Grief, prayers as search for sunken ferry ends
SIMALUNGUN, Indonesia: Grieving relatives prayed and cast flower petals into the volcanic lake where a ferry sank last month in…
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Long rescue ahead for Thai cave boys
MAE SAI, Thailand: Rescuers braced for a long and difficult evacuation for 13 members of a Thai youth football team found…
China firm develops ‘laser gun’
BEIJING: A Chinese firm has developed a laser gun designed for police use that can set fire to protesters’…
The tow-an-iceberg plan being floated to ease Cape Town drought
CAPE TOWN: It is a plan as crazy as the situation is desperate — towing an iceberg from Antarctica…
Japan’s ill emperor cancels duties for second day
TOKYO: Japan’s ageing Emperor Akihito cancelled his official duties for a second day Tuesday, after being treated for insufficient blood…
US envoy Pompeo to return to North Korea this week
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads back to North Korea this week to flesh out the bare bones nuclear…
Help reaches Thai cave boys after days trapped underground
Food and medical help reached 13 members of a Thai youth football team found rake thin but alive, huddled on…
Bali’s Mount Agung spews orange lava in fresh eruption
JAKARTA: A volcano on the Indonesian island of Bali erupted Monday night, belching a plume of ash 2,000 metres…