Lebanon raids financial offices over transfers to IS
BEIRUT: Lebanese authorities carried out raids Wednesday against currency exchange offices and money transfer companies on suspicion they sent huge…
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Freed Bulgaria ‘vigilante’ vows to pursue migrant hunt
SOFIA: A self-styled Bulgarian border vigilante vowed Wednesday to continue his hunt for migrants trying to enter the EU country,…
Police DNA error linked German neo-Nazi killer, child murder
BERLIN: German police admitted Wednesday they had falsely linked two high-profile crimes — an unsolved child murder and a neo-Nazi…
Video emerges of ‘son’ of assassinated Kim Jong-nam
SEOUL: A video of a man describing himself as the son of assassinated North Korean exile Kim Jong-nam emerged yesterday,…
China ‘comfort women’ history buried as brothels fall
SHANGHAI: With its red-painted window frames and sooty facade, the empty two-storey building on Gongping Road is typical of many…
N. Korea goes ‘my way’ with missiles and murder row
SEOUL: Dealing with a notorious murder by detonating a huge diplomatic row, and firing missiles as a practice assault on…
State Department hold first news briefing of Trump era
WASHINGTON: After 45 days of silence the US State Department held its first news briefing of Donald Trump’s presidency on…
Railway suicides cluster near mental hospitals: study
PARIS: Railway suicides in Austria are suspiciously clustered near psychiatric hospitals, scientists reported Wednesday. More than 1,100 people in Austria…