Kurds, allies seize Syria air base backed by Russia: monitor
BEIRUT: Kurdish and Arab forces backed by Russian air strikes captured a strategic air base and the adjacent town in…
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US, allies target North Korea finances
Seoul says Pyongyang using millions of dollars from Kaesong zone to fund missile programmes
Pyongyang expels South Koreans from industrial zone
SEOUL: North Korea yesterday ordered all South Koreans to leave the jointly-run Kaesong industrial zone immediately and announced it was…
WHO advises women on Zika protection but issue no travel advisories
GENEVA/LONDON: The World Health Organisation (WHO) advised women on Wednesday on how to protect themselves from Zika, particularly if pregnant,…
Over 30 HK protesters in court over riot
HONG KONG: More than 30 protesters appeared in court in Hong Kong yesterday charged with rioting after the worst clashes…
Calls for safety overhaul in Taiwan after quake disaster
TAIPEI: As rescuers continue the grim task of digging bodies from the rubble of an apartment complex that collapsed in…
124 crocodiles suffocate in Mexico truck trip
MEXICO CITY: More than 120 crocodiles died from apparently suffocating and crushing each other while being transported across Mexico in…
Pope unleashes ‘super confessors’ to tackle special sins
VATICAN CITY: Dubbed ‘super confessors’, for one year only they can absolve sins usually only pardoned by the pope himself.…