Scores defy Thai junta with rally demanding elections
BANGKOK: Scores of Thais yesterday gathered in defiance of a junta ban on protests to call for a return to…
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South Africa political deadlock as Zuma clings to power
JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s political impasse deepened yesterday with no resolution to extended talks over President Jacob Zuma’s expected departure from…
Puigdemont’s party seeks law change to allow rule from Belgium
MADRID: The party of deposed Catalan leader Charles Puigdemont submitted a proposal for a regional law reform that would allow…
1 dead, 149 wounded in mosque attack in Libya’s Benghazi
BENGHAZI, Libya: Twin bomb blasts struck a mosque in Benghazi in eastern Libya on Friday, killing at least one person…
Trump blocks release of Democratic memo on Russia probe
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is refusing to declassify a high-profile memo written by Democratic lawmakers about the Russia probe. In…
Indonesian navy seizes more than 1 tonne of crystal meth
BATAM, Indonesia: Indonesia’s navy seized more than a tonne of crystal methamphetamine and arrested four people in a major drug…
Two Indian soldiers killed in attack on military base
SRINAGAR, India: Two Indian soldiers were killed yesterday in an ongoing gunfight after suspected militants attacked a military base in…
North Korean media print pictures of Moon
SEOUL: South Korean President Moon Jae-in made a rare appearance in the North’s official media yesterday, with four pictures of…