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Publish: November 10, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd L) speaks with European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton (C ) and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif (3rdR) during a meeting yesterday, on the third day of talks on Iran's nuclear programme at the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva Switzerland. Inset, John Kerry separately meets with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. photo:
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Iran Nuke Talks

Progress reported but deal illusive in Geneva

World powers and Iran held a third day of crunch talks on Tehran’s nuclear programme yesterday with top diplomats saying progress was being made but there was no certainty of a deal. The hoped-for agreement — seen as a first

A general shot shows houses destroyed by the strong winds caused by typhoon Haiyan at Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte, yesterday. Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons in history, is believed to have killed 1,200 people in the Philippines. Haiyan is expected to make landfall in central Vietnam early today. Inset, a satellite image of the typhoon. Photo: AFP

‘It is like a tsunami’

  “It is like a tsunami has hit here.” These were the first words from CNN’s Paula Hancocks, as she arrived in the storm-battered eastern city of Tacloban on board a military transport plane. Leading the first international news team

Maldivian former president and presidential candidate Mohamed Nasheed casts his vote at a local polling station in Male, yesterday. Photo: AFP

Nasheed leads Maldives vote, faces run-off

  Opposition leader Mohamed Nasheed topped yesterday’s bitterly-fought presidential elections, but failed to secure a clear majority needed to avoid a tricky run-off, official results showed. Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) immediately pressed for a quick second round of voting

Alan Rusbridger

NSA leaks: Guardian editor faces grilling

The editor of the Guardian is to be questioned by MPs about his newspaper’s publication of intelligence files leaked by the American whistleblower Edward Snowden. Alan Rusbridger is to appear before the House of Commons home affairs select committee next

Syria opposition meets in Turkey

Syria’s splintered opposition coalition yesterday insisted it would not go to peace talks in Geneva unless pressure was brought to bear on Damascus to abide by the outcome. “We have always said that we are fully committed to Geneva. But

Cbi 'unconstitutional' Ruling

Indian SC stays controversial CBI ruling

The Indian Supreme Court yesterday stayed the Gauhati high court’s verdict that declared the CBI ‘unconstitutional’. The Centre had earlier yesterday challenged before the Supreme Court the Gauhati high court order and sought a stay on it contending that the

New Taliban chief pushes Pak military for action

The Pakistani Taliban’s appointment of a new hardline leader opposed to peace talks and with a long history of attacks against the military could push the army into launching a fresh offensive, analysts said. The election of Maulana Fazlullah, notorious

C'Wealth Summit

Manmohan will not go to Sri Lanka

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will not attend a Commonwealth summit in Sri Lanka amid mounting pressure on him to boycott the event, a foreign ministry official said yesterday. Instead, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will head the Indian delegation

Chinese Man Walks in Iron Shoes Weighing 405 Kilograms
Oddly enough

Chinese Man Walks in Iron Shoes Weighing 405 Kilograms

Heavy footwear is usually considered uncomfortable, but for Zhang Fuxing weight is definitely not a problem. The 51-year-old from Tangshan, China, spends every morning walking in a pair of iron shoes weighing 405 kilograms. For over seven years, Zhang has

News in Brief

Army chopper crashes in Indonesia; 13 killed Afp, Jakarta   Thirteen people died yesterday when an Indonesian army helicopter carrying construction workers to build a military outpost crashed in the jungles of Borneo and burst into flames, an official said.

Duck!

Falling satellite may hit you today

Fragments from a science satellite are likely to crash to Earth late today or early tomorrow after the one-tonne probe breaks up at the end of its mission, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Friday. In a statement, the

India EC bans exit polls till December 4

The Indian Election Commission has banned the publication and dissemination of exit polls of any kind in the five poll-bound states from November 11 till December 4, when the assembly elections are over. The commission issued these orders and sent