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Taliban kill 30 Afghan soldiers as fighting intensifies: army spokesman
KANDAHAR: Taliban fighters killed 30 soldiers in an attack on an army base in the southern province of Kandahar, an...
Strike by Pakistan fuel tankers enters third day; long queues at stations
KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: A strike by Pakistani fuel tanker owners entered a third day today, with panicked buyers forming huge queues around...
Suicide bomber in Pakistan’s Lahore kills 25, many of them police
LAHORE: A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people, many of them police, in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore...
H1N1 virus infects 13 in Myanmar, suspected of killing one
YANGON: Myanmar called for calm on Monday after 13 people were confirmed to have contracted H1N1 influenza and a boy...
Death toll in Kabul suicide blast rises to 35: Afghan official
KABUL: The death toll from a suicide car bomb blast in the Afghan capital, Kabul, today rose by more than...
Abbas freezes all contacts with Israel
Ramallah: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday he was freezing contacts with Israel over new security measures at the...
3 Palestinians killed in clashes, several people wounded
Jerusalem: At least three Palestinians were killed and several hundred people wounded Friday as worshippers clashed with Israeli security forces...
Senior Australian minister calls for postal vote on same-sex marriage
MELBOURNE: One of Australia’s most senior ministers today reignited debate on whether same-sex marriage should be legalised, proposing a national...
14 people killed as bus veers off road in Afghanistan
Kabull: At least 14 people were killed when a bus veered off the road and overturned in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan...
Venezuelan protest violence flares, violinist injured
CARACAS: A violinist who has become one of the best-known faces of protests against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was injured...
