Taliban fighters capture northern Afghan base
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan: Taliban fighters overran a northern Afghan army base, officials said yesterday, killing at least 14 soldiers with dozens…
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South Korea marks first ‘Memorial Day for Japanese Forces’ Comfort Women Victims’; draws Japan’s protest
SEOUL: South Korea’s government plans to unveil a new monument as part of the first official day marking Japan’s wartime use…
Suspected terror attack in Westminster
LONDON: A car crashed into barriers outside Britain’s Houses of Parliament in a suspected terror attack yesterday, injuring a ‘number of…
Vienna topples Melbourne in ‘most liveable city’ ranking
LONDON: Austria’s capital Vienna has beaten Melbourne to be ranked the “world’s most liveable city” in a new annual…
200-million year old Pterosaur ‘built for flying’
PARIS: Scientists on Monday unveiled a previously unknown species of giant pterosaur, the first creatures with a backbone to…
Ex-White House staffer releases tape of her firing
WASHINGTON: A former White House staffer who has written a bombshell memoir of her time serving under President Donald Trump…
Vietnam communist war hero turned dissident Bui Tin dies aged 90
PARIS: A Vietnamese former colonel and revolutionary war hero who became disillusioned with the communist regime and defected, becoming one…
Lombok quake deaths top 400 as more bodies found
JAKARTA: The death toll from an earthquake on the Indonesian island of Lombok has topped 400, authorities said yesterday, as…