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No party can rule alone: Erdogan
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday said the inconclusive election result means no party can govern alone.
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Myanmar arrests 93 traffickers
Myanmar police have arrested more than 90 people for human trafficking offences this year, media reported yesterday, but no cases have
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Convert challenge into opportunity
With monsoon rainfall predicted to be deficient this year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said the “challenge” should be
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Syrian air raids kill 49 in Idlib
Government airstrikes on a northwestern Syrian village yesterday killed at least 49 people and destroyed homes, shops and cars, activists
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
World's first 'feeling' leg prosthesis
The world's first artificial leg capable of simulating the feelings of a real limb and fighting phantom pain was unveiled by researchers in
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Rohingya Muslims deserve citizenship
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai yesterday urged Myanmar leaders to take "immediate action" to prevent the persecution of the
8 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Exchange of enclaves starts July 31 midnight
Bangladesh and India will start exchanging enclaves from midnight of July 31, according to land deal documents exchanged between two countries on June 6.
8 June 2015, 15:03 PM
Myanmar arrests 93 traffickers, but none from Rakhine
Myanmar police arrest more than 90 people for human trafficking offences this year but no cases have been uncovered in Rakhine state where persecuted Rohingya have fled in droves.
8 June 2015, 12:31 PM
Delhi withdraws two-finger test circular on rape victims
The Delhi government will withdraw its earlier circular which ruled out the banning of the controversial two-finger test on rape survivors.
8 June 2015, 11:50 AM
US' 'total failure' to recruit 5 Talibans as informants: report
The US government’s attempts to recruit members of the so-called Taliban Five group of former Guantanamo prisoners turned out to be a "total failure," the Fox News reports Saturday.
8 June 2015, 10:46 AM
Obama pressed to disclose ‘redacted pages’ of 9/11 report
US President Barack Obama is facing fresh challenges to reveal some 28 redacted pages of a top Senate report of 9/11.
8 June 2015, 10:46 AM
Central Africa's diamonds come at high price in blood and sweat
Barefoot, with sweat pouring down their naked chests, 50 men slave in the depths of the Central African forest digging for diamonds in a sandy pit half the size of a football pitch.
8 June 2015, 07:09 AM
Saudis uphold blogger's 1,000 lashes
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court upholds the sentence of 1,000 lashes and 10 years of imprisonment on blogger Raif Badawi, despite a foreign outcry.
8 June 2015, 05:38 AM
Turkey's AKP faces challenge to form government
Turkey's AK party faces a challenge to form a government after losing its majority at a general election for the first time in 13 years.
8 June 2015, 04:54 AM
China sees greenhouse gas progress
China's greenhouse gas emissions could start to decline within 10 years, says a report from the London School of Economics.
8 June 2015, 04:45 AM
Two convicted killers escape NY prison
A frantic manhunt was on yesterday for two convicted murderers who busted out of New York state's biggest maximum security prison by cutting through cell walls with power
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Israeli planes hit Gaza after rocket attack
The Israeli air force hit the Gaza Strip early yesterday for the second time in three days after new rocket fire from the territory hit southern Israel, raising fears of a new
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Saudi SC upholds jail, lashes for blogger
Saudi Arabia's supreme court has upheld a sentence of 10 years in jail and 1,000 lashes against blogger Raif Badawi on charges of insulting Islam, his wife said yesterday. The
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Blaze in Mumbai high-rise kills 7
A fire in a high-rise apartment block in Mumbai has killed seven people after they became trapped on the upper floors, officials said yesterday. Fire officials are probing the
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM
Malaysia quake toll hits 16
Six Singapore primary school students and one teacher were among 16 people so far confirmed killed by an earthquake that rocked Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, government
7 June 2015, 18:00 PM