Afghan forces take over security from NATO
KABUL: Afghan forces took control of security across the country yesterday, marking a major milestone as US-led combat troops prepare to withdraw after 12 years of fighting the Taleban. Speaking…
At least 60 feared dead as monsoon lashes north India
RISHIKESH: Torrential rains and flash floods washed away homes and roads in north India, leaving at least feared 60 people dead and thousands stranded, as the annual monsoon hit…
Early monsoon strikes India, 26 people dead – More than 50 missing in floods
NEW DELHI: Heavy rains lashed parts of north India yesterday, resulting in the deaths of at least 26 people, as the annual monsoon covered the country nearly two weeks ahead…
India cuts Iran oil imports 42%
NEW DELHI: India cut its Iranian oil imports by more than 40 percent in the first five months of the year, replacing the crude with shipments from Venezuela, Iraq and…
Weeping families identify Pakistan victims
QUETTA: Weeping relatives gathered yesterday to identify the charred remains of loved ones killed in a double attack in Pakistan’s troubled southwest claimed by a banned Sunni militant group. At…
25 die in Pakistan attacks – Militants blow up bus carrying female students
QUETTA: At least 25 people were killed in troubled southwest Pakistan yesterday when militants blew up a bus carrying women students and attacked a hospital treating survivors, officials said. A…
Goa state seeks to limit outside landowners – CM raises concerns with premier
PANAJI: The Indian tourism state of Goa is seeking to restrict the sale of land to outsiders who flock to the coastal belt to set up retirement and holiday homes…
Briton tells of terrifying Indonesia kidnap ordeal – Abductors free Primrose without ransom
PARSI PUTIH, Indonesia: A shaken British energy worker told yesterday of his terrifying ordeal at the hands of kidnappers in the restive Indonesian province of Aceh. Malcolm Primrose was abducted…
Mumbai death toll rises to 10
MUMBAI: The death toll from an apartment block collapse in central Mumbai has risen to 10, police said yesterday, as they ended nearly two days of search and rescue operations.…
Suicide explosion in Kabul kills 17 at Supreme Court
KABUL: A suicide car bomber struck outside the Supreme Court in the Afghan capital yesterday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 39 in the second consecutive day of militant…
