SoftBank paid $135m to former Google exec Arora: reports
TOKYO: Japan's telecom carrier SoftBank paid vice president and ex-Google executive Nikesh Arora a whopping… Read More
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Bin Laden son asked US for death certificate: WikiLeaks
RIYADH: A son of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden asked the United States for a… Read More
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US man jailed over attack on ISI offices in Lahore
LOS ANGELES: A US man who gave money to a suicide bomber who attacked a… Read More
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YouTube launches eyewitness video ‘newswire’
WASHINGTON: YouTube announced plans Thursday for a "newswire" of eyewitness videos and a separate project… Read More
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US to put woman on new $10 bill
WASHINGTON: The US will put the image of a woman on an American banknote for… Read More
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Police fear UK family has crossed into Syria
LONDON: Concern grew Wednesday for 12 family members from England suspected of travelling to join… Read More
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Earth’s groundwater being drained at rapid rate: study
WASHINGTON: Human activity is leading to the rapid draining of about one third of the… Read More
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Donald Trump announces run for the White House
NEW YORK: Property tycoon Donald Trump, one of America's most flamboyant and outspoken billionaires, declared… Read More
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Tehran and Paris in ‘love/hate’ relationship: Iran minister
PARIS: Iranian Transport Minister Abbas Akhoundi said Tuesday that Paris and Tehran have a "love/hate"… Read More
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Saudi beheads murderers, adding to ‘campaign of death’
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded two of its citizens for murder Tuesday, adding to what a… Read More
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Facebook launches private photo sharing for friends
WASHINGTON: Facebook on Monday unveiled a new feature that allows smartphone users to privately share… Read More
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Chocolate may be good for your heart, study suggests
PARIS: New research has added to tentative evidence that eating chocolate in modest quantities may… Read More
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Nestle says India’s Maggi ban cost 44.5 million euros
ZURICH: Nestle said Monday that India's decision to ban the Swiss food giant's hugely popular… Read More
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Hate and extremism ‘not Islam’ says French PM
PARIS: French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stressed on Monday there was no link between extremism… Read More
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27kg of cocaine found in French military official’s bag
CAYENNE: Some 27 kilogrammes of cocaine have been discovered in the suitcase of a French… Read More
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Turkish mother, 36, ‘shoots dead pregnant daughter’
ISTANBUL: A Turkish mother, 36, shot dead her daughter, 17, after finding out that she… Read More
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British couple become world’s oldest newlyweds
EASTBOURNE: A 103-year-old man and a 91-year-old woman held their wedding in Britain on Saturday, becoming… Read More
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North Waziristan: Military killed 20 militants in air strikes
NORTH WAZIRISTAN: Military Forces said it killed 20 militants Saturday in air strikes on a… Read More
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‘Jinnah’ Christopher Lee’s death evokes massive response on Twitter in Pakistan
KARACHI: Sir Christopher Lee, who essayed reel life Jinnah in 1998 biopic of the founder… Read More
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Nisar warns action against anti-Pakistan NGOs a day after ‘Save the Children’ ordered to leave Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Chaudhary Nisar Ali Khan Friday said no non-governmental organisation could be allowed… Read More
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