No US involvement in deal with IS fighters: Pentagon
WASHINGTON: The Pentagon said Friday it played no part in an unusual deal in which Islamic State jihadists were…
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‘Get back on board!’: the cruise ship captain afraid of the dark
ROME: He will go down in history as the captain who refused to return aboard the sinking Costa Concordia,…
Author Ian McEwan urges second referendum on Brexit
LONDON: The award-winning author of “Atonement”, Ian McEwan, said Friday there should be a referendum on Britain’s final Brexit…
Fast-moving cyberattacks wreak havoc worldwide
WASHINGTON: A fast-moving wave of cyberattacks swept the globe Friday, apparently exploiting a flaw exposed in documents leaked from…
Focus on what really matters, Blair advises Macron
PARIS: France’s incoming president Emmanuel Macron got some advice on Friday from former British prime minister Tony Blair, with whom…
Turkey moves famed mediaeval tomb to avoid flooding risk
HASANKEYF, Turkey: Turkish authorities on Friday conducted a hugely ambitious and controversial operation to move a centuries-old tomb to…
Workaholic Japan ‘names and shames’ firms over employee abuses
TOKYO: Japan has released its first nationwide employer blacklist, naming-and-shaming more than 300 companies for breaching labour laws, as…
Australian council rolls out micro-chipped bins to monitor waste
SYDNEY: A Melbourne council has taken to rolling out micro-chipped rubbish bins to monitor what people are throwing away, it…