Armenia celebrates as veteran leader quits amid protests
YEREVAN: Armenia’s veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian resigned on Monday after mass protests against his election as prime minister with sweeping…
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German court tries Viet suspect over ‘Cold War-style’ abduction
BERLIN: Germany will put on trial yesterday the only suspect held over what it calls a brazen Cold War-style kidnapping…
18 dead in karaoke lounge fire, arson suspect detained
BEIJING: A fire tore through a karaoke lounge in southern China yesterday, killing 18 people and injuring another five, as…
Indonesia investigates reports top IS commander killed
JAKARTA/MANILA: Indonesia is investigating reports from Islamic State supporters that the most senior Southeast Asian commander of the militant group was…
Indonesian govt moves towards child marriage bans
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesia is moving towards a ban on child marriage, officials said on Tuesday after a photo of a…
Women’s vote campaigner statue unveiled in London
LONDON: The first statue of a woman in London’s Parliament Square was unveiled on Tuesday to celebrate the 100th anniversary…
Soldier wounded by IED gets world’s first penis transplant
A soldier wounded by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan has received the world’s first complete penis and scrotum transplant,…
Prince Charles voices ‘great joy’ at new addition to royal family
LONDON: Prince Charles voiced his joy yesterday at the arrival of his third grandchild, as Britain waited to discover what…