Diana crash car ‘handled badly at high speed’
PARIS: The 1997 car crash that killed Britain’s Princess Diana spawned a host of conspiracy theories, but evidence that it…
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Children in conflict zones vulnerable to killing, rape
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES: Children are particularly vulnerable in the conflicts raging around the globe, according to a draft UN…
Top American general says attack on Japan same as on US
TOKYO: The United States’ most senior military officer on Friday said North Korea understands that an any attack on Japan…
Hong Kong activists fear more jailings after Wong imprisoned
HONG KONG: Hong Kong democracy campaigners raised fears Friday that they too would be jailed after the city’s Beijing-backed…
CIA ‘torture psychologists’ avoid trial with secret settlement
WASHINGTON: Two psychologists who helped design the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation program settled a lawsuit Thursday by detainees alleging they were…
Samurai sword attack outside Taiwan presidential office
TAIPEI: A samurai sword-wielding attacker carrying the national flag of China slashed a military police guard outside Taiwan’s presidential…
LNG tanker makes Arctic passage unaided
FINISTERE, France: A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas has made the passage from Europe to Asia via the Arctic unaided,…
13 dead in Barcelona van carnage, driver at large
BARCELONA: A van driver ploughed into crowds of pedestrians on Barcelona’s most popular street in broad daylight on…