaziland beauty pageant 30 Aug 2015 - 04:59 pm

Tens of thousands of Swaziland girls dance and sing as they get ready to walk to the Royal palace, on August 28, 2015...

Thai police hunt more suspects after Bangkok bomb arrest 30 Aug 2015 - 04:56 pm

The suspect was arrested in Bangkok on Saturday Credit: APTN BANGKOK: Police probing Thailand's deadliest bombing raided a second location and widened their...

Saudi executes Pakistani for drug trafficking 30 Aug 2015 - 03:53 pm

Under Saudi Arabia's strict Islamic legal code, drug trafficking, murder, armed robbery, rape and apostasy are all punishable by death. Saudi authorities executed...