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All Punjab schools, Bacha Khan varsity closed over threat

All Punjab schools, Bacha Khan varsity closed over threat

The Pakistani university attacked by Taliban militants in a deadly assault last week will remain closed indefinitely...

27 Jan 2016 6:18 AM IST

Malaysian PM cleared in graft case

Malaysian PM cleared in graft case

Saudi royals provided ‘donation’

27 Jan 2016 6:17 AM IST

Residents attempt to stop bulldozers and workers sent to destroy their illegally built homes in Mingalardon. -AP

Myanmar: President tries to expand Army powers

Myanmar’s outgoing Army-backed President asked Parliament on Tuesday to extend the powers of the...

27 Jan 2016 6:09 AM IST

Taliban kill 10 Afghan cops in insider hit

Taliban kill 10 Afghan cops in insider hit

A rogue Afghan policeman drugged and then shot dead 10 of his colleagues in the country’s volatile south early on...

27 Jan 2016 6:07 AM IST

Over 1,500 candidates eye White House

Over 1,500 candidates eye White House

Michael Petyo is a carpenter, a US Navy veteran, a grandfather and Russian Orthodox church cantor who likes to boast...

27 Jan 2016 1:17 AM IST

Lenin watches over indifferent Russians

Communist Party supporters carry red flags as they take part in a memorial ceremony in Red Square, Moscow, to mark the...

27 Jan 2016 1:16 AM IST

Pakistani school headmaster Naveed Gul says weapons in school give him confidence. (Photo: AFP)

Pakistan’s thin red line: Armed teachers in classrooms

Headmaster Naveed Gul walked past the armed guard at the gate into his office.

27 Jan 2016 1:14 AM IST

Marble statues are displayed at the Capitoline Museums, in Rome. (Photo: AP)

In Rome, a fig-leaf cover-up for Iran President

France has baulked at making a similar placatory gesture, leaving diplomats preparing for Rouhani’s Paris visit...

27 Jan 2016 12:31 AM IST

The girl had gone missing in Berlin, reportedly on her way to school, on January 11. (Photo: AFP)

Russia backs teen rape claim rejected by German police

Berlin police last week rejected a claim by a 13-year-old German-Russian teenager that she had been kidnapped and raped...

26 Jan 2016 5:48 PM IST

Tamils seek power devolution in Lanka's new Constitution

The Tamils had stayed away from both previous Constitution making processes in 1972 and 1978.

26 Jan 2016 5:47 PM IST

Pak closes schools in province over possible militant attacks

The warning comes a week after a breakaway Taliban faction attacked a northwestern university and killed 21 people,...

26 Jan 2016 4:04 PM IST

Thailands fetish for lifelike dolls gets a jolt as vendors were raided by police. (Photo: AFP)

Thailand 'angel doll' vendors raided in tax bust

Officers confiscated more than 100 dolls and arrested three vendors in Bangkok for allegedly failing to pay import...

26 Jan 2016 3:38 PM IST