Japan’s top court upholds law on common surnames for married couples
TOKYO: Japan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a law that married couples must have a common surname, a defeat for…
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Swiss publish list of dormant bank accounts to trace owners
GENEVA: Switzerland on Wednesday published for the first time a list of dormant bank accounts to give their owners’ heirs…
EU demands Italy use force to fingerprint all migrants
ROME: The European Commission on Tuesday demanded Italy use force if required to take the fingerprints of migrant arrivals after…
Two Palestinians killed in car-ramming attempts on soldiers
JERUSALEM: Two Palestinians were killed overnight in separate attempts to ram their cars into Israeli soldiers carrying out arrests at…
The Force finally awakens as ‘Star Wars’ opens in cinemas
PARIS: The wait is finally over. The most hyped film of all time, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, opens in…
Zombie apocalypse study makes top scientific journal
LONDON: Are you afflicted by a shambling gait, a tendency to moan and the desire to bite and eat flesh?…
Malala: Trump’s ideology ‘tragic, full of hatred’
BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM: Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemned Donald Trump’s views on Muslims on Tuesday, at a sombre ceremony…
Ukraine minister throws water in governor’s face in new row
KIEV: Ukraine’s Interior Minister Arsen Avakov threw water at the reformist governor and former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, in…