Ikea’s enigmatic founder, Ingvar Kamprad, turns 90
STOCKHOLM: Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad, who built a global business empire with revolutionary flat-pack furniture and dallied with Nazism in…
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Parents of murdered Syrian soldier sue French jihadist in Paris
PARIS: The parents of a Syrian soldier allegedly decapitated by a French jihadist have taken their quest for justice to…
Egyptian airliner hijacked to Cyprus
Nearly all 55 passengers freed except captain, co-pilot, an air hostess and a security guard remain onboard LARNACA, Cyprus: A…
Myanmar pagoda re-clad with gold blocks as devotees look to gain spiritual credit
YANGON: Teetering on bamboo scaffolding, expert craftsmen are busy attaching blocks of gold to a Buddhist pagoda in downtown Yangon,…
Taiwan beheading suspect beaten by angry mob
TAIPEI: A man suspected of decapitating a four-year-old girl was beaten by an angry mob as he was detained in…
EgyptAir plane hijacked to Cyprus, most passengers freed
LARNACA: A man thought to be strapped with explosives hijacked an Egyptian plane on a flight between Alexandria and Cairo…
Taliban faction taunts Pakistan PM after Easter Day bombing
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani militants who bombed a Lahore park on Easter Sunday, killing 70 people, taunted Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif…
Egyptair passenger plane hijacked, forced to Cyprus
CAIRO: An Egyptair domestic flight from Alexandria to Cairo was hijacked on Tuesday and landed in Cyprus, Egyptian officials said. The…