Sumatra’s receding forests pushing tigers to the brink
PARIS: Deforestation to make way for palm oil plantations is driving critically endangered Sumatran tigers towards extinction, researchers warned…
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Duterte sends police back to deadly drug crackdown
MANILA: Philippine police will return to the frontlines of President Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, his spokesman said yesterday, less than…
SIA denies plane approached wrong airport for landing
NEW DELHI: A Singapore Airlines flight averted landing at the wrong airport in Mumbai on Monday, according to Indian media…
Australia cracks down on foreign donations
SYDNEY: Australia, concerned about rising Chinese influence, will ban foreign political donations as part of a crackdown aimed at preventing…
‘Reasonable basis’ for British war crimes in Iraq — ICC
THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said Monday there is a ‘reasonable basis’ to believe that…
Ex-Georgian president Saakashvili detained in Kiev
KIEV: Ukraine detained former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili yesterday on suspicion of assisting a criminal organisation, sparking clashes between his…
Yemen leader orders advance on Sanaa as predecessor killed
SANAA: Yemen’s exiled president ordered troops to advance on Sanaa hours after his predecessor was killed by Huthi rebels, officials…
UN envoy heads to North Korea as nuclear tensions soar
BEIJING: A senior United Nations official travelled to North Korea on Tuesday for a rare visit aimed at defusing soaring…