Southern Thailand peace process shows progress, gets closer to starting official negotiations
BANGKOK: The process to bring peace in turbulent southern Thailand has shown progress with the Thai government and the Pattani…
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Put more pressure on N. Korea, China told
Beijing in ‘unique position’ as Pyongyang ally to compel it to abandon weapons, rocket projects — US official WASHINGTON: China…
‘Somalia plane bomber was meant to board Turkish flight’
NAIROBI: A suspected suicide bomber who blew a hole in the fuselage of a Daallo Airlines plane last week and…
Twin births almost double in rich countries: study
PARIS: Twin births have almost doubled in developed countries in four decades, said researchers Monday who cautioned about the associated…
Cockroach-inspired robots can squeeze through cracks
MIAMI: Inspired by cockroaches that can squeeze through tiny spaces, US scientists have designed a small robot that may one…
Hong Kong police ‘fire warning shots’ in street clash
HONG KONG: Baton-wielding Hong Kong riot police fired warning shots and tear gas early Tuesday after a riot erupted in…
Leopard injures five at Indian school
BANGALORE, INDIA: A male leopard which strayed into a school in the southern Indian city of Bangalore injured five people…
Continuity IRA ‘claim deadly Dublin shooting’
DUBLIN: Irish republican militant group the Continuity IRA on Monday claimed responsibility for a deadly shooting at a boxing weigh-in…