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Gunmen kills 8 in Pakistan’s Karac...

Gunmen kills 8 in Pakistan’s Karachi

Karachi — Gunmen on motorcycles Sunday shot dead eight people including an eight-year-old girl at a faith healer’s house in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, police and doctors said. At least 12 others were also wounded in the shooting at Baldia Town, a low-income Karachi... read more »

Winter Olympics begins

Winter Olympics begins

SOCHI, Russia: Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the Sochi Winter Games officially open yesterday at a high-octane opening ceremony before 40,000 spectators at the gleaming new Fisht Stadium. Putin and leaders from China, Japan and about 40 other countries clapped as athletes emerged from... read more »

Hyundai registers record sales in Middle...

Hyundai registers record sales in Middle East

MANAMA: Hyundai Motor Company has announced record sales across the Middle East region last year, for the second year in succession. The world’s fourth largest automotive manufacturer said it registered a 7.5 per cent increase compared to 2012, with total sales of 328,856 units. Saudi Arabia... read more »

Blast Kills 8 After Pakistan Postpones T...

Blast Kills 8 After Pakistan Postpones Taliban Talks

Pakistani police say a suicide bomber in the northwestern city of Peshawar has killed eight people and wounded at least 30 more. Police said the blast occurred near a hotel frequented by members of the Shi’ite Muslim minority. Police officer, Najeeb Rehman, said the attack took place as... read more »

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Japan raises defence spending budget

Japan seeking US assistance to obtain counter cyberattack capability

Tokyo – Japan is reportedly seeking to curb the increased cyberattacks on the nation’s government systems and in a bid to have the ability to counter the attacks by a foreign... read more »

Israel passes bill to annex part of Jordan Valley

Israeli officials demand end to US snoop-ops following email interception of former leader...

Washington – Senior Israeli leaders have reportedly demanded an end to the alleged mass surveillance programmes carried out by the US’ National Security Agency after it was revealed... read more »

Iran ready to play constructive role in Geneva talk

Iran ready to play constructive role in Geneva talk

Tehran – Iran has expressed its readiness to play a “constructive” role in upcoming Geneva II conference on Syria if it is invited. “We have announced readiness to... read more »

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

44 killed, dozens injured in Syrian bombing

Cairo – At least 44 people, including six children, were killed and dozens wounded in an aerial bombardment by the Syrian regime in Aleppo city. According to Rami Abdulrahman, the... read more »

Thousands protest against high-level corruption in Turkey

Thousands protest against high-level corruption in Turkey

Istanbul – Thousands of people paralysed several neighbourhoods Sunday here in a demonstration against the urban corruption scandal in which children of Turkish ministers, public officials, and... read more »