‘IS holds 11,100 blank Syrian passports’
FRANKFURT AM MAIN: German authorities believe the Islamic State group holds some 11,100 blank Syrian passports that can be completed…
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Surfer ‘mauled in Australia shark attack’
SYDNEY: A surfer was thrown into the air and his board snapped in a suspected great white shark attack off…
Special children treated to Paint the World concert
KUCHING: The Paint The World (PTW) concert 2017 today entertained some 200 special children from five organisations. The children are…
Rohingya militants declare one-month ceasefire: Twitter statement
YANGON: Rohingya militants, whose August 25 raids in Myanmar’s Rakhine State sparked an army crackdown that has seen nearly 300,000…
Irma tears into Cuba’s northern coast
Florida orders evacuation of 5.6 million residents as Category 5 storm nears after killing 21 in eastern Caribbean Hurricane Irma…
N. Korea urges nuclear build-up on anniversary
SEOUL: North Korea’s state media marked the nation’s founding anniversary yesterday with calls for a nuclear arms buildup, in defiance…
Pregnant woman’s suicide roils China
BEIJING: Ma Rongrong’s labour pains were unbearable. For hours she had begged for a C-section to ease her agony.…
India’s first all-woman crew on around-the-globe mission
NEW DELHI: A team of six naval officers are starting a historic and gruelling around-the-world mission on Sunday –…