Denmark tops global ‘happy’ index, Burundi at bottom
NEW YORK: Denmark, closely followed by Switzerland, is again the happiest country in the world while crisis-torn Syria and Burundi…
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Japan highway tunnel pile-up kills two, sends dozens to hospital
TOKYO: A fiery pile-up inside a Japanese highway tunnel yesterday killed at least two people and left 70 needing treatment…
Ivory Coast toll rises to 19 with body found on beach
GRAND-BASSAM, IVORY COAST: The toll from a deadly attack in Ivory Coast by an Al-Qaeda affiliate rose to 19 on…
US student gets 15 years’ hard labour
North Korea sentences the American who admitted stealing a propaganda banner from a hotel SEOUL: North Korea yesterday sentenced an…
Clinton, Trump move closer to White House nominations
CLEVELAND: Hillary Clinton took a monumental step toward clinching the Democratic party’s White House nomination, while Donald Trump’s seemingly unstoppable…
Indonesia kill two Chinese Uighur militants in shootout
JAKARTA: Indonesian security forces have killed two ethnic Uighur Chinese belonging to a militant network led by the country’s most…
Big Trump, Clinton wins bring US election showdown closer
CLEVELAND: Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump romped to victory in the Florida primary, thwarting party efforts to stop his march…
French Cardinal Barbarin: hardline Catholic mired in abuse scandal
LYON: French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, accused of covering up sex abuse, is a hardline Catholic who has been outspoken against…