Bodies of top mountaineer and cameraman emerge from Himalayan glacier after 16 years
KATHMANDU: The bodies of top mountaineer Alex Lowe and his cameraman have been found in a Himalayan glacier, 16 years…
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Militants threatened to slit our throats: Indonesian hostage
JAKARTA: An Indonesian sailor told on Monday (May 2) how Philippine Islamic militants threatened to slit his throat during a…
CIA ‘live tweets’ Osama bin Laden raid to mark five-year anniversary
The CIA has marked the anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden by live-tweeting with a five-year delay the…
Painful letters from the past for Taiwan’s White Terror families
TAIPEI: Growing up in Taiwan under martial law, Hsu Hsu-mei knew almost nothing about her father, only that he was…
Five years after bin Laden killing, CIA chief eyes IS head
WASHINGTON: Ahead of the five-year anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden, CIA chief John Brennan said Sunday that…
Open house in Baghdad’s mythical Green Zone
BAGHDAD: Thousands of wide-eyed Iraqis marvelled at the fountains, flowers and perfect lawns in Baghdad’s Green Zone on Sunday, a…
Obama’s daughter to attend Harvard
WASHINGTON: US President Barack Obama’s eldest daughter Malia will attend Harvard University in 2017 after taking a year off from…
Car bomb kills two Turkish policemen, 22 wounded
In a separate attack, 3 soldiers killed in an ambush by Kurdish militants ISTANBUL: A car bomb on Sunday hit…