Eight dead as strong quake hits northeast India
GUWAHATI: At least eight people were killed and scores injured Monday (Jan 4) when a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck…
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Dutch investigators to study citizen journalism probe into MH17
THE HAGUE: Dutch prosecutors said Sunday they would “seriously study” claims by citizen journalists to have identified Russian soldiers implicated…
Shiite protesters, police clash in Bahrain after executions
DUBAI: Police in the Sunni-ruled Gulf state of Bahrain clashed on Sunday with Shiite protesters a day after neighbouring Saudi Arabia…
Dubai blaze raises questions over design
DUBAI: A blaze that engulfed a Dubai skyscraper on New Year’s Eve — the emirate’s third high-rise fire in three…
Beijing rejects Vietnam protest over South China Sea landing
BEIJING: Beijing has rejected a protest from Vietnam after a Chinese plane landed on a contested reef in the South China…
Anti-China protesters return from Philippine-held island
MANILA: Nearly 50 young Filipinos returned yesterday from a remote Philippine-held island in the South China Sea where they had staged a week-long…
California twins born in two different years
LOS ANGELES: Twin infants born just as New Year’s Champagne corks were popping share the same parents, but different birth…
‘Game of Thrones’ author says latest installment delayed
WASHINGTON: “Game of Thrones” fans were let down, when author George R.R. Martin admitted he had missed a December 31…