Myanmar’s ex-dictator tips Suu Kyi as ‘future leader’
YANGON: Myanmar’s feared former junta leader Than Shwe has endorsed his one-time nemesis Aung San Suu Kyi as a ‘future…
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OPEC policy risks further oil price pressure
VIENNA: The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’s (OPEC) policy of maintaining high oil production risks heaping more downward pressure…
Governor of Yemen’s Aden killed in car bombing
ADEN: The governor of Yemen’s second city Aden was killed on Sunday by a car bomb that tore through a…
Kingpin Escobar lives on in heart of top hitman Popeye
MEDLLIN, Colombia: Popeye the hitman kneels down in the gravel, bends over and kisses the black slate tomb of his…
Nepal quake tough test for ‘world’s most dangerous airport’
LUKLA, Nepal: Flying into Nepal’s Lukla airport — the gateway to Mount Everest — demands courage and precision, thanks to its…
Triple suicide attack kills 27 on Lake Chad island: security source
N’DJAMENA: At least 27 people were killed and more than 80 wounded Saturday in a triple suicide bombing on an…
France puzzles over what to do with Paris attackers’ bodies
PARIS: Bury them discreetly? Hand them back to their families, return them to the country of origin? Knowing what to…
Mass shooting an act of terrorism
FBI’s probe indicates radicalisation by killers and of potential inspiration by terrorist groups