Indonesia punishes firms over deadly forest fires
JAKARTA: Indonesia is punishing more than 20 companies in an unprecedented move for starting deadly forest fires that killed 19…
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Fake medicine worth $7 million seized across Asia: Interpol
INTERPOL seized counterfeit drugs worth $7 million in September in an operation encompassing 13 Asian countries, the international police organisation…
SpaceX succeeds in historic rocket launch, landing
MIAMI: SpaceX successfully landed its powerful Falcon 9 rocket in an upright position, a historic first in the company’s bid…
Child suicide bomber kills six in NE Nigeria: army
KANO, NIGERIA: A child suicide bomber detonated his explosives, killing himself, two other bombers and six people in Nigeria’s northeast,…
Landslide devastates industrial park
Mountain of mud and waste covers more than 380,000 sq metres and is 10 metres deep in parts
Court rejects plea to reverse Delhi gang-rapist’s release
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court yesterday rejected an appeal against the release of the youngest convict in an infamous fatal…
Couple held in Paris over fake bomb on Air France flight
PARIS: French police yesterday detained a couple who were passengers on an Air France flight which made an emergency landing…
Australia, Indonesia boost anti-terror co-operation
SYDNEY: Australia and Indonesia yesterday agreed to boost intelligence-sharing in the fight against terrorism, days after police arrested several men…