Afghan Taliban denies reports of Mullah Omar’s death
KABUL: A Taliban spokesman today denied rumours that the movement’s leader Mullah Mohammed Omar, had died or been killed following…
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1st female Foreign Minister takes office in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Hina Rabbani Khar yesterday took oath as Pakistan’s 26th Minister of Foreign Affairs just days ahead of the foreign…
Strong earthquake rocks southern Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK: A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale has jolted southern Kyrgyzstan on the border with Uzbekistan, the…
1 missing, 50 injured as strong typhoon lashes Japan
OSAKA: A large and powerful typhoon lashed Shikoku Island and parts of the Kinki region in western Japan early today,…
British hacking whistleblower found dead
LONDON: A whistleblower in Britain’s phone-hacking scandal, former News of the World reporter Sean Hoare, was found dead at his…
S’wak-Brunei ties on track
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Cooperation between Sarawak and Brunei in five key areas – energy, agriculture, telecommunications, manpower exchange and tourism…
6 killed, 10 missing in Nepal landslides
KATHMANDU: Monsoon rains triggered landslides that have buried parts of two remote villages in Nepal killing six people. At least…
Window Live Hotmail introduces Hacking Alert System
SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft yesterday introduced a hacking alert system to its Windows Live Hotmail email service alongside banning common passwords.