Japan’s Kansai airport to reopen partially after typhoon damage
TOKYO: Japan’s Kansai airport will reopen partially today, the government said yesterday, after a massive typhoon flooded parts of the…
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Prosecutors demand 20 years in jail for ex-South Korea president
SEOUL: Prosecutors yesterday demanded 20 years in prison for former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak, the most recent of the…
Migration truce shatters in Germany after mob violence
BERLIN: A tense truce within German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative camp shattered Thursday after her hardline interior minister defended protests marred…
Thai cave boys in the spotlight, again
BANGKOK: The young Thai football team whose terrifying ordeal in a flooded cave captivated the world earlier this year recounted their…
Fast-growing North California wildfire forces evacuations
LOS ANGELES: A wildfire erupted in forest land in Northern California on Wednesday, forcing the evacuation of dozens of homes and…
Landslides after powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hits Japan’s Hokkaido
A powerful 6.6 magnitude quake hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido early Thursday, triggering landslides, bringing down several houses,…
UN kicks off talks on high seas treaty
UNITED NATIONS, US: UN member states on Tuesday kicked off two years of negotiations toward a treaty that would finally…
‘No helmet, no fuel’ for Bangladesh bikers
DHAKA: Motorcyclists without helmets will be barred from buying fuel at filling stations in the Bangladesh capital Dhaka, police said. The move…