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PARIS: An Al-Qaeda bomb intercepted in Britain last week part way between Yemen and the United States was disarmed just 17 minutes before it was programmed to detonate, French officials said Thursday.... (more...)

WASHINGTON: Stressing that recent violence against people in the Indian occupied Kashmir has threatened South Asian peace prospects, Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday asked US President,... (more...)

LONDON: British energy giant BP has so far spent 11.2 billion dollars (8.2 billion euros) in response to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster, it said Friday, as new boss Bob Dudley began his first day.... (more...)

DUBAI: The fourth movie in the Mission: Impossible series starring Tom Cruise will be filmed in Dubai, the emirate’s government media office said in a statement on Tuesday. “The latest installment... (more...)

UNITED NATIONS: The United States launched a frantic bid Saturday to avert the collapse of Middle East talks, but Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Israel had to choose between settlements and peace.... (more...)

NEW DELHI: India offered Saturday to hold talks with Indian Kashmiris and review the heavy security presence in the troubled Himalayan region to end a deadly wave of separatist civilian unrest. The proposals... (more...)

BEIJING: Chinese film star Jet Li said on Tuesday he would meet Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to chat about charity work ahead of a banquet for China’s uber-rich hosted by the US philanthropists... (more...)

KUWAIT: Kuwait and Russia have signed a memorandum of cooperation for peaceful use of nuclear energy generation in the Gulf Arab state, Kuwait’s state news agency KUNA reported, following similar... (more...)