‘Thunder of the North’ military exercise begins in Saudi
RIYADH: Armed forces from 20 countries have begun manoeuvres in northeastern Saudi Arabia that the official Saudi Press Agency described…
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Baghdad market blasts ‘kill at least 24’ as IS claims attack
BAGHDAD: Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 24 people in a Shiite area of Baghdad Sunday,…
Pakistan clashes, air raids leave 34 militants, five troops dead
PESHAWAR, Pakistan: The Pakistani military’s latest ground and aerial onslaught in the troubled northwest killed at least 34 Islamist militants Saturday…
Russians honour slain Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov
MOSCOW: Thousands of Russians marched through central Moscow on Saturday in memory of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov who was gunned…
3 British tourists swept down waterfall to death
HANOI: Three British tourists found dead at the foot of a surging waterfall in Vietnam fell into a current above…
Australia sends relief ship to Fiji in wake of Cyclone Winston
SYDNEY: Australia is sending a relief ship to Fiji to assist in the recovery effort after Cyclone Winston, the worst…
US presses Xi on South China Sea non-militarisation
WASHINGTON: The White House pressed Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday to expand his non-militarisation pledge to cover the entire…
True grip: Ukrainian pulls five tramcars with his teeth
LVIV, UKRAINE: All it took was a steel cable and a set of very strong front teeth. A Ukrainian children’s…