Four million in India’s Assam state risk losing citizenship
GUWAHATI, India: India yesterday effectively stripped four million people in Assam of citizenship, sparking fears of mass deportations of Muslims…
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At least 36 Druze women, children kidnapped by IS in Syria’s Sweida
BEIRUT: The Islamic State group kidnapped dozens of Druze women and children when it attacked their villages last week in…
Japan scientists to use ‘reprogrammed’ stem cells to fight Parkinson’s
TOKYO: Japanese scientists said yesterday they will start clinical trials next month on a treatment for Parkinson’s disease, transplanting ‘reprogrammed’…
Record suicides of elderly people in ageing Singapore
SINGAPORE: The number of elderly people committing suicide in Singapore reached a record high last year, a non-government group said…
Stranded hikers head down volcano
MATARAM, Indonesia: Groups of hikers began to pick their way down the slopes of a Lombok volcano Monday after a deadly…
Pilot ‘steered helicopter from crowds’ before crashing into parking lot
BEIJING: A civilian helicopter crashed into a parking lot in the Chinese capital yesterday after the pilot managed to steer…
Zimbabwe votes in first post-Mugabe election
HARARE: Zimbabweans cast their ballots Monday in the country’s first election since authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe was ousted last year, with…
Japan to spend US$4.2 bln on missile defence system radar
TOKYO: Japan said yesterday it would spend some US$4.2 billion over the next 30 years on installing and operating US…