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Canada liquor laws face constitutional challenges 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

OTTAWA: Fighting to liberalize booze sales, Canadian drinkers and distillers argued in separate legal challenges this week against "unconstitutional" restrictions on the sale...

Hong Kong student leader booked for protests 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Student protesters Joshua Wong (left) and Nathan Law (centre) talk to the media outside the Wanchai police station in Hong Kong, yesterday. Hong...

Arrest warrant out for ex-PM Yousuf Gilani 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

KARACHI: A Pakistani anti-corruption court yesterday issued an arrest warrant for former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, in a case alleging millions of...

Commission summons official over RTI refusal 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

ISLAMABAD: After a year of restraint over the blatant violation of the Right to Information (RTI) law by the highest constitutional office of...

Farmers’ rally turns violent 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Members of the Communist Party of India (Marxists) grapple with police during a farmers rally in Kolkata, yesterday. Kolkata: A farmers’ rally called...

Gujarat limps back to normalcy 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Army troops clear road blocks left by protesters in Ahmedabad, yesterday. Ahmedabad: Ravaged by violence since last Tuesday, Gujarat limped back to normalcy...

Coalition poised to retake Sana’a 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A girl cries at the yard of a school sheltering people displaced by Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen’s northwestern province of Saada, in...

Abbas seeks to consolidate power in PLO 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

GAZA/RAMALLAH: President Mahmoud Abbas is acting to shake up Palestinian politics with peace talks with Israel in deep freeze and unity efforts with...

President greets people on Onam 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

Students pose for a selfie as they celebrate Onam at a college campus in Chennai, yesterday. New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee and Vice...

Hezbollah, Christian allies boycott cabinet meeting 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

People drive past piles of garbage in the area of Jal Al Dib in the northern outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut, yesterday....

IS kills two generals in Iraq 28 Aug 2015 - 12:00 am

A Syrian migrant runs after crossing under a fence as he enters Hungary, at the border with Serbia, near Roszke, yesterday. Baghdad: A...

Merkel says 'shaken' by migrant deaths in Austria 27 Aug 2015 - 06:50 pm

VIENNA: German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that everyone had been "shaken" by news that up to 50 migrants had been found...

Greece names top judge as caretaker PM ahead of snap vote 27 Aug 2015 - 06:16 pm

ATHENS: Greece on Thursday named its top judge as caretaker prime minister to organise early elections expected next month, the fifth in the...

Thai court issues arrest warrant for suspect over second blast 27 Aug 2015 - 06:00 pm

BANGKOK: A Thai court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for a man over a blast near a Bangkok pier last week which...

Catalonia prepares for key vote on its future in Spain 27 Aug 2015 - 05:38 pm

Barcelona: Catalan political parties sharpened their knives on Thursday one month ahead of a key regional election which separatists want to use as...

Kremlin pivot to China slowed as projects delayed 27 Aug 2015 - 05:32 pm

MOSCOW: A growing economic crisis in Russia and a growth slowdown in China that has rattled world markets mean about $113 billion worth...

China, Malaysia to hold military drill in September 27 Aug 2015 - 05:14 pm

BEIJING: China and Malaysia will hold a joint military exercise in the second half of September in the Malacca Strait and its surrounding...

Afghan Airstrike Kills 4 Senior Taliban Commanders 27 Aug 2015 - 05:06 pm

KABUL: Four senior Taliban commanders have been killed in an airstrike in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, a security official said on Thursday...