Huge crowds cheer Japan emperor on 83rd birthday
TOKYO: The biggest crowds of his nearly three-decade reign thronged Japan’s Imperial Palace on Friday to celebrate Emperor Akihito’s 83rd…
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Trump calls for increased US nuclear capabilities
WASHINGTON: America must massively boost its nuclear capability until the “world comes to its senses,” President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday,…
German police arrest brothers suspected of planning mall attack
Police special forces arrested two men suspected of planning an attack on a shopping mall in Oberhausen in the West…
Australia arrests seven people suspected of plotting Christmas Day bombing
Australian police said on Friday they had foiled a plot to attack landmarks in Melbourne with a series of bombs…
Ebola vaccine may be ‘up to 100% effective’: WHO
PARIS: A prototype vaccine for Ebola may be “up to 100 percent effective” in protecting against the deadly virus, the…
IS ‘burns Turkish troops alive’ after Ankara vows no let-up
ISTANBUL: The Islamic State jihadist group has released a video purportedly showing two captured Turkish soldiers being burned alive, after…
‘Fingerprints of suspect in Berlin attack found on truck door’
BERLIN: Investigators found fingerprints of a Tunisian suspect in the Berlin Christmas market attack on the door of the truck…
Prince Charles warns of return to ‘dark days of 1930s’
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Charles warned against intolerance towards refugees fleeing religious persecution yesterday, saying the rising tide of populism was…