Tributes pour in for former UN chief and Nobel laureate Kofi Annan
GENEVA: From his native Africa to the United States, tributes continued to pour in from around the world yesterday after…
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Fresh quake rocks Lombok island
MATARAM, Indonesia: A strong earthquake rocked the Indonesian island of Lombok yesterday, triggering landslides, damaging buildings and sending people fleeing…
UK parliament attack suspect charged with two counts of attempted murder
LONDON: A man accused of crashing his car into the security barriers surrounding Britain’s Houses of Parliament was charged Saturday…
Strong earthquake hits off Fiji, no tsunami threat
SYDNEY: A strong 8.2-magnitude earthquake struck off Fiji yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, but it was too deep to…
Trump says he authorised White House staff to cooperate with Mueller
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Saturday he had authorised White House counsel Don McGahn and other staffers to “fully…
China nabs 26 suspected tomb robbers, recovers valuable relics
BEIJING: China has arrested 26 suspects and retrieved almost 650 cultural relics stolen from an ancient burial site in northwestern…
South Korean families gather on eve of rare reunion
SOKCHO, South Korea: Dozens of elderly and frail South Koreans gathered excitedly yesterday on the eve of their first meeting for…
Thirsty emus flock to Australian outback mining town as drought deepens
MELBOURNE: Australia’s worst drought in a generation is driving flocks of emus into an outback mining town in a desperate hunt…