World’s longest rail tunnel sees light at end of decades’ wait
GENEVA: When Swiss engineer Carl Eduard Gruner came up with the idea to build the world’s longest rail tunnel under…
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Nepalese runner wins world’s highest marathon
KATHMANDU: Gasping for breath and clad in trekking boots, more than 150 local and foreign runners took part Sunday in…
Pope meets children, says migrants ‘not dangerous, but in danger’
VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis held an emotional meeting with hundreds of children on Saturday, including a Nigerian boy whose parents…
EgyptAir black boxes impossible to recover before 12 days: Investigation sources
CAIRO: Investigators into EgyptAir’s plane crash need at least 12 days to recover its black boxes as they await a…
France set for transport strike chaos
France is bracing for a week of severe disruption to transport after unions called for more action in their bitter…
17 die in fire at Ukraine home for elderly
Seventeen people died when a makeshift home for elderly people outside the Ukrainian capital Kiev caught fire in the early…
Philippine police kill three more drug suspects
MANILA: Philippine police have killed three drug suspects in a shootout, officials said Sunday, the latest such deaths after…
World’s longest rail tunnel sees light at end of decades’ wait
GENEVA: When Swiss engineer Carl Eduard Gruner came up with the idea to build the world’s longest rail tunnel under…