Indonesia halts ops to retrieve ferry victims
JAKARTA: Indonesia said yesterday it was calling off a two-week operation to retrieve the bodies of nearly 200 passengers thought…
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Belgium charges two for attack plot on Iran opposition in France
BRUSSELS: Belgian prosecutors yesterday charged a husband and wife over a plot to bomb a weekend rally by an exiled…
Malta detains second charity ship as death toll at sea rises
VALLETTA: For the second time in a week, Malta on Monday detained a humanitarian vessel that normally rescues boat migrants…
Australia ends direct aid to Palestinian Authority
SYDNEY: Australia ended direct aid to the Palestinian Authority yesterday over fears it could be used to support people convicted…
Four dead, over 20 injured in Mali attack on French soldiers
BAMAKO: French soldiers on patrol in troubled northern Mali were targeted in a bombing on Sunday in which four civilians…
AU summit host warns of ‘security failings’ in Sahel after Mali attacks
NOUAKCHOTT: Security is set to top the agenda at an African Union summit yesterday, after host Mauritania warned of regional…
Afghan Sikhs, Hindus grieve after suicide blast killed 19
JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Grief mixed with anger among Afghanistan’s minority Sikh and Hindu community yesterday as they prepared for funerals of…
‘Defective’ security may have aided helicopter jailbreak
PARIS: The French government pointed to possible security failings yesterday after a notorious gangster used a helicopter to stage his…