Four killed, 19 trapped in Philippine hotel fire
MANILA: Four people were killed and 19 feared trapped by a major hotel fire in the Philippine capital Manila yesterday,…
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Australians flee homes as bushfires hit across southeast
SYDNEY: Bush and grass fires sweeping across Australia’s southeast destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds to flee yesterday as…
Thousands of homes without power after tropical cyclone hits Darwin
SYDNEY: About 25,000 homes were without power on Sunday in Australia’s northern city of Darwin after a tropical cyclone felled…
Japan cult spinoffs persist 2 decades after sarin attack
TOKYO: More than two decades after Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo cult plunged Tokyo into terror by releasing a nerve agent on…
Britain accuses Russia of secretly stockpiling deadly nerve agent
LONDON: British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Sunday that Russia has been stockpiling the deadly nerve agent used to…
China says resolutely opposed to new US law on ties with Taiwan
BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed its ‘resolute opposition’ after US President Donald Trump signed legislation that encourages the…
China parliament gives Premier Li second term
BEIJING: China’s rubber-stamp parliament gave Premier Li Keqiang a second five-year term yesterday, but he faces a tenure deeper in…
Trump attacks FBI as his lawyer calls for end to Russia probe
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump slammed the FBI as he hailed the firing of a veteran Bureau agent as a ‘great day…