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Floods force thousands to flee in Indonesia
JAKARTA: Monsoon rains and rising rivers have forced thousands of people to flee their flooded homes in Indonesia’s capital. Jakarta’s disaster management agency said on its website yesterday that 10,825…
Pakistanis protest killing of 18 in village raid
PESHAWAR: Hundreds of villagers from northwest Pakistan protested Wednesday the killing of 18 of their relatives in an overnight raid that they blamed on security forces, displaying the bodies of…
Pakistan accuses India of ‘warmongering’
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan accused India of “warmongering” and lodged an official protest yesterday after another soldier was killed in disputed Kashmir in a flare-up that threatens to derail a fragile peace…
Suicide bombers strike Afghan spy agency in Kabul
KABUL: Six militants wearing suicide vests – including one driving a car packed with explosives – attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence in Kabul yesterday, setting off a blast…
Pakistan court orders PM’s arrest – Cleric emerges as pre-election wild card
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the arrest of the prime minister yesterday on corruption allegations, ratcheting up pressure on a government that is also facing street protests led by a…
One dead, 900 hurt in heavy Japan snowfall
TOKYO: Heavy snow that blanketed eastern Japan over the holiday weekend left one man dead and 900 others injured, as Tokyo commuters yesterday took to the slippery streets. A low-pressure…
New rape outrage in India as schoolgirl attacked – Documents say India suspect is juvenile
VASCO DA GAMA: Thousands protested in the holiday state of Goa yesterday after a seven-yearold girl was raped in a school toilet, sparking fresh outrage in India following a deadly…
Millions plunge into the Ganges for ‘Royal Bath’ – Maha Kumbh Mela – ‘world’s largest’ religious festival
ALLAHABAD: Upwards of a million elated Hindu holy men and pilgrims took a bracing plunge in India’s sacred Ganges River to wash away lifetimes of sins yesterday, in a raucous…
India army orders ‘aggressive’ response to border shooting
NEW DELHI: The Indian army’s chief of staff ordered an “aggressive” response yesterday to any cross-border firing by Pakistan as commanders from both sides met to discuss a recent deadly…
Attack fuels Taleban comeback fears in Swat
MINGORA: The worst bomb attack in years has fuelled growing fears of a Taleban comeback in Pakistan’s Swat valley, where schoolgirl rights activist Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head…
Philippine rebels seek release of hostages
MANILA: A Muslim rebel group which signed a 1996 peace pact with the Philippine government said it sent emissaries yesterday to negotiate the release of foreign and Filipino hostages being…
Bomb kills 14 Pakistani soldiers – Attack in retaliation for army’s complicity in drone strikes
MIRANSHAH: A roadside bomb killed as many as 14 Pakistani soldiers in the northern border region of North Waziristan yesterday, military officials said, a day after the Pakistani Taleban leader…
