Fears mount in quake-hit Nepal as tourists stay away
LANGTANG (Nepal): Former guesthouse owner Tenzing Lama remembers when foreign tourists thronged Nepal’s Langtang valley, trekking through the breathtaking Himalayan…
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Teen on terror charge as Australia, New Zealand honour war dead
Australian police charged a teenager on Monday over a “truly chilling and disturbing” planned attack on an Anzac Day service,…
Sanders pressured to quit White House race as Clinton weighs VP picks
WASHINGTON: Bernie Sanders fended off pressure Sunday to bow out of the race for the White House, as his rival,…
Polish president slams EU’s lack of ‘solidarity’ with E. Europe
WARSAW: Polish President Andrzej Duda defied European Union criticism of his country’s government on Sunday, accusing the bloc of showing…
Kim hails submarine ballistic missile test
Pyongyang says it now has ability to strike Seoul and US whenever it pleases SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un…
Aussie MP sets river on fire to protest fracking
SYDNEY: An Australian politician has set fire to a river to draw attention to methane gas he says is seeping…
Sending troops to Syria would be a ‘mistake’, Obama warns
LONDON: US President Barack Obama warned Sunday that it would be a ‘mistake’ to send Western troops into Syria to…
8 killed as ‘golf ball’ hailstones, storms lash Myanmar
YANGON: Violent storms which saw hailstones the size of golf balls rain down across Myanmar have killed at least eight…