Pakistan interior minister recovering after gun attack
LAHORE, Pakistan: Pakistan’s interior minister was recovering in hospital yesterday after being shot in a suspected assassination attempt possibly linked…
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As polls loom, Prayut gets cosy with old political clans
BURIRAM, Thailand: The sons of a convicted murderer, a rural ‘don’ who has spun a fortune from football and gun-loving…
Singapore likely to host Trump-Kim summit in June — Report
SEOUL: US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are likely to meet in Singapore next month, reports…
Claim coastguard prevented NGO boat from rescuing migrants
ON BOARD THE AQUARIUS: The Libyan coastguard on Sunday prevented a rescue ship belonging to two NGOs from approaching a…
Britain to Trump: Don’t ditch Iran nuclear deal
WASHINGTON: Britain has appealed to US President Donald Trump not to abandon the Iran nuclear deal as a key deadline approaches,…
Toddler eaten by leopard in Uganda’s national park
KAMPALA: Ugandan authorities were yesterday hunting for a leopard that snatched and ate the three-year-old son of a female ranger…
Australia says hundreds likely to languish in Pacific camps
CANBERRA: Hundreds of asylum-seekers held in Australian-run detention centres in the Pacific are likely to remain there indefinitely as no other…
45 dead as militia, bandits clash in northern Nigeria
KANO, Nigeria: Fighting between armed bandits and militiamen left 45 dead in northern Nigeria, police and a local militia said…